Norway: responsible parties to prevent fake news 2017

This statistic shows the result of a survey on responsible parties to prevent fake news in Norway in 2017. During the survey period, 29 percent of Norwegian respondents stated that the government, politicians and other elected people have quite a lot responsibility to prevent spreading of fake news.

What kind of responsibility do you think the following parties have in order to prevent spreading of fake news?

Characteristic	Great deal of responsibility	Quite a lot responsibility	Quite little responsibility	Very little responsibility	Don't know
Traditional media like newspapers, radio and TV	68%	21%	3%	2%	5%
Social media like Facebook, Twitter, as well as search engines like Google	49%	33%	9%	4%	5%
Governement, politicians and other elected people	49%	29%	13%	3%	7%
Myself	27%	33%	21%	10%	8%

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Release date

April 2017

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Region

Norway

Survey time period

March 2017

Number of respondents

1,004 respondents

Age group

18-80 years

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Hvilket ansvar synes du at følgende har for å hindre spredningen av falske nyheter?"

Missing percentage points to 100 percent and percentage points exceeding 100 percent are probably due to rounding.

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