The line chart illustrates the proportion of people using different methods to access news from 1995 with projections until 2025. Overall, throughout the 30-year period, there was an increase in the percentage of people who accessed news on the Internet, while use of on TV, newspapers, and radio witnessed a decline. Additionally, the figure for TV was the highest initially, but was overtaken by the Internet by the end of the period. These trends are likely to continue in the future.
The percentage of people who accessed news on TV was nearly 70% in 1995. The figure then decreased gradually to 55% in 2010, despite a slight rise of 3% in 2010. It is to finish at around 50% in 2025. In addition, radio and newspapers followed somewhat similar patterns. Starting at over 50% in 1995, the figure for newspapers dropped significantly to around 43% in 2010, and this following decline dramatically in 2020 is around 30%; after that it will fall marginally in 2025, to just 28%. Furthermore, the figure for radio started at about 52% in 1995; this figure then went down noticeably to around 43% in 2010. Afterwards, it decreased significantly to around 27% in 2020; it will drop dramatically to around 23% in 2025 and become less popular as a method to access news.
On the other hand, the percentage of people who accessed news on the Internet was the lowest at 0%,because the Internet in 1995 was still not yet widely known; however, it recorded a remarkable surge over the years and reached 55% in 2025, overtaking TV, newspaper, and radio to become the most common method among four sources.