The changes you reflect suggest that the fully engaged news junkie actually gains information, through the constant connection, and is a more active user. This represents those who want the latest developments and the cascading affects from events, as well as the editorial analysis.
Hopefully out of this continuous news flow we will become better informed!
I'm a self-confessed news junkie, and I'm part of the 62% who get their news on their smartphone. I used to read the news on my favorite sites (on a browser) but it wasn't the best of experienes. Sometimes there were lags, sometimes the mobile sites were too slow--it was just inconvenient overall.
I've since switched to apps. One I particularly like is Flipboard because it offers a variety of news and it makes switching from one section to another very easy.
Agreed, which is why I like the NY Times iPad app so much. It's not cluttered, it's fast, easy-to-use, and clean (meaning, there's also lots of white space).
Some of the designs for these mobile app news sites are truly awful, even overwhelming. Good editors structure their information with taxonomies and sections, and those who just throw a bunch of news at you with no organization whatsoever...I'm over them!
I use a few iOS news apps AND a browser to get mobile news. I think the deciding factor for me is how friendly a news organization's mobile website is to use -- most news websites are cluttered with fluff/ads/irrelevant videos and mobile apps are sometimes a quicker way to consume the news that I want to read. But some mobile sites are actually nice enough that I've never bothered to install an app -- b/c apps also usually don't offer much else other than a clean interface and if the mobile website is "clean enough" then what's the point of the app?
It amazes me that local TV stations are still trying to do "teasers" about news@11pm -- especially for non-exclusive stories that can be found anywhere else on the internet.... Hopefully, TV journalism will improve in the face of competing news apps that offer quality reporting 24/7.
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