The statistic presents the news literacy of television news consumers in Australia as of February 2018, by brand. During the survey period, around 41 percent of the Channel 7 news audience in Australia seemed to have low news literacy.
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News literacy of television news consumers in Australia as of February 2018, by brand
To determine the level of news literacy, respondents were asked three questions to test their knowledge of the news environment. Those questions about funding to the public broadcaster, who is responsible for writing a press release, and
the way Facebook selects news for people, were proven to be important for understanding the context and creation of news.
Based on the number of questions answered correctly
respondents were ranked from having very low news literacy
to very high news literacy: - 0 correct = very low news literacy - 1
correct = low news literacy - 2 correct = high news literacy - 3 correct = very high news literacy.
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APO, & University of Canberra. (June 17, 2019). News literacy of television news consumers in Australia as of February 2018, by brand [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/894234/australia-news-literacy-of-tv-news-consumers-by-brand/
APO, und University of Canberra. "News literacy of television news consumers in Australia as of February 2018, by brand." Chart. June 17, 2019. Statista. Accessed July 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/894234/australia-news-literacy-of-tv-news-consumers-by-brand/
APO, University of Canberra. (2019). News literacy of television news consumers in Australia as of February 2018, by brand. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/894234/australia-news-literacy-of-tv-news-consumers-by-brand/
APO, and University of Canberra. "News Literacy of Television News Consumers in Australia as of February 2018, by Brand." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Jun 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/894234/australia-news-literacy-of-tv-news-consumers-by-brand/
APO & University of Canberra, News literacy of television news consumers in Australia as of February 2018, by brand Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/894234/australia-news-literacy-of-tv-news-consumers-by-brand/ (last visited July 06, 2025)
News literacy of television news consumers in Australia as of February 2018, by brand [Graph], APO, & University of Canberra, June 17, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/894234/australia-news-literacy-of-tv-news-consumers-by-brand/
