Australians use a variety of media sources, both online and off, to access news. In 2023, around 58 percent of Australians accessed news via TV, while 51 percent of respondents caught up on news online. By comparison, just 19 percent used print-based media to access news.
Trust in digital news sources versus printed sources
As of September 2018, 59 percent of Australians said they had experienced news stories that were made up for political or commercial reasons. Elsewhere, 57 percent said they had seen articles that had been made to look like news but were actually advertisements. Just 20 percent said they hadn’t seen anything that could be described as fake news.
News sources used by consumers in Australia as of February 2023
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