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%).