by The Associated Press
Published: Mon, May 09, 2011 - 4:18 am CST Last Updated: Mon, May 09, 2011 - 4:21 am CST
New study shows social networking site influences what news people read online.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - (AP) - It's something that might make headlines - that is, if people were still reading newspapers as much as they used to.A new study finds that Facebook is influencing what news gets read online. The study by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism notes that Facebook users often post
or recommend news content - and that when family members, friends and acquaintances see those links, they often click through to find out what's going on.
The Pew study says that Facebook was responsible for 3 percent of traffic to the 21 news sites that allowed data to be tracked. The study's co-author says five of the sites studied got 6 percent to 8 percent of their readers from Facebook.
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