A New Phase in Our Digital Lives

Some people describe it as The End of the Internet, though that is probably a misnomer. Others, at the risk of cliché, might call it News 3.0. Maybe the best way to understand what is occurring today with the way people interact with the news and technology is to think of it as the end of our digital childhood. By whatever term you give it, the latest biennial survey on news consumption from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press reveals signs of a new phase, perhaps even a new era, in the acquisition and consumption of news. And there is every reason to expect the shift will only accelerate now with a new wave of technology devices - from smartphones to iPad-style devices - which the data do not fully measure.