{"id":281080,"date":"2025-11-20T10:47:34","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T15:47:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=short-read&#038;p=281080"},"modified":"2025-11-20T10:47:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T15:47:55","slug":"when-americans-say-they-get-news-from-tv-what-do-they-mean","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/11\/20\/when-americans-say-they-get-news-from-tv-what-do-they-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"When Americans say they get news from TV, what do they mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-640-wide\"><img data-dominant-color=\"544a33\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" style=\"--dominant-color: #544a33;\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" 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https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/11\/SR_25.11.20_tvnews_featured.png?resize=268,151 268w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/11\/SR_25.11.20_tvnews_featured.png?resize=536,302 536w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/11\/SR_25.11.20_tvnews_featured.png?resize=194,110 194w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/11\/SR_25.11.20_tvnews_featured.png?resize=148,84 148w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/11\/SR_25.11.20_tvnews_featured.png?resize=296,168 296w\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(AnnaStills via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even though more Americans now use <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2025\/07\/01\/83-of-us-adults-use-streaming-services-far-fewer-subscribe-to-cable-or-satellite-tv\/\">streaming services<\/a> \u2013 like Netflix \u2013 than subscribe to cable or satellite TV, most people who say they get <em>news<\/em> from television still rely on cable, satellite or broadcast channels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignright has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"alignright wp-block-prc-chart-builder-synced-chart\"><figure class=\"wp-chart-builder\">\t\t<div style=\"max-width:310px\" class=\"wp-chart-builder-wrapper alignnone wp-block-prc-chart-builder-controller\" id=\"bbdb5f8b-d28b-4894-ae0f-2ba877e8cd8d\" data-wp-interactive=\"prc-chart-builder\/controller\" 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Respondents who did not answer are not shown.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cb__note\">Source: Survey of U.S. adults conducted Aug. 18-24, 2025.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cb__tag\">PEW RESEARCH CENTER<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<hr class=\"cb__hr\" style=\"margin: 10px 0 0; max-width:310px;\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t<!-- register a callback on this div to see if the native share is supported -->\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"share-modal__overlay\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"share-modal__overlay-bbdb5f8b-d28b-4894-ae0f-2ba877e8cd8d\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--active=\"state.isActive\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--web-share-supported=\"state.webShareSupported\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.hideModal\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.hideModal\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-chart-view=\"share\"\n\t\t\t><\/div>\n\t\t\t<!-- TODO: I would like to be able to use the social share block here. 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Respondents who did not answer are not shown.<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cb__note\">Source: Survey of U.S. adults conducted Aug. 18-24, 2025.<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cb__tag\">PEW RESEARCH CENTER<\/div>\n\t\t\t<hr style=\"margin: 10px 0px 0px; max-width: 310px;\">\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"wp-chart-builder-view-buttons\" style=\"max-width:310px;\"><div class=\"wp-chart-builder-view-buttons__tabs\"><button class=\"view-button view-button--chart\" data-chart-view=\"chart\" data-chart-id=\"bbdb5f8b-d28b-4894-ae0f-2ba877e8cd8d\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.setActiveTab\" data-wp-class--active=\"state.isActive\">Chart<\/button><button class=\"view-button view-button--table\" data-chart-view=\"table\" data-chart-id=\"bbdb5f8b-d28b-4894-ae0f-2ba877e8cd8d\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.setActiveTab\" data-wp-class--active=\"state.isActive\">Data<\/button><\/div><div class=\"wp-chart-builder-view-buttons__actions\"><button class=\"view-button view-button--share\" data-chart-view=\"share\" data-chart-id=\"bbdb5f8b-d28b-4894-ae0f-2ba877e8cd8d\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.setActiveTab\" data-wp-class--active=\"state.isActive\">Share<\/button><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/politics\/2012\/09\/27\/in-changing-news-landscape-even-television-is-vulnerable\/\">For decades<\/a>, TV has been an important way that Americans get news. About two-thirds of U.S. adults (64%) now say they <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/fact-sheet\/news-platform-fact-sheet\/\">get news from television at least sometimes<\/a>, including 32% who say they do so often.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But with streaming services available on televisions and content from traditional TV news outlets available on smartphone apps and social media, it is not always clear what it means when people say they get news from TV. In an August 2025 survey, Pew Research Center asked Americans who say they get news from television how they access it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among these TV news consumers, 57% say that their news mostly comes from cable, satellite or broadcast television. About a third (34%) say it mostly comes from streaming services. An additional 4% say it comes in some other form, and 5% say they\u2019re not sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-style-plus-icon has-border-color has-ui-gray-light-border-color has-ui-beige-very-light-background-color has-background has-sans-serif-font-family is-layout-flow wp-container-core-details-is-layout-61b01db2 wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-width:1px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);font-size:clamp(0.875em, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2em) * 0.009), 0.88em);\"><summary>How we did this<\/summary>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pew Research Center conducted this analysis to understand the ways Americans get news from television and how digital options may be changing that. It builds on our ongoing research into how people <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/fact-sheet\/news-platform-fact-sheet\/\">consume news<\/a> across different platforms.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For this analysis, we surveyed 5,153 U.S. adults from Aug. 18 to 24, 2025. Everyone who took part in this survey is a member of the Center\u2019s American Trends Panel (ATP), a group of people recruited through national, random sampling of residential addresses who have agreed to take surveys regularly. This kind of recruitment gives nearly all U.S. adults a chance of selection. Interviews were conducted either online or by telephone with a live interviewer. The survey is weighted to be representative of the U.S. adult population by gender, race, ethnicity, partisan affiliation, education and other factors. Read more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/our-methods\/u-s-surveys\/the-american-trends-panel\/\">ATP\u2019s methodology<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here are the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/11\/SR_25.11.20_tvnews_questionnaire.pdf\">questions used for this analysis<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/11\/SR_25.11.20_tvnews_topline.pdf\">topline<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2025\/09\/25\/news-information-fact-sheets-methodology\/\">methodology<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Americans who <em>prefer<\/em> to get their news on television over any other platform are especially inclined to get it from cable, satellite or broadcast. Of those who prefer television news, 70% say that most of their TV news comes from these formats, while 21% say it mostly comes from streaming services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Younger adults are more likely than older ones to say the news they get on television mostly comes from streaming services. 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Respondents who did not answer are not shown.<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cb__note\">Source: Survey of U.S. adults conducted Aug. 18-24, 2025.<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"cb__tag\">PEW RESEARCH CENTER<\/div>\n\t\t\t<hr style=\"margin: 10px 0px 0px; max-width: 420px;\">\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"wp-chart-builder-view-buttons\" style=\"max-width:420px;\"><div class=\"wp-chart-builder-view-buttons__tabs\"><button class=\"view-button view-button--chart\" data-chart-view=\"chart\" data-chart-id=\"36e9a8e0-67d4-4261-bb14-2d6849c673d8\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.setActiveTab\" data-wp-class--active=\"state.isActive\">Chart<\/button><button class=\"view-button view-button--table\" data-chart-view=\"table\" data-chart-id=\"36e9a8e0-67d4-4261-bb14-2d6849c673d8\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.setActiveTab\" data-wp-class--active=\"state.isActive\">Data<\/button><\/div><div class=\"wp-chart-builder-view-buttons__actions\"><button class=\"view-button view-button--share\" data-chart-view=\"share\" data-chart-id=\"36e9a8e0-67d4-4261-bb14-2d6849c673d8\" data-wp-on--click=\"actions.setActiveTab\" data-wp-class--active=\"state.isActive\">Share<\/button><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Among those ages 65 and older who get news from TV, 75% say it mostly comes from cable, satellite or broadcast. 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