Media usage

Q. How frequently do you read, listen to or watch the following?

	Daily	Several times a week	About once a week	Less often	Never	Don’t know
Commercial TV news and current affairs	48%	27%	12%	8%	5%	1%
News and opinion in daily newspapers	26%	22%	24%	16%	11%	1%
Commercial radio news and current affairs	24%	22%	13%	20%	19%	1%
News and opinion websites	23%	22%	17%	19%	17%	2%
ABC TV news and current affairs	19%	21%	18%	23%	18%	1%
ABC radio news and current affairs	15%	13%	10%	28%	33%	2%
Commercial radio talkback programs	13%	12%	12%	26%	36%	1%
ABC radio talkback programs	8%	10%	10%	26%	45%	2%
Internet blogs	6%	9%	13%	29%	41%	3%

 Commercial TV news and current affairs was the most used news and opinion media (48% watch daily). 26% read newspapers daily, 24% commercial radio news and current affairs and 23% news and opinion websites.

 Newspapers tend to be read more by older people (38% of 65+ years read daily). 65% of those aged 55+ watch commercial TV news and current affairs daily. Internet news and opinion websites have similar patterns of usage across age groups but internet bogs are mostly used by those aged under 35 (10% daily)