Internet gains momentum as source of political news
A report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project about the 2006 US election shows that the number of Americans relying on the Internet for political news doubled from the 2002 mid-term election and grew fivefold in the past decade.
Among other interesting findings, the survey states that a new online political elite is emerging, as 23% of campaign internet users became online political activists.
Also, and according to the paper, while mainstream news sources still dominate the online news and information gathering by campaign internet users, a majority of them now get political material from blogs, comedy sites, government websites, candidate sites, or alternative news sites.
