This statistic shows the results of a survey on the division of news consumers between using traditional or digital means of accessing news in Ireland in 2016, broken down by age group. The survey found that 40 percent of Irish news consumers aged 55 years and over stated to mainly use traditional ways of accessing news.
Share of traditionalists and digitalists in accessing news amongst adults in Ireland in 2016, by age group*
* The source defines traditionalists as those who used mainly TV, radio and print and digitalists as those who used mainly digital news via a computer, smartphone or tablet.
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Institute for Future Media & Journalism. (June 15, 2016). Share of traditionalists and digitalists in accessing news amongst adults in Ireland in 2016, by age group* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/641860/digital-vs-traditional-news-consumption-by-age-in-ireland/
Institute for Future Media & Journalism. "Share of traditionalists and digitalists in accessing news amongst adults in Ireland in 2016, by age group*." Chart. June 15, 2016. Statista. Accessed January 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/641860/digital-vs-traditional-news-consumption-by-age-in-ireland/
Institute for Future Media & Journalism. (2016). Share of traditionalists and digitalists in accessing news amongst adults in Ireland in 2016, by age group*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/641860/digital-vs-traditional-news-consumption-by-age-in-ireland/
Institute for Future Media & Journalism. "Share of Traditionalists and Digitalists in Accessing News amongst Adults in Ireland in 2016, by Age Group*." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Jun 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/641860/digital-vs-traditional-news-consumption-by-age-in-ireland/
Institute for Future Media & Journalism, Share of traditionalists and digitalists in accessing news amongst adults in Ireland in 2016, by age group* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/641860/digital-vs-traditional-news-consumption-by-age-in-ireland/ (last visited January 08, 2025)
Share of traditionalists and digitalists in accessing news amongst adults in Ireland in 2016, by age group* [Graph], Institute for Future Media & Journalism, June 15, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/641860/digital-vs-traditional-news-consumption-by-age-in-ireland/
