Thanks to the increased use of mobile devices, news is a more important and more pervasive part of Americans’ lives than ever before, according to the Pew Research Center’s 2012 State of the News Media report.Twenty-seven percent of Americans now get news on mobile or tablet devices, according to the report. And the new devices aren’t replacing other electronics like laptops or desktop computers, but are adding to people’s news consumption, said Amy Mitchell, deputy director of the Pew Center for Excellence in Journalism.
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