Mobile Communications: Nicaragua, a country with lowest teledensity, including mobile and fixed telephony, in Latin America after Haiti, is catching the mobile bug.
Internet: Nicaragua's rate of internet penetration was only 0.43 per 100 inhabitants, the lowest rate in Central America in 2008. In urban areas where this quantitative study was conducted, only 7 percent of respondents said they had web access in their homes.
Radio: Radio plays a key role in informing the general public. In urban areas, household access to radio is nearly universal. The radio market has over 200 registered stations, including 14 community radio stations.
Television: Television is the communication medium of choice in urban Nicaragua, leading all other media formats in general use and as a source for news and information. Nicaraguans are offered a wide range of national and local television channels.
Newspaper: Even though newspapers are not as popular as television or radio, they are important sources for news and information for much of urban Nicaragua.
Media Environment: The Nicaraguan constitution provides for freedom of the press. However, it also allows for some forms of state control, and observers note a considerably deterioration in the media environment over the past few years.
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