Italy: opinion on ability to distinguish real news from fake news 2018

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Amy Watson,
Dec 19, 2022
This statistics illustrates the opinion on ability to distinguish real news from fake news, in Italy in 2018. According to data published by IPSOS, 27 percent of the interviewed Italians were confident that an average Italian could tell real news from "fake news".

Are you confident that the average person in Italy can tell real news from "fake news"?

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Release date

September 2018

Region

Italy

Survey time period

June 22, 2018 to July 6, 2018

Number of respondents

1,000+

Age group

16-64 years

Method of interview

Online panel

Supplementary notes

This question was phrased by the source as follows: "I am confident that the average person in [COUNTRY] can tell real news from ‘fake news’."

The results have been weighted to represent the entire population.
Where results do not sum to 100, this may be due to computer rounding, multiple responses or the exclusion of don't knows or not stated responses.

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