The statistic presents the news literacy in Australia as of February 2018, by education level. During the survey period, around 40 percent of respondents who had a high school or lower level of education in Australia seemed to have low news literacy.
News literacy in Australia as of February 2018, by education level
To determine the level of news literacy, respondents were asked three questions to test their knowledge of the news environment. Those questions about funding to the public broadcaster, who is responsible for writing a press release, and
the way Facebook selects news for people, were proven to be important for understanding the context and creation of news.
Based on the number of questions answered correctly
respondents were ranked from having very low news literacy
to very high news literacy: - 0 correct = very low news literacy - 1
correct = low news literacy - 2 correct = high news literacy - 3 correct = very high news literacy.
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APO, & University of Canberra. (June 14, 2019). News literacy in Australia as of February 2018, by education level [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/894218/australia-news-literacy-by-education-level/
APO, und University of Canberra. "News literacy in Australia as of February 2018, by education level." Chart. June 14, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/894218/australia-news-literacy-by-education-level/
APO, University of Canberra. (2019). News literacy in Australia as of February 2018, by education level. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/894218/australia-news-literacy-by-education-level/
APO, and University of Canberra. "News Literacy in Australia as of February 2018, by Education Level." Statista, Statista Inc., 14 Jun 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/894218/australia-news-literacy-by-education-level/
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