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Trust in social media news in Australia 2021

Published by
Christopher Hughes,
Jul 29, 2022
As of February 2021, a survey on digital news consumption in Australia found that around 50 percent of consumers in Australia stated that they did not trust news from social media. This was a slight decrease in distrust of news from social media compared to the previous year.

Trust in social media news in Australia as of February 2021

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Release date

June 2021

Region

Australia

Survey time period

January to February 2021

Number of respondents

2,034 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

The survey question was phrased as follows " It is now possible to get online news in many different ways, including from search engines and social media sites. With this in mind, please indicate your level of agreement with the following statements. - I think I can trust news on social media most of the time."

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