7.3 Source of information Friends and family were the main source of information, followed by mass media and neighbors (Figure 73). 1 4 2 19 53 Friends/family Mass media Neighbors Work/business contacts/colleagues Teachers/school Others 21 Figure 74: Source of information (% of population aged 15-65) 7.4 Mode of information 61% of respondents preferred face-toface conversations for communication purposes. Other popular modes of getting information in the Myanmar context were mobile phone calls, Internet, and TV. While the percentage of face-to-face conversations remained constant between 2015 and 2016, people have shifted from mobile calls to Internet since 2015 (Figure 74). 2015 4 4 1 23 2016 4 2 11 9 9 61 15 Face-to-face conversations Call via mobile phone Internet TV Radio Others Figure 75: Mode of information – 2015 vs. 2016 (% of 15-65 population) 82 ICTs in Myanmar: 2016 61