Title: How the Average American Gets Their News - The Atlantic
Headings: How the Average American Gets Their News
Technology
How the Average American Gets Their News
It’s bad news for publications.

Content: Meanwhile, only about a quarter of 20-somethings and college students are regular TV news watchers—but 50 percent of them are regular online news consumers. But then the findings look much more unfortunate, especially when read in tandem with the Facebook changes. Even after last week’s modifications, News Feed still prioritizes news in two different scenarios. If your Facebook friends share news stories, it’s “friend-approved content” and you’re more likely to see it. (“ Friend-approved content” is not even close to an official phrase.) And if you opt to like, share, or comment on news posts on Facebook, you’ll see more of it. The Pew finds that neither of those two things happen very often. Only about a quarter of social-media users regularly click through to read a news story on social media — the most basic form of engagement. Just 16 percent of social-media users often “like” a news story. Only 11 percent of people often share news stories on social media.