The line graph shows the percentage of people in a North African country who used three different methods to access news (printed newspapers, television, and social media) between 2015 and 2025. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph illustrates how the share of citizens in one North African nation choosing print, broadcast or online sources for their daily news shifted over the decade from 2015 to 2025.

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, it is clear from the data that online platforms rose from the least to the most widely used source over the period, overtaking broadcast channels in the final years. Print,

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, suffered a steep and continuous decline,

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television slipped only gradually from its leading position. In 2015, the small screen was the dominant medium, reaching roughly 70 per cent of the population,

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newspapers attracted approximately 35 per cent. Social networks, at a mere 20, trailed far behind both, but their share more than doubled to 50 in the following half-decade because smartphones became affordable for most households. During the same interval, the televised figure eased slightly to 65, and the paper total almost halved to 20,

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neither fall was yet dramatic. As the trends

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accelerated for every medium, digital consumption gained the most, climbing to a high of 68 by 2025, so that it surpassed broadcasting, which dwindled to about 55 as viewers migrated to their phones. The press fared worst of all, sinking to just 8 and registering less than a quarter of its original readership.

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, if

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pattern had continued, printed journalism would have virtually disappeared within another ten years.