According a survey held in December 2020, the share of people aged 16 years and above in the United States who were very confident in their ability to distinguish real news from false information amounted to 39.3 percent. A further 54 percent were somewhat confident that they were able to identify misinformation, whereas just 6.6 percent had little faith in themselves to determine facts from fake content.
Level of confidence in distinguishing between real news and fake news among adults in the United States as of December 2020
*Respondents were aged 16 to over 54, with 35.7 percent of participants between the ages of 35 and 44 (35.7%). The gender split skewed female (53.6%).
Question: How confident are you in your ability to identify news online that is fake or misleading?
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Trusted Web Foundation. (January 28, 2021). Level of confidence in distinguishing between real news and fake news among adults in the United States as of December 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved May 25, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/657090/fake-news-recogition-confidence/
Trusted Web Foundation. "Level of confidence in distinguishing between real news and fake news among adults in the United States as of December 2020." Chart. January 28, 2021. Statista. Accessed May 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/657090/fake-news-recogition-confidence/
Trusted Web Foundation. (2021). Level of confidence in distinguishing between real news and fake news among adults in the United States as of December 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: May 25, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/657090/fake-news-recogition-confidence/
Trusted Web Foundation. "Level of Confidence in Distinguishing between Real News and Fake News among Adults in The United States as of December 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Jan 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/657090/fake-news-recogition-confidence/
Trusted Web Foundation, Level of confidence in distinguishing between real news and fake news among adults in the United States as of December 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/657090/fake-news-recogition-confidence/ (last visited May 25, 2022)
