WASHINGTON—Twitter is finding a niche among younger US adults who monitor the messaging service for news on mobile devices, a survey showed Monday. The Pew Research Center report said 16 percent of American adults use Twitter, and that much of what gets passed on is breaking news. Some 52 percent of Twitter users say they use it for news. That means some eight percent of US adults are Twitter news consumers, the survey found. While Americans use other social networks such as Facebook to follow news, "Twitter news consumers stand out as younger, more mobile and more educated," the Pew report said. Among the Twitter news consumers, some 85 percent said they get news at least ...
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