Pew reports, in 2018, for the first time, social media sites surpassed print newspapers as a news source for Americans.
One-in-five adults said they often get news from social media, slightly higher than the share who often did so from print newspapers (16%).
Among social media sites, Facebook dominates in terms of news consumption: Around half of all US adults (52%) now say they get news there.
Social media surpassed newspapers as an American news source
