The bar chart delineates the usage rate of 3 media by people from different age bracket in 2011. Overall, microblogging was the least favored for getting news for citizens of all age groups, radio was more popular among people aged 18 or older, age is a clear predictor for the decrease in the use of social networking sites.
It is evident that social networking was the most popular media among the 10-to-17s, at 80%, registering higher figure than that for radio (40%) and microblogging (20%). A different picture, however, could be observed with regard to the remaining age brackets. Radio become the predominant type of media with a usage rate of around 90% for the 18-to-29s, 30-to-49s, and 50-to-64s, 85% for the over 65 group.
The figure for social networking varied with age, at 80% for the 18-to-29 age group, 50% for the 30-to-49s, down to 40% for the 30-to-49s and the lowest proportion was 25% for the oldest group. Microblogging was always the least preferred platform, between 25% and a negligible 10%.
The bar chart delineates the usage rate of 3 media by
people
from
different
age
bracket in 2011.
Overall
,
microblogging
was the least favored for getting news for citizens of all
age
groups, radio was more popular among
people
aged 18 or older,
age
is a
clear
predictor for the decrease in the
use
of social networking sites.
It is evident that social networking was the most popular media among the 10-to-17s, at 80%, registering higher figure than that for radio (40%) and
microblogging
(20%). A
different
picture,
however
, could
be observed
with regard to the remaining
age
brackets. Radio become the predominant type of media with a usage rate of around 90% for the 18-to-29s, 30-to-49s, and 50-to-64s, 85% for the over 65 group.
The figure for social networking varied with
age
, at 80% for the 18-to-29
age
group, 50% for the 30-to-49s, down to 40% for the 30-to-49s and the lowest proportion was 25% for the oldest group.
Microblogging
was always the least preferred platform, between 25% and a negligible 10%.