Americans Turn Toward Internet, Distrusting Traditional Media
A new study says that Americans’ trust of the media is the lowest it’s been since at least 1985, and that’s not surprising considering what happened this past weekend.
The large grass-roots conservative groups that marched on Washington, D.C. on Saturday went underreported. The Chicago Tribune said that “tens of thousands” came to the protest, which consisted of people unhappy with threats of a growth in socialism, spending and left-wing policies in the government.
WLS Radio’s Don and Roma, conservative talk show hosts in Chicago, however, said today that hundreds of thousands had come to the demonstration.
People have a sense that their news is sometimes pitched in a certain way. A Pew Research Center survey released Monday, reported in TechNewsWorld on media credibility, shows that now just 29 percent of Americans surveyed believe the media gets the facts right, the lowest since 1985.
“Those downward trends may intersect with rising chart lines for the use of Web sites and blogs as news sources,” TechNewsWorld said.
It’s all the more reasons why small businesses and non-profits should utilize even more their websites, blogs and videos.
Videos Watched More, Too
Also, Americans are watching internet videos more than ever, according to a recent report. Time spent watching these videos increased 46% in the second quarter, compared to a year ago, according to a Nielsen report, as reported in the Chicago Tribune Sept. 11.
Another recent report found that people are using the internet to relax and get their minds off the recession. “This fits within a broader trend of the internet increasingly becoming a go-to source for people to relax, take it easy and have fun,” said Aaron Smith, of the Pew Internet & American Life project.
Our New Videos
Check out the solemn, prayerful scenes in the new video produced by TreeFrogClick about the Poor Clares of Santa Barbara, CA. They’ve gotten 88 views in less than a week.
Or listen to the grand-sounding Bach in the background of the video we just made for the Benedictines of South Texas.
