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"Americans are on multiple social media networks and 35% of them get news on more than one, leading to fragmentation of news gathering through social media.\nHowever, the vast majority (65%) of Americans who use social media for news only get that news from one social network, and Facebook is the king, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center released on Thursday.\nSee also: 9 Breaking News Tweets That Changed Twitter Forever\nThe study also shows that very few Americans use big social networks like LinkedIn, Pinterest or Google+ to get their news. After Facebook, YouTube is the social network with the second highest reach; 10% of those who use social media for news receive news there. \nAs Pew has reported before, 30% of all Americans get their news on Facebook, while only 8% find news on Twitter. Google+ follows with 4%, and LinkedIn ranks next with 3%. \nReddit is the top-ranking social networking site for driving its users to news content; 62% of Reddit users are news consumers. But only 3% of Americans are on Reddit, which means only 2% of the overall U.S. population uses it as its main source for news. \nFacebook and Twitter are both popular networks for news consumption. Half of their users \u2014 47% for Facebook, 52% for Twitter \u2014 consume news while using those networks, according to the new Pew study. \nThis is the latest in a series of studies from The Pew Research Center on the role of social media and news. You can read the full report here.\nThis article has been updated to reflect that the Americans referenced above are ones who use social media for news.\nHave something to add to this story? Share it in the comments.\nImage: Mashable"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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