During a study fielded in Chile at the beginning of 2021, more than half – 54 percent – of responding internet users said they had used Facebook to access news content during the seven days leading up to the survey. Over one-third (36 percent) of respondents stated that they used WhatsApp for the same purpose. About four out of five internet users surveyed in 2021 said they used a smartphone to access news in Chile.
Leading social networks used weekly for news in Chile as of February 2021
The source adds the following information: "... online samples will tend to under-represent the news consumption habits of people who are older and less affluent, meaning online use is typically over-represented and traditional offline use under-represented. In this sense, it is better to think of results as representative of the online population."
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (June 23, 2021). Leading social networks used weekly for news in Chile as of February 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 25, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/981892/social-media-platforms-used-weekly-news-chile/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Leading social networks used weekly for news in Chile as of February 2021." Chart. June 23, 2021. Statista. Accessed January 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/981892/social-media-platforms-used-weekly-news-chile/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (2021). Leading social networks used weekly for news in Chile as of February 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/981892/social-media-platforms-used-weekly-news-chile/
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Leading social networks used weekly for news in Chile as of February 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/981892/social-media-platforms-used-weekly-news-chile/ (last visited January 25, 2022)
