‘Twitter top source of breaking news’

Twitter is the most popular source for staying updated with breaking news among all the social networking sites, a new survey of nearly 5,000 social media users in <g data-gr-id="12">US</g> has found.

Nearly 9 in 10 Twitter users in the study (86 per cent) said they use Twitter for news, and the vast majority of those (74 per cent) do so daily. The study, which involved an online survey of more than 4,700 social media users, found that Twitter users tend to be heavier news consumers than other social media users. Almost all Twitter users are also consumers of other forms of news media, according to the survey carried by the American Press Institute and Twitter in collaboration with research firm DB5. 

While Twitter users follow <g data-gr-id="13">news</g> in general on the service, and sometimes do so just as a way of passing <g data-gr-id="14">time</g>, they act differently when they are following breaking news, becoming even more participatory.