Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism examined how news is consumed globally along demographic and geographic lines.
An online survey of 94,940 people in 47 countries was conducted from January – February 2024.
Key findings include:
1.) Overall, there were minimal partisan differences regarding whether respondents trusted the news.
–45% of respondents who leaned right said they “trust the news most of the time,” compared with 43% of respondents who leaned left politically.
2.) 47% of high-income respondents said “they trust the news most of the time” compared to 36% of low-income respondents.
3.) The three biggest factors respondents said influenced their trust in different news outlets include:
–Transparency about how news is made (72%)
–High journalistic standards (69%)
–Represent “people like me” fairly (65%)
See the original study here.
