coronavirus, covid-19, government, information, media, trust, trust in government, trust in media
Q. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about the information you’ve received about the Covid-19 outbreak?
| NET: Agree | 29/03 | 22/03 |
| I feel informed about the situation and the impact on me and my family | 63% | 64% |
| I trust the Government to provide honest and objective information about the Covid-19 outbreak | 56% | 56% |
| The information I’ve received has been clear and consistent | 47% | 51% |
| I trust the media to provide honest and objective information about the Covid-19 outbreak | 42% | 35% |
| Base (n) | 1,086 | 1,034 |
| NET: Agree | NET: Disagree | Strongly agree | Somewhat agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Somewhat disagree | Strongly disagree | |
| I feel informed about the situation and the impact on me and my family | 63% | 17% | 6% | 11% | 20% | 44% | 19% |
| I trust the Government to provide honest and objective information about the Covid-19 outbreak | 56% | 22% | 8% | 14% | 23% | 37% | 19% |
| The information I’ve received has been clear and consistent | 47% | 30% | 10% | 20% | 23% | 32% | 15% |
| I trust the media to provide honest and objective information about the Covid-19 outbreak | 42% | 33% | 14% | 19% | 26% | 32% | 10% |
Q. How much trust do you have in what you read or hear in the following media?
|
Total a lot/ some |
|
A lot of trust |
Some trust |
Not much trust |
No trust at all |
Don’t know |
Don’t use |
|
Total a lot/ some Mar |
Total a lot/ some Jul |
Total a lot/ some Dec 11 |
Total a lot/ some Jun |
Total a lot/ some Jan |
|
| ABC TV news and current affairs |
69% |
24% |
45% |
11% |
9% |
3% |
8% |
70% |
71% |
72% |
74% |
73% |
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| SBS TV news and current affairs |
66% |
22% |
44% |
13% |
6% |
4% |
11% |
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| ABC radio news and current affairs |
62% |
19% |
43% |
13% |
8% |
4% |
12% |
62% |
67% |
67% |
69% |
70% |
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| News and opinion in local news papers |
53% |
5% |
48% |
26% |
8% |
4% |
10% |
– |
54% |
52% |
56% |
55% |
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| News and opinion in daily news papers |
50% |
5% |
45% |
28% |
10% |
3% |
9% |
62% |
53% |
46% |
52% |
48% |
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| ABC radio talkback pro- grams |
48% |
8% |
40% |
22% |
11% |
5% |
15% |
45% |
47% |
47% |
50% |
49% |
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| Comm- ercial TV news and current affairs |
48% |
5% |
43% |
31% |
13% |
4% |
5% |
64% |
48% |
43% |
46% |
44% |
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| Comm- ercial radio news and current affairs |
45% |
4% |
41% |
29% |
12% |
4% |
10% |
54% |
46% |
45% |
45% |
46% |
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| News and opinion websites |
42% |
3% |
39% |
30% |
12% |
4% |
12% |
49% |
41% |
38% |
40% |
40% |
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| Comm- ercial radio talkback pro- grams |
33% |
3% |
30% |
28% |
22% |
4% |
14% |
38% |
33% |
33% |
33% |
32% |
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| Internet blogs |
22% |
1% |
21% |
30% |
25% |
5% |
17% |
20% |
20% |
17% |
20% |
23% |
Overall, trust in media has changed little since this question was asked last year.
The most trusted media by a wide margin were ABC TV news and current affairs (69% a lot/some trust), SBS TV news and current affairs (66%) and ABC radio news and current affairs (62%).
The least trusted were internet blogs (22%) and commercial radio talkback programs (33%).
19 August 2013, 190813, ABC, SBS, SMH, The Australian, the telegraph, trust in election media coverage, trust in media
Q. How much trust do you have in the way the following media have reported and commented on the election campaign so far?
|
Total a lot/sometrust |
|
A lot of trust |
Some trust |
Not much trust |
No trust at all |
Don’t know |
Don’t use |
|
| ABC TV |
58% |
22% |
36% |
10% |
7% |
8% |
17% |
|
| SBS TV |
52% |
16% |
36% |
9% |
5% |
10% |
24% |
|
| Commercial TV |
29% |
3% |
26% |
34% |
19% |
9% |
9% |
|
| ABC radio |
49% |
16% |
33% |
10% |
8% |
8% |
25% |
|
| Commercial radio |
25% |
4% |
21% |
27% |
19% |
10% |
18% |
|
| The Australian |
31% |
5% |
26% |
15% |
16% |
9% |
27% |
|
| The Telegraph (NSW) |
25% |
7% |
18% |
21% |
28% |
7% |
19% |
|
| Sydney Morning Herald (NSW) |
39% |
7% |
32% |
21% |
16% |
8% |
17% |
|
| The Age (Victoria) |
42% |
7% |
35% |
21% |
13% |
9% |
15% |
|
| Herald Sun (Victoria) |
30% |
5% |
25% |
25% |
26% |
8% |
12% |
|
| Courier Mail (Queensland) |
23% |
2% |
21% |
20% |
21% |
9% |
27% |
The most trusted media for coverage of the election campaign were ABC TV (58% trust), SBS TV (52%) and ABC radio (49%).
The most trusted newspapers were The Age (42%) and the Sydney Morning Herald (39%).
The least trusted media were the Courier Mail (23%), The Telegraph (25%) and commercial radio (25%).
22 January 2013., 220113, trust in media
Q. How much trust do you have in what you read or hear in the following media?
|
Total a lot 15 |
Total a lot /some 25 |
Total a lot /some 12 |
Total a lot 25 |
Total a lot 21 |
A lot of trust |
Some trust |
Not much trust |
No trust at all |
Don’t know |
Don’t use |
|
| News and opinion in daily newspapers |
62% |
53% |
46% |
52% |
48% |
4% |
44% |
29% |
15% |
1% |
7% |
| News and opinion in local newspapers |
– |
54% |
52% |
56% |
55% |
7% |
48% |
24% |
13% |
1% |
6% |
| Commercial TV news and current affairs |
64% |
48% |
43% |
46% |
44% |
4% |
40% |
32% |
19% |
1% |
2% |
| ABC TV news and current affairs |
70% |
71% |
72% |
74% |
73% |
22% |
51% |
14% |
7% |
1% |
5% |
| Commercial radio news and current affairs |
54% |
46% |
45% |
45% |
46% |
4% |
42% |
32% |
16% |
2% |
5% |
| ABC radio news and current affairs |
62% |
67% |
67% |
69% |
70% |
19% |
51% |
14% |
6% |
2% |
9% |
| Commercial radio talkback programs |
38% |
33% |
33% |
33% |
32% |
3% |
29% |
28% |
28% |
2% |
10% |
| ABC radio talkback programs |
45% |
47% |
47% |
50% |
49% |
8% |
41% |
23% |
12% |
3% |
12% |
| News and opinion websites |
49% |
41% |
38% |
40% |
40% |
3% |
37% |
35% |
16% |
2% |
6% |
| Internet blogs |
20% |
20% |
17% |
20% |
23% |
1% |
22% |
33% |
29% |
3% |
12% |
Overall, trust in media has changed little since this question was asked last year.
The most trusted media by a wide margin were ABC TV news and current affairs (73% a lot/some trust) and ABC radio news and current affairs (70%).
The least trusted were internet blogs (23%) and commercial radio talkback programs (32%).
Alan Jones, Andrew Bolt, George Negus, Jon Faine, Laurie Oakes, Michelle Grattan, Neil Mitchell, Tony Jones, trust in media
Q. How much trust do you have in the following media commentators and journalists?
|
5 September 2011 |
This week |
|
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|
Total a lot/ some trust |
Total not much/ no trust |
Total a lot/ some trust |
Total not much/ no trust |
Total know them |
A lot of trust |
Some trust |
Not much trust |
No trust |
Not sure |
|
| Laurie Oakes |
75% |
17% |
72% |
19% |
84% |
29% |
43% |
11% |
8% |
9% |
| George Negus |
75% |
16% |
69% |
21% |
88% |
20% |
49% |
14% |
7% |
10% |
| Tony Jones |
54% |
29% |
53% |
29% |
55% |
16% |
37% |
17% |
12% |
18% |
| Michelle Grattan |
47% |
34% |
48% |
28% |
42% |
15% |
33% |
17% |
11% |
24% |
| Neil Mitchell |
42% |
40% |
46% |
34% |
47% |
11% |
35% |
19% |
15% |
20% |
| Andrew Bolt |
43% |
42% |
39% |
46% |
61% |
12% |
26% |
16% |
29% |
16% |
| Jon Faine |
38% |
40% |
38% |
35% |
36% |
11% |
26% |
22% |
13% |
27% |
| Alan Jones |
38% |
49% |
22% |
67% |
89% |
8% |
15% |
15% |
53% |
10% |
Respondents have the most trust in Laurie Oakes (72%) and George Negus (69%), with a high proportion of respondents aware of who they are.
Respondents have the least trust in Alan Jones (22%), with 53% of those that know him stating that they have no trust in him and 15% stating they do not have much trust in him (total 67% no trust).
Comparing the results to when the last time the question was polled a year ago on 5 September 2011, trust has fallen in George Negus (from 65% to 69%), Andrew Bolt (from 43% to 39%) and Alan Jones (from 38% to 22%).
In respect of Alan Jones, total not much/no trust rose considerably from 49% in September 2011 to 67% this week.
Looking at the results by voting intention, Coalition voters are the most likely to have trust in Alan Jones (36% total a lot/ some trust) whilst both Labor voters and Greens voters are the most likely to not trust him (each 79% total not much/ no trust).
25 June 2012, 250612, ABC radio, ABC TV, Commercial TV, current affairs, Internet blogs, media, news and opinion, trust in media
Q. How much trust do you have in what you read or hear in the following media?
|
Total a lot/some 15 Mar 10 |
Total a lot /some 25 Jul 11 |
Total a lot /some 12 Dec 11
|
Total a lot/some |
A lot of trust |
Some trust |
Not much trust |
No trust at all |
Don’t know |
Don’t use |
|
| News and opinion in daily newspapers |
62% |
53% |
46% |
52% |
6% |
46% |
30% |
11% |
2% |
6% |
| News and opinion in local newspapers |
– |
54% |
52% |
56% |
7% |
49% |
27% |
10% |
2% |
5% |
| Commercial TV news and current affairs |
64% |
48% |
43% |
46% |
6% |
40% |
33% |
16% |
2% |
3% |
| ABC TV news and current affairs |
70% |
71% |
72% |
74% |
25% |
49% |
15% |
5% |
2% |
5% |
| Commercial radio news and current affairs |
54% |
46% |
45% |
45% |
5% |
40% |
32% |
14% |
3% |
7% |
| ABC radio news and current affairs |
62% |
67% |
67% |
69% |
23% |
46% |
14% |
6% |
3% |
8% |
| Commercial radio talkback programs |
38% |
33% |
33% |
33% |
5% |
28% |
32% |
21% |
3% |
11% |
| ABC radio talkback programs |
45% |
47% |
47% |
50% |
10% |
40% |
25% |
9% |
4% |
12% |
| News and opinion websites |
49% |
41% |
38% |
40% |
5% |
37% |
33% |
14% |
3% |
8% |
| Internet blogs |
20% |
20% |
17% |
20% |
3% |
17% |
36% |
26% |
4% |
14% |
Overall, trust in media has changed little since this question was asked last year. Trust has stayed much the same or increased slightly for all media measured.
The most trusted media were ABC TV news and current affairs (74% a lot/some trust) and ABC radio news and current affairs (69%).
The least trusted were internet blogs (20%) and commercial radio talkback programs (33%).
25 June 2012, 250612, Courier Mail, Herald Sun, Newspapers, Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Australian, the telegraph, trust in media
Q. How much trust do you have in what you read in the following newspapers?
|
Total a lot/some 25 Jul 11 |
Total a lot/some |
A lot of trust |
Some trust |
Not much trust |
No trust at all |
Don’t know |
|
| The Australian |
69% |
60% |
15% |
45% |
23% |
12% |
6% |
| The Telegraph (NSW only) |
52% |
49% |
10% |
39% |
30% |
19% |
3% |
| Sydney Morning Herald (NSW only) |
74% |
69% |
19% |
50% |
22% |
6% |
4% |
| The Age (Victoria only) |
79% |
76% |
20% |
56% |
18% |
5% |
1% |
| Herald Sun (Victoria only) |
54% |
51% |
8% |
43% |
32% |
15% |
1% |
| Courier Mail (Queensland only) |
65% |
51% |
6% |
45% |
28% |
13% |
7% |
* Note : Percentages based only on respondents who had read each newspaper.
Among those who have read the newspaper, 20% have a lot of trust in The Age and 19% have a lot of trust in the SMH. 15% of readers of The Australian have a lot of trust in the newspaper but only 10% have a lot of trust in The Telegraph and 8% in The Herald Sun. 49% have not much or no trust in The Telegraph and 47% have not much or no trust in The Herald Sun.
Overall, the most trusted newspapers were The Age (76% a lot/some trust) and the SMH (69%). The least trusted were The Telegraph (49% a lot/some trust), the HeraldSun (51%) and the Courier Mail (51%).
Since this question was asked last year, there have been significant declines in trust in the Courier Mail (down 14%) and The Australian (down 9%).
Liberal/National voters (70%) were more likely than Labor voters (48%) to have a lot or some trust in The Australian.
ABC TV, Blogs, Commercial TV, current affairs, media, Newspapers, Polling, polls, radio talkback, trust in media, TV news
Q. How much trust do you have in what you read or hear in the following media?
| Total a lot/some
15 Mar 10 |
Total a lot /some
25 Jul 11 |
Total a lot /some | A lot of trust | Some trust | Not much trust | No trust at all | Don’t know | Don’t use | |
| News and opinion in daily newspapers | 62% | 53% | 46% | 3% | 43% | 32% | 13% | 3% | 5% |
| News and opinion in local newspapers | – | 54% | 52% | 4% | 48% | 29% | 11% | 3% | 5% |
| Commercial TV news and current affairs | 64% | 48% | 43% | 5% | 38% | 34% | 19% | 3% | 2% |
| ABC TV news and current affairs | 70% | 71% | 72% | 23% | 49% | 14% | 6% | 3% | 5% |
| Commercial radio news and current affairs | 54% | 46% | 45% | 4% | 41% | 30% | 15% | 3% | 6% |
| ABC radio news and current affairs | 62% | 67% | 67% | 19% | 48% | 14% | 6% | 3% | 10% |
| Commercial radio talkback programs | 38% | 33% | 33% | 5% | 28% | 32% | 22% | 3% | 10% |
| ABC radio talkback programs | 45% | 47% | 47% | 7% | 40% | 28% | 9% | 3% | 13% |
| News and opinion websites | 49% | 41% | 38% | 3% | 35% | 36% | 14% | 4% | 9% |
| Internet blogs | 20% | 20% | 17% | 1% | 16% | 37% | 25% | 5% | 15% |
Since July, trust in media has dropped for daily newspapers (-7%) and commercial TV news and current affairs (-5%).
ABC TV news and current affairs has the highest number of people who have a lot/some trust (72%). This is followed by ABC radio news and current affairs (67%).
The lowest level of trust was recorded for internet blog (17%). This was followed by commercial radio talkback programs (33%).