This statistic displays the preferences of regional residents for media use for local news in Australia in 2016, by age. During the survey period, around 18 percent of the respondents aged between 18 and 39 years stated that social media is favorite source for accessing local news compared to only three percent of the respondents older than 40 years who said the same.
Preferences for media use for local news in Australia in 2016, by age
Regional Australians who did not have access to metropoitan television
Method of interview
Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)
Supplementary notes
The question was phrased by the source as follows: "for each of the following types of local information or content, imagine you could use any source to get this content. Would your most preferred source be TV, radio, local print newspaper, the internet or somewhere else?"
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Australian Communications and Media Authority. (May 15, 2017). Preferences for media use for local news in Australia in 2016, by age [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/714769/australia-media-use-preferences-local-news-by-age/
Australian Communications and Media Authority. "Preferences for media use for local news in Australia in 2016, by age." Chart. May 15, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/714769/australia-media-use-preferences-local-news-by-age/
Australian Communications and Media Authority. (2017). Preferences for media use for local news in Australia in 2016, by age. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/714769/australia-media-use-preferences-local-news-by-age/
Australian Communications and Media Authority. "Preferences for Media Use for Local News in Australia in 2016, by Age." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 May 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/714769/australia-media-use-preferences-local-news-by-age/
Australian Communications and Media Authority, Preferences for media use for local news in Australia in 2016, by age Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/714769/australia-media-use-preferences-local-news-by-age/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Preferences for media use for local news in Australia in 2016, by age [Graph], Australian Communications and Media Authority, May 15, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/714769/australia-media-use-preferences-local-news-by-age/