The bar chart shows how people of five age groups obtained their daily news in a country in the year 2011. The data suggest that reliance on social networking and microblogging to access news declined among older groups, compared to the younger cohorts, while the use of radio remained a dominant medium among all age groups, except the youngest.
Social networking sites were used predominantly by the youngest groups, with about 80% of those aged 10–17 and 18–29 relying on them. Usage was considerably lower among adults aged 30–49, at roughly 40%, and almost negligible in the two oldest brackets. A similar age-related pattern can be seen for microblogging, although at a different magnitude: use was modest among teenagers, but the highest proportion appeared among 18–29-year-olds, at just above 20%. After mid-adulthood, microblogging remained present but at lower levels.
Radio shows a different pattern. Only a small minority of those under 30 used radio for daily news, but the proportion climbs noticeably in the older categories, becoming the dominant medium for adults aged 50–64 and 65+, at around 95% and 85%, respectively.
