Q. How important are the following online media to you personally for news and information?
|
Total very/quite important |
Very important |
Quiet important |
A little important |
Not important |
Can’t say |
|
|
52% |
24% |
28% |
26% |
19% |
3% |
|
| Newspaper websites |
43% |
17% |
26% |
29% |
24% |
4% |
| Other news websites |
41% |
14% |
27% |
29% |
27% |
4% |
|
28% |
13% |
15% |
23% |
48% |
2% |
|
| Websites about social and political campaigns |
16% |
4% |
12% |
21% |
57% |
6% |
| Blogs |
12% |
3% |
9% |
21% |
62% |
6% |
|
9% |
3% |
6% |
8% |
75% |
8% |
Google is the most important source of news and information (52% very/quite important). Although Facebook tends to be used more frequently, it is not as important as news websites for news and information.
Google is more important to – aged 18-24 (71% very/quite important), aged 25-34 (59%) and incomes over $1,600 pw (57%).
Newspaper websites are more important to – aged 25-34 (54% very/quite important) and incomes over $1,000 pw (51%).
Other news websites are more important to – aged 25-34 (50% very/quite important).
Facebook is more important to – aged 18-24 (51% very/quite important) and aged 25-34 (43%).
Websites about social and political campaigns are more important to – aged 18-24 (23% very/quite important), aged 25-34 (25%) and Greens voters (33%).
Blogs are more important to – aged 18-24 (19% very/quite important), aged 25-34 (21%) and Greens voters (23%).
Twitter is more important to – aged 18-24 (17% very/quite important) and aged 25-34 (20%).