Reasons | Frequency | Percentage (%s) |
1. Television |
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a) Provides audio-visual contents | 106 | 28.2 |
b) Credible | 39 | 10.4 |
c) Easily accessible | 19 | 5.1 |
d) Cheap | 3 | 0.8 |
e) Timely | 3 | 0.8 |
2. Social media |
|
|
a) Easily accessible | 83 | 22.1 |
b) Provides diverse and detailed news | 31 | 8.2 |
c) Trending | 18 | 4.8 |
d) Fast | 14 | 3.7 |
e) Worldwide | 2 | 0.5 |
f) Entertaining | 2 | 0.5 |
g) Credible | 1 | 0.3 |
3. Newspaper |
|
|
a) Credible | 14 | 3.7 |
b) Provide detailed information | 5 | 1.3 |
c) Achievable | 5 | 1.3 |
d) Cheap | 1 | 0.3 |
e) Improves reading skills | 1 | 0.3 |
4. Radio |
|
|
a) Portable | 11 | 2.9 |
b) Credible | 10 | 2.7 |
c) Highly relational | 4 | 1.1 |
e) Fast | 1 | 0.3 |
5. No response | 3 | 0.8 |
Total | 376 | 100 |