The bar chart compares how the figures for accessing news via four different media forms (TV, Newspapers, Radio and Internet) changed between 2013 and 2017.
Overall, it is clear that the volume of all media access experienced downward trends with the exception of internet with the rate of it presenting the most noticeable growth. Of particular note was the two-fold decline in the percentage of population who got information through newspapers while that of Radio witnessed the least significant fall.
TV regsitered the most pronounced figures throughout the period, albeit declining with its figure making up four-fifth of population initially. There was a moderate declien to around 67% in 2015 which was folowed by an uptick to just over 70%, still being the highest rate among medias. Radio contributed to almost identical rates in all three periods, it was just under a third in 2013 which then decreased to roughly 30% in the remaining two periods.
Newspaper, on the other hand, made up the second-highest rate in 2013, at 40% and it experienced a ten percent loss in two following periods, declining down to a fifth in 2017. The figure for internet access was 30% initially. Having increased moderately to two-fifth after two years, there was a substantial rise up to just below 70% which became the second-highest volume in final year.