This statistic displays the share of regional residents who used social media to access local content in Australia in 2016, by type of content. During the survey period, around 32 percent of the respondents used social media to access information about local community events in Australia.
Share of regional residents who used social media to access local content in Australia in 2016, by type of content
Regional Australians who did not have access to metropoitan television
Method of interview
Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)
Supplementary notes
The question was phrased by the source as follows: "for each of the following types of local content, please tell me what you use to get this kind of information. Would it be TV, radio, a local newspaper, the internet or something else?"
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Australian Communications and Media Authority. (May 15, 2017). Share of regional residents who used social media to access local content in Australia in 2016, by type of content [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 13, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/715169/australia-social-media-use-to-access-local-content-by-type-of-content/
Australian Communications and Media Authority. "Share of regional residents who used social media to access local content in Australia in 2016, by type of content." Chart. May 15, 2017. Statista. Accessed November 13, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/715169/australia-social-media-use-to-access-local-content-by-type-of-content/
Australian Communications and Media Authority. (2017). Share of regional residents who used social media to access local content in Australia in 2016, by type of content. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 13, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/715169/australia-social-media-use-to-access-local-content-by-type-of-content/
Australian Communications and Media Authority. "Share of Regional Residents Who Used Social Media to Access Local Content in Australia in 2016, by Type of Content." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 May 2017, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/715169/australia-social-media-use-to-access-local-content-by-type-of-content/
Australian Communications and Media Authority, Share of regional residents who used social media to access local content in Australia in 2016, by type of content Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/715169/australia-social-media-use-to-access-local-content-by-type-of-content/ (last visited November 13, 2024)
Share of regional residents who used social media to access local content in Australia in 2016, by type of content [Graph], Australian Communications and Media Authority, May 15, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/715169/australia-social-media-use-to-access-local-content-by-type-of-content/
