Q. How much trust do you have in what you read or hear in the following media?
|
Total a lot /some trust |
A lot of trust |
Some trust |
Not much trust |
No trust at all |
Don’t know |
Don’t use |
|
Total a lot /some Jul 11 |
Total a lot /some Jun 12 |
Total a lot /some Jan 13 |
Total a lot /some Nov 14 |
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ABC TV news and current affairs |
63% |
21% |
42% |
17% |
8% |
3% |
9% |
|
71% |
74% |
73% |
69% |
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|
SBS TV news and current affairs |
61% |
15% |
46% |
19% |
5% |
3% |
12% |
66% |
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ABC radio news and current affairs |
58% |
18% |
40% |
18% |
8% |
3% |
13% |
|
67% |
69% |
70% |
62% |
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|
News and opinion in local newspapers |
50% |
6% |
44% |
29% |
11% |
3% |
8% |
|
54% |
56% |
55% |
53% |
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|
ABC radio talkback programs |
46% |
9% |
37% |
25% |
11% |
3% |
16% |
|
47% |
50% |
49% |
48% |
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|
Commercial TV news and current affairs |
46% |
7% |
39% |
31% |
15% |
3% |
5% |
|
48% |
46% |
44% |
48% |
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|
News and opinion in daily newspapers |
45% |
5% |
40% |
31% |
13% |
3% |
8% |
|
53% |
52% |
48% |
50% |
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|
Commercial radio news and current affairs |
44% |
5% |
39% |
29% |
14% |
3% |
10% |
|
46% |
45% |
46% |
45% |
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|
News and opinion websites |
39% |
4% |
35% |
36% |
11% |
3% |
10% |
|
41% |
40% |
40% |
42% |
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|
Commercial radio talkback programs |
34% |
5% |
29% |
29% |
22% |
3% |
13% |
|
33% |
33% |
32% |
33% |
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|
Internet blogs |
20% |
2% |
18% |
39% |
21% |
4% |
15% |
|
20% |
20% |
23% |
22% |
Overall, trust in media has fallen a little since this question was asked last year – however rankings remain much the same.
The most trusted media were ABC TV news and current affairs (63% a lot/some trust), SBS TV news and current affairs (61%) and ABC radio news and current affairs (58%).
The least trusted were internet blogs (20%) and commercial radio talkback programs (34%).