This statistic displays the perceived reliability of local news media for breaking news in Australia in 2016, by source. During the survey period, most of the respondents, namely 24 percent, considered commercial TV to be the most reliable medium for local news in Australia.
Perceived reliability of local news media for breaking news in Australia in 2016, by source
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: "which of the following media would you say is the most reliable for the very latest information about breaking or unfolding local news stories?"
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Australian Communications and Media Authority. (May 15, 2017). Perceived reliability of local news media for breaking news in Australia in 2016, by source [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 13, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/715209/australia-reliability-of-local-news-by-source/
Australian Communications and Media Authority. "Perceived reliability of local news media for breaking news in Australia in 2016, by source." Chart. May 15, 2017. Statista. Accessed November 13, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/715209/australia-reliability-of-local-news-by-source/
Australian Communications and Media Authority. (2017). Perceived reliability of local news media for breaking news in Australia in 2016, by source. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 13, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/715209/australia-reliability-of-local-news-by-source/
Australian Communications and Media Authority. "Perceived Reliability of Local News Media for Breaking News in Australia in 2016, by Source." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 May 2017, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/715209/australia-reliability-of-local-news-by-source/
Australian Communications and Media Authority, Perceived reliability of local news media for breaking news in Australia in 2016, by source Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/715209/australia-reliability-of-local-news-by-source/ (last visited November 13, 2024)
Perceived reliability of local news media for breaking news in Australia in 2016, by source [Graph], Australian Communications and Media Authority, May 15, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/715209/australia-reliability-of-local-news-by-source/
