Survey: Online News Credibility Increasing

For the second year in a row, Opinion Research Corporation and sponsored by ARAnet, daily newspaper usage dropped 4.1 percent and television usage dropped 3.6 percent, while radio usage increased 2.9 percent and online usage increased 1.9 percent.

With regards to the percentage of news and information Americans receive from various media sources, here is how survey participants ranked different news media:

- Television: 31.1 percent (down from 34.7 percent a year ago)
- Daily newspaper: 19.4 percent (down from 23.5 percent)
- Radio: 19.4 percent (up from 16.5 percent)
- Online: 14.6 percent (up from 12.7 percent)
- Weekly community papers: 4.4 percent (down from 5.1 percent)
- Free shopper newspapers: 2.9 percent (up from 2.2 percent)
- Magazines: 2.1 percent (up from 1.6 percent) would seek a free alternative if their favorite news site started charging for content.