Social media up, TV viewing down in political event

Rappler.com

This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.


With the August 31 Republican National Convention becoming a hit online and in social networks–but not on TV–the Associated Press said this was “the latest evidence of the political conversation’s gradual migration from traditional media to the Web.” It said TV viewership during the convention “dropped sharply” from 2008, when history was in the making: Democrat Barack Obama become the first black presidential nominee. Aside from the largely surprise-free Republican convention, hurricane Isaac that battered parts of the United States drew some attention away from politics.


Read more on Associated Press.

Add a comment

Sort by

There are no comments yet. Add your comment to start the conversation.

Summarize this article with AI

How does this make you feel?

Loading
Download the Rappler App!