A new study suggests a majority of U.S. citizens now get their news from social media websites. 

最新一项研究表明，现在多数美国居民通过社交媒体网站获取新闻资讯。

The Pew Research Center -- an organization that researches social issues, surveyed 4,654 citizens in January and February.

皮尤研究中心是一家专门研究社交问题的机构。今年1月和2月份皮尤曾对4654名美国人进行走访调查。

Pew researchers found 62 percent of the group got their news from social media websites like Facebook, Twitter and Reddit.

皮尤研究人员发现，受访人群中有62%的人是通过Facebook、Twitter、Reddit等社交媒体网站获取新闻资讯。

The new study shows Facebook to be the most popular social media website for news. 

这项新研究显示，Facebook成为最受欢迎的获取新闻资讯的社交网站。

More registered users of Reddit get their news from Reddit than registered users of Facebook do from Facebook. 

通过Reddit网站获取新闻资讯的Reddit用户的数量远超通过Facebook获取新闻的Facebook用户数量。

But the Pew research shows that 44 percent of all U.S. adults get news from Facebook.

但是皮尤研究发现，44%的美国成年人通过Facebook获取新闻资讯。

Only 2 percent of all U.S. adults get news from Reddit, the study suggests.

研究表明，通过Reddit获取新闻资讯的美国成年人只有2%。

Twitter, Tumblr and Youtube also had high numbers of registered users getting news from these websites.

另外，还有大量用户通过注册Twitter、Tumbler和Youtube等网站获取新闻内容。

But the number of people using more than one web site to get news was fairly low.

然而，从不止一家社交网站获取新闻资讯的人数非常少。

Just 26 percent said they use two sites to get news and only 10 percent said they use three or more.

只有26%的人表示从两家社交网站获取新闻热点，还有10%的人表示他们在三家甚至超过三家网站浏览新闻。

A total of 64 percent of people said they only use one web site to get news. 

64%的人表示只从一家社交网站获取新闻资讯。

Most commonly that site is Facebook.

一般都是在Facebook上浏览新闻。

Researchers also found news on each of the five most popular social media websites appeals to different types of people. 

研究人员还发现，五大社交平台中，每个社交平台的新闻都吸引着不同的人群。

People looking for news on Instagram are most likely to be young.

用Instagram搜索新闻的多为年轻人。

Female social media users are most likely to seek news on Facebook. 

在Facebook上浏览新闻的多为女性用户。

More people with some type of college degree look for news on LinkedIn.

多数拥有大学文凭的用户更愿意在LinkedIn上浏览新闻。

Information from a total of nine social media websites was part of the study. 

这项研究囊括了九大社交媒体网站的信息。

This includes Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, Reddit, LinkedIn, YouTube, Snapchat and Vine.

包括脸书, 推特, Instagram, Tumblr, Reddit, LinkedIn, YouTube, Snapchat以及Vine.

The number of visitors to all nine websites grew from a similar study conducted by the Pew Research Center in 2013.

与2013年皮尤研究中心的一项类似研究相比，九大网站的访客总数有所增长。

Jeffrey Gottfried and Elisa Shearer wrote the report for Pew. 

Jeffrey Gottfried和Elisa Shearer是皮尤研究中心这份报告的作者。

They say people who use social media for news still use traditional media like television and newspapers.

他们表示，使用社交媒体网站获取新闻的人也会通过电视和报纸等传统媒体获取新闻。

辞海拾贝

a majority of：大多数的

social issues：社交问题

the most popular...：最受欢迎的...

high numbers of：大量的

fairly low：相当少

appeals to：吸引

looking for：搜索,查找

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