The proportion of individuals updating news from four separate sources throughout the period from 1995 and 2025 is illustrated in the given line graph.
Overall, the percentage of people accessing news via Internet experienced a substantial upward trajectory, while the figure for that of radio, newspaper and TV opposite was true for the ratio of people acquiring news through radio. Additionally, Internet emerged as the highest at the end of the timeframe while stood at the lowest in the initial year.
Regarding the percentage of people using Internet to access news, it started at zero in 1995, after which it witnessed a marginal increase to around 2% between 2000 and 2005 before sharply rose to nearly 30% in the next 5 years. Throughout the subsequent years, the acceleration can be observed in the proportion of people accessing news information via Internet where the ratio reached 40%, followed by an escalation to a high of approximately 56% at the end of the analyzed period.
On the other hand, TV, radio and newspaper experienced the noticeable decline in the percentage of individuals accessing for news. Specifically, the ratio of people getting news via TV recorded a plummet from nearly 70% in 1995 to around 57% in 2000 prior to an uptick to nearly 60% in 2010. However, from 2010, that proportion observed a humble 50% in 2025 finishing the period. A similar pattern, but to a greater extent, can be seen in the ratio of individuals using radio to get news, which decreased from 53% in 1995 to around 43% in 2010 before plunging to only 22% in 2025. Likewise, there was a downtick from around 55% to 50% between 1995 to 2000 in the percentage of people using radio for accessing news with a subsequent plummet to about 30% and under 30% in 2020 and 2025 respectively.
