At the University of Maryland students are assessing the
future of news media and realizing that their number one source of news is
right in their pocket.
According to the PEW State of the Media 2015 USAToday.com
has the top digital population followed by NYTims.com and DailyMail.co.uk. This
means people are checking their phones to get their news rather than buying an
actual newspaper.
Even though these papers also have a very large paper
circulation, their online traffic is growing. When people are commuting to work
they are checking their phones for the news that people used to get on their
cell phones.
“I always check the news on my phone,” senior Yasmine
Guedalia said. “I rarely go to a newsstand to buy a newspaper because
everything I want is at my disposal.”
The Mobile Audience is also expanding. Among young people,
15% of Americans ages 18-29 are heavily dependent on their smartphones for
online access, according to the Pew Research Center’s study. Overall, 64% of
Americans now own a smartphone, which is an increase from 58% the year before.
In a study conducted about young people and cell phone use,
it showed 93% of 18-29 year old smartphone owners used their phone at least
once to avoid being bored. People in this study said that they did this on
average 5.4 times in a one-week time period. 47% of young smartphone owners
used their phone to avoid interacting with people around them.
This study just proves what people already know about the
younger generation using smartphones. People are using their phones as a crutch
to avoid social interactions.
In regards to the emotions that smartphones evoke, words
like “productive” and “happy” almost 80% of the time. Younger owners are proven
to enjoy their time with their smartphones more than the older generation of
smartphone users.
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