The pie charts illustrate five ways of accessing the news in Canada and Australia: TV, radio, print, online, and unspecified.
Overall, both countries mainly access news online and via TV; unspecified methods are less common. In Australia, online is the highest of these methods; in Canada, TV is the highest.
In Canada, TV news comprises around 40% of news consumption, while in Australia, it contains about 37%. In Canada, online news is the second most popular choice, at around 36%, whereas in Australia, it is the preferred option, comprising over 50% of the choices.
Regarding other news formats, print news in Canada represents 14%, double Australia’s figure. The percentage of individuals accessing radio news differs between Canada and Australia, at 7% and 2%, respectively. The unspecified news category also ranks lowest, at 3% in Canada and 2% in Australia.
