they get news forwarded through

English translation: They receive it via email

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English term or phrase:they get news forwarded through
Selected answer:They receive it via email
Entered by: Demi Ebrite

03:22 Sep 18, 2012
English language (monolingual) [Non-PRO]
Social Sciences - Media / Multimedia
English term or phrase: they get news forwarded through
Hello everyone,

In the study, 75 percent of U.S. online news consumers say they get news forwarded through e-mail or posts on social networking sites and 52 percent say they share links to news with others via those means. A third of cell phone owners even access news on their cell phones

Does it mean that they simply receive news through e-mail or posts on social networking sites or does it mean that they receive news and then send it to someone else?

Thank you
Mikhail Korolev
Local time: 14:46
They receive it via email
Explanation:
One can subscribe to news services like the Telegraph or the New York Times and have the headlines sent to their email.

If my personal habits are similar to others, I have five newspapers (headline pages) sent to me via email and I sometimes post interesting news articles I have read in this way on social networking sites.

I get my email on my phone, so I can read from there and re-post from there as well.

HTH


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Demi Ebrite
United States
Local time: 06:46
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Many thanks to everyone.
Thank you, Demi.
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4 +2They receive it via email
Demi Ebrite
3 +1others forward the news via e-mail or posts on social networking sites
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They receive it via email


Explanation:
One can subscribe to news services like the Telegraph or the New York Times and have the headlines sent to their email.

If my personal habits are similar to others, I have five newspapers (headline pages) sent to me via email and I sometimes post interesting news articles I have read in this way on social networking sites.

I get my email on my phone, so I can read from there and re-post from there as well.

HTH




Demi Ebrite
United States
Local time: 06:46
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Grading comment
Many thanks to everyone.
Thank you, Demi.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Martin Riordan: That's what it sounds like to me.
7 hrs
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agree  Phong Le
1 day 1 hr
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
others forward the news via e-mail or posts on social networking sites


Explanation:
The way I understand this is that the news consumers receive news that other people have forwarded to them via e-mail.

Example: My friend reads an interesting article and then forwards it to me.

In this case, I would someone who gets news "forwarded through e-mail."

The online news consumers may also get their news via posts on social networking sites.

Example: My friend posts a news article or a link to a news item on her Facebook page. I read the article or click on the link.

In this case, I would be someone who gets news through "posts on social networking sites."

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-09-18 05:13:42 GMT)
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I meant to say:

In this case, I would BE someone who gets news "forwarded through e-mail."


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Jordan
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

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agree  Jenni Lukac (X)
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