In 2012, a Pew Study noted that 50% of Americans get their news on line, while the other 50% get news from newspapers, radio, and television.
This breakdown reveals a generation gap and an education gap.
I wonder about religious broadcasting as well. To be honest, I know no one under the age of 65 who watches EWTN regularly (I do not, have never done so, and I am 65). The television audience has been greying for years, and those who want to learn are using resources on the Net to find out what they want to know.
College students who are Catholic are more likely to watch Church Militant than any other Catholic source. Many do not look for news sources at all.
Which means that Catholic bloggers have a huge responsibility for evangelizing. Part of the issue is format, but the larger issue is Net news and Net religious news.
The great sites most of us look at daily are not on TV-LifeSiteNews, ChurchMilitant, The Big Pulpit, Father Z, Jihad Watch and so on. More young people use Drudge and Brietbart News Network.
I do not know any young people under the age of 35 who read Catholic newspapers in print. None.
And, yet, the number of Catholic sources for news and commentary on line is still limited-we need more young bloggers, which is why I have highlighted one consistently in the past two months-Ethika Politika.
I would be interested from readers to know where they get their news, both secular and religious.
Please comment.
