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News Sources – Weekdays

Dec 13, 2010
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Q. Thinking about where you get your news, on an average weekday which of the following media would you use?

  Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
Daily newspaper 42% 42% 47% 38%
Commercial (free-to-air) TV news 64% 68% 67% 57%
ABC TV news 32% 34% 34% 32%
SBS TV news 12% 10% 11% 19%
Pay TV news 10% 11% 11% 6%
Commercial radio news 27% 23% 34% 20%
ABC radio news 17% 17% 17% 22%
Internet news sites – e.g. newspaper sites, ABC, etc 55% 54% 59% 56%
Internet blogs 6% 4% 7% 10%
None of them 5% 2% 3% 10%

The most commonly used news sources on weekdays are commercial TV news (64%), internet news sites (55%) and newspapers (42%).

Respondents aged 45+ were more likely to use commercial TV news (70%), newspapers (48%), and ABC TV news (43%). Those aged under 35 were more likely to access internet news sites (60%) and less likely to read newspapers (36%).

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Labor
45+/0
Coalition
55+/-0

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