Move over Twitter: poll finds Canadians still watching, reading and listening to 'old media' by Belinda Alzner

Oct 17, 2012

Source: J-Source.ca

Canadians continue to most frequently turn to traditional platforms for their daily news despite the emergence of new online methods of consuming news, according to a new poll released Wednesday.

Data from the poll, conducted by Ipsos Reid on behalf of The Canadian Journalism Foundation, also shows that nearly 40 per cent of Canadians consider themselves to highly-engaged news consumers who check on the news frequently via a number of different sources.

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Move over Twitter: poll finds Canadians still watching, reading and listening to 'old media' by Belinda Alzner

Source: J-Source.ca