In all, around two-tenths of all Americans claim they have ever spoken with or been interviewed by a local journalist. The majority of rural Americans believe that the local news media mostly covers areas other than the one in which they live. Nearly as many folks in the United States like to acquire their local news online as they do on television. According to a study published in 2014 by the Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism, 46 percent of Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 get most of their national and world news from local newspapers. By comparison, only 7 percent of people over the age of 65 get most of their news from local papers. Digital news consumption is widespread among young Americans - about half get some of their news online, while nearly one-fifth get none at all. Young people also use social media to get their news. Around six in ten Americans under the age of 35 say they get information about current events through social networking sites like Facebook. Older generations are more likely to get their news from traditional sources like television news programs or radio stations. There are several possible explanations for these trends. One possibility is that younger people prefer to obtain news about national issues via digital channels that do not focus on regional coverage. It may be that they find local newspaper articles too specific to interest them. As people get older, however, they tend to rely more heavily on publications with greater regional focus.