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 Jun 12 |
Total a lot /some Jan 13 |
Total a lot /some Nov 14 |
Total a lot /some Jun 15 |
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ABC TV news and current affairs |
66% |
21% |
45% |
14% |
7% |
3% |
10% |
|
|
74% |
73% |
69% |
63% |
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|
SBS TV news and current affairs |
63% |
17% |
46% |
13% |
7% |
4% |
14% |
66% |
61% |
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|
ABC radio news and current affairs |
62% |
18% |
44% |
14% |
7% |
4% |
13% |
|
|
69% |
70% |
62% |
58% |
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|
News and opinion in local newspapers |
49% |
5% |
44% |
28% |
10% |
4% |
9% |
|
|
56% |
55% |
53% |
50% |
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|
News and opinion in daily newspapers |
49% |
5% |
44% |
27% |
11% |
4% |
9% |
|
|
52% |
48% |
50% |
45% |
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|
ABC radio talkback programs |
49% |
10% |
39% |
21% |
10% |
4% |
17% |
|
|
50% |
49% |
48% |
46% |
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|
Commercial TV news and current affairs |
48% |
6% |
42% |
29% |
14% |
4% |
5% |
|
|
46% |
44% |
48% |
46% |
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|
Commercial radio news and current affairs |
46% |
4% |
42% |
26% |
13% |
4% |
11% |
|
|
45% |
46% |
45% |
44% |
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|
News and opinion websites |
44% |
4% |
40% |
31% |
11% |
4% |
10% |
|
|
40% |
40% |
42% |
39% |
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|
Commercial radio talkback programs |
34% |
4% |
30% |
31% |
16% |
4% |
15% |
33% |
32% |
33% |
34% |
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Internet blogs |
23% |
3% |
20% |
35% |
22% |
4% |
17% |
|
|
20% |
23% |
22% |
20% |
Overall, trust in media has risen 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 (66% a lot/some trust), SBS TV news and current affairs (63%) and ABC radio news and current affairs (62%).
The least trusted were internet blogs (23%) and commercial radio talkback programs (34%).