The line graph demonstrates the proportions of the USA population who utilized distinct four distinct platforms to obtain news, namely website, TV, Print, and social media from 2012 to 2015.
To begin with, in 2012 the maturity of people prefer to access the news over website, which accounted for 78%. The use of this platform to obtain information marginally surged over the years and reached its apex point of 83%. The second most popular source to obtain news was television, approximately 75%, but ultimately this trend declined by 3% in 2015.
Shifting focus to other platforms, almost two-fifth (38%) of people obtain news through newspaper. Interesting, this trend skyrocated to 50% in 2013 before a significant downward trend to 23% in 2015. Merely 20% of people preferred to collect the news through the social media platform. Then, the ratio of social media users for obtain news soared to 40% in 2015.
Overall, it is readily apparent from the line chart that this trend has underwent notable changes in news sources. The utilization of website and social media were increased throughout the years, while television and printed newspaper became least preferable among the USA citizens.