Regional Australians who did not have access to metropoitan television
Method of interview
Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)
Supplementary notes
The question was phrased by the source as follows: "for each of the following types of local content, please tell me what you use to get this kind of information. Would it be TV, radio, a local newspaper, the internet or something else?"
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Use of social media to access local content Australia 2016 by region
This statistic displays the use of social media to access local content in Australia in 2016, by region. During the survey period, around ** percent of respondents from New South Wales used social media to access information about local community events in Australia, compared to ** percent of respondents from the Australian Capital Territory.
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Australian Communications and Media Authority. (May 15, 2017). Use of social media to access local content in Australia in 2016, by region [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆÆ½â°æ. Retrieved July 31, 2026, from /statistics/715346/australia-social-media-use-to-access-local-content-by-region/
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Use of social media to access local content in Australia in 2016, by region [Graph], Australian Communications and Media Authority, May 15, 2017. [Online]. Available: /statistics/715346/australia-social-media-use-to-access-local-content-by-region/