According to the results of a survey on WhatsApp usage in rural India in 2018, it was found that about 15 percent of respondents never believed information they received via the messaging app. While about eight percent of respondents always believed the information they received on WhatsApp during the survey period.
Level of belief in information sent via WhatsApp in rural India 2018
(1= never, 10= always)
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Hindustan Times. (October 31, 2018). Level of belief in information sent via WhatsApp in rural India 2018 (1= never, 10= always) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 13, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/961486/india-credibility-of-whatsapp-information-in-rural-areas/
Hindustan Times. "Level of belief in information sent via WhatsApp in rural India 2018 (1= never, 10= always)." Chart. October 31, 2018. Statista. Accessed December 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/961486/india-credibility-of-whatsapp-information-in-rural-areas/
Hindustan Times. (2018). Level of belief in information sent via WhatsApp in rural India 2018 (1= never, 10= always). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 13, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/961486/india-credibility-of-whatsapp-information-in-rural-areas/
Hindustan Times. "Level of Belief in Information Sent via Whatsapp in Rural India 2018 (1= Never, 10= Always)." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Oct 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/961486/india-credibility-of-whatsapp-information-in-rural-areas/
Hindustan Times, Level of belief in information sent via WhatsApp in rural India 2018 (1= never, 10= always) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/961486/india-credibility-of-whatsapp-information-in-rural-areas/ (last visited December 13, 2024)
Level of belief in information sent via WhatsApp in rural India 2018 (1= never, 10= always) [Graph], Hindustan Times, October 31, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/961486/india-credibility-of-whatsapp-information-in-rural-areas/
