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The bar chart depicts the proportions of people following

news via four di erent type of media in a speci c country in
2013, 2015 and 2017.

Overall, what stands out from the chart is that in all

three studied years, television stayed the most popular
media for accessing news. Additionally, the use of internet
observed a signi cant growth throughout the period.

Focusing on television and radio, in 2013 around 80%

of population watched television to follow the news. The
amount experienced a fall to 68% in 2015, after which it
reached to 70% with a small increase. Meanwhile, radio
completely attened at 30% from 2015 to 2017 after having
experienced a slight decrease.

As for newspaper and internet, they witnessed totally

contrary trends. The proportion of people reading
newspaper dipped signi cantly from around 42% in 2013 to
just above one fth in 2017. In contrast, the use of internet
rose from 30% in 2013 to account for approximately 70%
of the population in 2017.

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