According to a survey conducted in May 2021, around 40.8 percent of South Koreans stated that they considered web portals to be reliable sources for news. Around a quarter of respondents also considered terrestrial TV and magazines specializing in a given field to be trustworthy news sources. Overall,
Reliability of news in South Korea as of May 2021, by type of source
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Trendmonitor. (July 9, 2021). Reliability of news in South Korea as of May 2021, by type of source [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 04, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270724/south-korea-news-reliability-by-source-type/
Trendmonitor. "Reliability of news in South Korea as of May 2021, by type of source." Chart. July 9, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270724/south-korea-news-reliability-by-source-type/
Trendmonitor. (2021). Reliability of news in South Korea as of May 2021, by type of source. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 04, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270724/south-korea-news-reliability-by-source-type/
Trendmonitor. "Reliability of News in South Korea as of May 2021, by Type of Source." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Jul 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270724/south-korea-news-reliability-by-source-type/
Trendmonitor, Reliability of news in South Korea as of May 2021, by type of source Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270724/south-korea-news-reliability-by-source-type/ (last visited May 04, 2024)
Reliability of news in South Korea as of May 2021, by type of source [Graph], Trendmonitor, July 9, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1270724/south-korea-news-reliability-by-source-type/