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News Sources – Weekends

Dec 13, 2010
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Q. And where do you get your news on an average weekend?

  Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
Weekend newspaper 50% 51% 56% 43%
Commercial (free-to-air) TV news 59% 64% 62% 42%
ABC TV news 28% 29% 30% 29%
SBS TV news 10% 9% 10% 13%
Pay TV news 9% 9% 10% 3%
Commercial radio news 17% 15% 22% 10%
ABC radio news 13% 13% 14% 17%
Internet news sites – e.g. newspaper sites, ABC, etc 42% 41% 43% 42%
Internet blogs 4% 2% 4% 8%
None of them 6% 4% 3% 15%

 The most commonly used news sources on weekends are commercial TV news (59%), newspapers (50%) and internet news sites (42%). Respondents were more likely to read newspapers on weekends than weekdays (42% weekdays/50% weekends) but less likely to view commercial TV news (64%/59%) or internet news sites (55%/42%).

Respondents aged 55+ were more likely to use commercial TV news (65%), newspapers (61%), and ABC TV news (46%).

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