Major survey reveals local newspapers vastly preferred over Google among country news consumers
- Written by: Kristy Hess, Associate Professor (Communication), Deakin University
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Newspaper readers in rural and regional Australia are five times more likely to go directly to their local newspaper website than Google or Facebook for local information, and almost 10 times as likely to go to their local news website over a council website for news and information.
Nearly two-thirds of local newspaper readers also...
