| 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 |