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Social Networks Dominate Online News Distribution [STATS]
In a new study about the news consumption and sharing habits of its international readership, CNN found that 43% of online news sharing occurs via social media networks and tools, such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and MySpace, followed by e-mail (30%), SMS (15%) and instant messenger (12%).
As publishers and marketers well know, a small group of influencers is generally responsible for driving the spread of news. The study found that 27% of frequent sharers (those who share at least six stories per week) account for the online distribution of 87% of all news stories. The average consumer of online news content shares 13 stories per week and receives 26 stories via social media and/or e-mail. This proclivity for online sharing has contributed to an overall increase of news consumption in the U.S., another recent study from the Pew Research Center revealed.
Ongoing news stories make up the majority (65%) of shared content, followed by breaking news (19%) and items CNN identified as either “quirky or funny.” Thematically, content defined as “visually spectacular” performs best in terms of shares, as well as science, technology, money and human interest stories.
Motivations for sharing content varies by region, the study found. North American and European readers tend to redistribute stories they think friends, families and co-workers will find useful, while readers from the Asia-Pacific region are more likely to share items that reinforce their own beliefs and identities.
While CNN’s online audience is not, of course, representative of the entire news-consuming world, the breadth of its reach and coverage renders it a reasonable benchmark to measure against other reports of media trends. One difference we noted between the CNN study and earlier surveys about online news and social media habits, such as one conducted by Pew Research Center earlier this spring, is that stories about politics and government also perform well on the social web, especially YouTube (
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