Those under age 30 spent 15 minutes listening to radio news, compared to 19 minutes for those over age 65. Young adults' relatively greater interest in television over newspapers is not simply a preference for watching over reading. Magazines are very popular among this age group. Americans ages 18-24 are most likely to have read a magazine yesterday and most likely to have devoted a considerable amount of time to it. Their consumption of magazines is especially striking when compared to their newspaper reading habits.
Age is more important than even education in understanding media use among the public.
Not surprisingly, college-educated Americans spend more time reading newspapers and magazines than do those whose education ended with high school. However, the gaps in the amount of time that an individual dedicates to the news are much greater among different age groups than between those who have some college experience and those without any at all. The only exception to this tendency involves going online. On a typical day, a solid majority of Americans are reading the newspaper, watching television news, listening to radio news or logging onto the Internet from the beginning of the day until the late night hours. Midday is the most common time to get the news.