Special Reports

• Citing Reduced Quality, Many Americans Abandon News Outlets:  How much has the public heard about news the industry’s financial struggles and have they responded by leaving news outlets they used to rely on?

• Friends and Family-Important Drivers of News: The survey reveals how people hear about news events from friends and family—word of mouth versus social media, the degree to which it drives news consumption and how younger people stand out.

• Video: Lessons Learned about the Media from Campaign 2012

• The Changing TV News Landscape: On local TV, the report finds even more traffic, weather and sports – while government coverage is down sharply. Daytime cable news has come to resemble primetime. Amid the shifts at each of the three cable news channels, one emerges far more opinionated overall than the others.

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