The chart shows that there is considerable variation in the ways people accessed news in the country between 2013 and 2017.
The most noticeable trend was the huge decline in the percentage of the population getting their news from printed newspapers. This saw a collapse from 42% in 2013 to just 22% over five years. By contrast, the proportion of using the internet for news grew from 32% to 41% in 2015 and then experienced a massive rise to 68% by 2017. Figures for radio news saw almost no change, holding steady at approximately one-third. TV news had a sizeable decrease between 2013 and 2015 (79% to 67%) but this was followed by a small rise to 71% in 2017.
It is noticeable that in 2013 TV was by far the most popular medium for news access with a 35% gap between this and the next most popular – newspapers, at 42%. In 2017, TV was still the most used medium but a close second was the internet and the difference had to just 3% – 71% compared to 68%.
In summary, even though there were different trends in how people accessed public media over the period, TV was always the top of all.
The chart
shows
that there is considerable variation in the ways
people
accessed
news
in the country between 2013 and 2017.
The most noticeable trend was the huge decline in the percentage of the population getting their
news
from printed newspapers. This
saw
a collapse from 42% in 2013 to
just
22% over five years. By contrast, the proportion of using the internet for
news
grew from 32% to 41% in 2015 and then experienced a massive rise to 68% by 2017. Figures for radio
news
saw
almost no
change
, holding steady at approximately one-third. TV
news
had a sizeable decrease between 2013 and 2015 (79% to 67%)
but
this
was followed
by a
small
rise to 71% in 2017.
It is noticeable that in 2013 TV was by far the most popular medium for
news
access with a 35% gap between this and the
next
most popular
–
newspapers, at 42%. In 2017, TV was
still
the most
used
medium
but
a close second was the internet and the difference had to
just
3%
–
71% compared to 68%.
In summary,
even though
there were
different
trends in how
people
accessed public media over the period, TV was always the top of all.