A recent Mediapost blog about mobile news consumption highlighted data from a Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism report. Here are some highlights.

According to a detailed survey of news use on mobile devices, half of all U.S. adults now have a mobile connection to the web through either a smartphone or tablet, significantly more than a year ago, which has major implications for how news will be consumed and paid for.

22% of U.S. adults now own a tablet device, twice as many as a year earlier. Another 3% of adults regularly use a tablet owned by someone else in their home. And 23% of those who don’t have a tablet, plan to get one in the next six months. In addition, 44% have smartphones, according to the survey.

The Growing Mobile Landscape (US Adults)
U.S. Adults Own	Get News On Their Device
Tablet	22%	64%
Smartphone	44%	62%
Either tablet or smartphone	50%	66%
Source: Pew Research, October 2012

64% of tablet owners and 62% of smartphone owners say they use the devices for news at least weekly, tying news statistically with other popular activities such email and games on tablets, and behind only email on smartphones. A third of all U.S. adults now get news on a mobile device at least once a week.

You can read the full post here and read more about the Pew study. As more people adopt smartphones and tablets, they will continue to increase their consumption of information on mobile devices and increasingly expect to consume government information at anytime and from anywhere.

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