The bar chart illustrates the proportion of Citizens in five different age groups that used to get daily news through social-networking, microblogging and radio in a nation in 2011.
Overall, it is obvious that people in all age groups using microblogging to get news made up a lower percentage than those using the other listed types of media. Moreover, social media was used the most at the 10-17 and 18-29 age groups as well as the figure for people aged 18-29 making use of radio.
About 80% of people at the age of 10-17 and 18-29 got news through social networks, doubling the rate of people at the 50-64 age group while the figures for 30-49 and over-65-year-old people were 50% and 25% respectively. At the same time, the proportion of inhabitants who were 18-29 utilizing radio was 91%, followed by 90% of those in the 30-49 age group and 88% of those aged -64. The figure for the youngest age group was a bit low at 40%, half of the oldest group.
In term of micro-blogging, the percentage of over-65-year-old residents was 10%, 2 times as low as that of inhabitants at the of 10-17. People aged 30-48 accounted for 17% whereas around 23% of people aged from 18-29 used microblogging which exceeded that of the rest age group by approximately 10 %.
The bar chart illustrates the proportion of Citizens in five
different
age
groups
that
used
to
get
daily news through social-networking,
microblogging
and radio in a nation in 2011.
Overall
, it is obvious that
people
in all
age
groups
using
microblogging
to
get
news made up a lower percentage than those using the other listed types of media.
Moreover
, social media was
used
the most at the 10-17 and 18-29
age
groups
as well
as the figure for
people
aged
18-29 making
use
of radio.
About 80% of
people
at the
age
of 10-17 and 18-29
got
news through social networks, doubling the rate of
people
at the 50-64
age
group
while the figures for 30-49 and over-65-year-
old
people
were 50% and 25%
respectively
. At the same time, the proportion of inhabitants who were 18-29 utilizing radio was 91%, followed by 90% of those in the 30-49
age
group
and 88% of those
aged
-64. The figure for the youngest
age
group
was a bit low at 40%, half of the oldest group.
In term of micro-blogging, the percentage of over-65-year-
old
residents was 10%, 2 times as low as that of inhabitants at the of 10-17.
People
aged
30-48 accounted for 17% whereas around 23% of
people
aged
from 18-29
used
microblogging
which exceeded that of the rest
age
group
by approximately 10 %.