Sample essay
The pie charts represent which sources the citizens of two countries, Germany and Nigeria, turn to first in order to access the news. It should be noted that the figures for Nigeria do not include figures for rural areas of the country. Overall, it is clear from the data that the two countries have vastly different tendencies when it comes to news sources.
For Germans, the primary news source is newspapers,with just under half of the population using them,followed in second place by television with 30 percent. In Nigeria, however, television is the dominant first news provider,more than doubling the German figure with 63percent,and whilst newspapers are a relatively popular source of first news in Nigeria,only 13 percent use them in this way. The second most popular first news provider in Nigeria is actually radio, with numbers approaching a quarter of the population. In Germany,however,the figure is less than half that, only reaching 10 percent. In fact,the internet is more commonly used by Germans than radio,with 11percent of the population turning to it first. This contrasts sharply with Nigerians,of whom only 1percent say that they use it for initial news access.
In summary,it can be said that whilst television is one of the favoured first news providers for both countries,the two countries otherwise exhibit very different first news consumption habits. (232 words)
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