25 February 2013, 250213, family and friends, Newspapers, radio news, Social Media, TV news
Q. How much trust do you have in the following for information on major public issues like immigration, climate change or the economy?
|
A lot of trust |
Some trust |
Not much trust |
No trust at all |
Don’t know |
Don’t use |
|
| What I see on TV news and current affairs |
5% |
50% |
30% |
11% |
3% |
1% |
| What I hear on radio news and current affairs |
5% |
51% |
30% |
8% |
3% |
4% |
| What I hear on radio talkback |
5% |
35% |
31% |
17% |
3% |
9% |
| What I read in newspapers or online news sites |
5% |
51% |
32% |
8% |
2% |
2% |
| What politicians say |
1% |
12% |
39% |
43% |
3% |
2% |
| What I see online on blogs and social media |
2% |
20% |
39% |
22% |
5% |
11% |
| What I hear from friends and family |
10% |
53% |
26% |
6% |
5% |
1% |
| What I hear in my workplace |
3% |
37% |
34% |
10% |
4% |
11% |
| What I learn from my own research |
35% |
50% |
6% |
2% |
2% |
4% |
|
Total lot/some of trust |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| What I see on TV news and current affairs |
55% |
54% |
59% |
40% |
| What I hear on radio news and current affairs |
56% |
53% |
61% |
34% |
| What I hear on radio talkback |
40% |
34% |
46% |
26% |
| What I read in newspapers or online news sites |
56% |
59% |
58% |
48% |
| What politicians say |
13% |
21% |
8% |
14% |
| What I see online on blogs and social media |
22% |
23% |
23% |
24% |
| What I hear from friends and family |
63% |
58% |
66% |
63% |
| What I hear in my workplace |
40% |
39% |
43% |
42% |
| What I learn from my own research |
85% |
86% |
86% |
83% |
85% have a lot or some trust in what they learn from their own research, 63% in what they hear from friends and family, 56% in newspapers and radio and 55% in TV news and current affairs. Only 13% have a lot or some trust in what they hear from politicians and 22% have a lot/some trust in blogs and social media.
Labor voters tend to have a little more trust in newspapers while Liberal/National voters have a little more trust in radio and TV news and current affairs. Liberal/National voters also have above-average trust in radio talkback.
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%).