This statistic displays the reliability of different media types for breaking news in Australia in 2016, by gender. During the survey period, 24 percent of both the female and male respondents considered commercial TV to be the most reliable medium for local breaking news in Australia. However, only 12 percent of female, compared to 16 percent of male respondents stated that they consider local ABC radio to be the most reliable medium for accessing local breaking news.
Reliability of different media types for local breaking news in Australia in 2016, by gender
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: "which of the following media would you say is the most reliable for the very latest information about breaking or unfolding local news stories?"
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Australian Communications and Media Authority. (May 15, 2017). Reliability of different media types for local breaking news in Australia in 2016, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/715239/australia-reliability-of-media-types-for-local-breaking-news-by-gender/
Australian Communications and Media Authority. "Reliability of different media types for local breaking news in Australia in 2016, by gender." Chart. May 15, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/715239/australia-reliability-of-media-types-for-local-breaking-news-by-gender/
Australian Communications and Media Authority. (2017). Reliability of different media types for local breaking news in Australia in 2016, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/715239/australia-reliability-of-media-types-for-local-breaking-news-by-gender/
Australian Communications and Media Authority. "Reliability of Different Media Types for Local Breaking News in Australia in 2016, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 May 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/715239/australia-reliability-of-media-types-for-local-breaking-news-by-gender/
Australian Communications and Media Authority, Reliability of different media types for local breaking news in Australia in 2016, by gender Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/715239/australia-reliability-of-media-types-for-local-breaking-news-by-gender/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Reliability of different media types for local breaking news in Australia in 2016, by gender [Graph], Australian Communications and Media Authority, May 15, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/715239/australia-reliability-of-media-types-for-local-breaking-news-by-gender/
