This statistic shows the result of a survey conducted on the reliability of people that the respondents know predominantly in person as sources of news in Malaysia as of February 2019. According to data from Ipsos, 53 percent of Malaysian respondents had a fair amount of trust in people they know predominantly in person as credible news sources, while 25 percent of Malaysian respondents did not trust them as news sources very much.
Respondents' trust in people they know predominantly in person as reliable sources of news in Malaysia as of February 2019
respondents produced a national sample that is more urban & educated, and with higher incomes than their fellow citizens
Method of interview
Online interview
Supplementary notes
The question asked in the survey was as follows: "To what extent, if at all, do you trust each of the following to be a reliable source of news and information?" - People I know predominantly in person."
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Ipsos. (June 24, 2019). Respondents' trust in people they know predominantly in person as reliable sources of news in Malaysia as of February 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1023772/trust-in-real-life-friends-and-acquaintances-as-news-sources-malaysia/
Ipsos. "Respondents' trust in people they know predominantly in person as reliable sources of news in Malaysia as of February 2019." Chart. June 24, 2019. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1023772/trust-in-real-life-friends-and-acquaintances-as-news-sources-malaysia/
Ipsos. (2019). Respondents' trust in people they know predominantly in person as reliable sources of news in Malaysia as of February 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1023772/trust-in-real-life-friends-and-acquaintances-as-news-sources-malaysia/
Ipsos. "Respondents' Trust in People They Know Predominantly in Person as Reliable Sources of News in Malaysia as of February 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Jun 2019, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1023772/trust-in-real-life-friends-and-acquaintances-as-news-sources-malaysia/
Ipsos, Respondents' trust in people they know predominantly in person as reliable sources of news in Malaysia as of February 2019 Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1023772/trust-in-real-life-friends-and-acquaintances-as-news-sources-malaysia/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Respondents' trust in people they know predominantly in person as reliable sources of news in Malaysia as of February 2019 [Graph], Ipsos, June 24, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/1023772/trust-in-real-life-friends-and-acquaintances-as-news-sources-malaysia/
