Online News Consumption by Students of Lomonosov Moscow State University

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Anna V. Tolokonnikova

PhD in Philology, Associate Professor at the Chair of Mass Media Theory and Economics, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

e-mail: a.tolokonnikova@mail.ru
Taras S. Cherevko

PhD in Philology, Senior Researcher, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

e-mail: сherevkot@gmail.com

Section: New Media

The article examines features attributed to consumption of news on the Internet by young and active residents of Moscow — students of the faculty of journalism at the Lomonosov MSU. Authors analyze users’ behavior on the web, specifically their interest in various news resources and links to news publications posted on social websites. The study reveals a number of particular patterns of news consumption peculiar to future journalists and marks the most significant news distributors.

Keywords: news resources, news consumption, media consumption on the Internet, social networks, Internet media sources
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