It also shows only 1 in 200 people surveyed believes newspapers will be a dominant source of information in 2014.

The poll by Zogby International said as broadcast newscasts continue to lose viewers and newspapers struggle to stay alive, "the Internet is by far the preferred source for information, and & it is considered the most reliable source as well."

The survey discovered 56 percent of adults nationwide would pick the Internet if they were allowed just one source for their news, while television, newspapers and radio earned the support of 41 percent - together.

Among Republicans, 56 percent would choose the Internet for their news, while among Democrats that figure was 50 percent. Seventeen percent of Democrats said they would prefer newspapers as their only news source while 5 percent of Republicans made that choice.

The survey, which contacted more than 3,000 people and has a margin of error of 1.8 percent, revealed 38 percent believe news from the Internet is the most reliable, followed by television at less than half that figure - 17 percent. Newspapers were in third at 16 percent and 13 percent chose radio.

Since a full 84 percent of American adults report having Internet access, the poll "reinforces the idea that the efforts by established newspapers, television and radio outlets to push their consumers to their respective websites is working."

he poll said 49 percent of all respondents said national newspaper websites were very important and 43 percent said national television websites were important to them as a key source of news.

A total of 41 percent said local newspaper websites were important sources while 34 percent said local television stations were the same.

"That the websites of traditional news outlets are seen by a wide margin as more important than blog sites - most of which are repositories of opinion devoid of actual reportage - could be seen as an encouraging development for the media at large," the report said.

And forget Facebook and Twitter: Just 10 percent consider Facebook as important for news while 4 percent said the same of Twitter.

Eighty-two percent said they believe five years from now the Internet will be the most dominant information course. Television was second, at 13 percent. The survey showed that only one-half of one percent - 0.5 percent - said they thought newspapers would be the most dominant source of news in five years.