Trust in news found through search engines was highest among Malaysian respondents between the ages of 35 to 44 years old in 2021. According to a survey on news consumption in Malaysia conducted in February 2021, 38 percent of respondents in that age bracket trusted the news found through search engines, compared to 30 percent of respondents aged between 18 to 24 years old.
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Respondents form a sample with a higher proportion of highly educated people than the general population; nationally representative quotas for age, gender, and region were applied
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (June 23, 2021). Share of respondents who trusted search engines as a news source in Malaysia as of February 2021, by age group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1026593/malaysia-trust-in-search-engine-news-by-age/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Share of respondents who trusted search engines as a news source in Malaysia as of February 2021, by age group." Chart. June 23, 2021. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1026593/malaysia-trust-in-search-engine-news-by-age/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (2021). Share of respondents who trusted search engines as a news source in Malaysia as of February 2021, by age group. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1026593/malaysia-trust-in-search-engine-news-by-age/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Share of Respondents Who Trusted Search Engines as a News Source in Malaysia as of February 2021, by Age Group." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Jun 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1026593/malaysia-trust-in-search-engine-news-by-age/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Share of respondents who trusted search engines as a news source in Malaysia as of February 2021, by age group Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1026593/malaysia-trust-in-search-engine-news-by-age/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Share of respondents who trusted search engines as a news source in Malaysia as of February 2021, by age group [Graph], Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, June 23, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1026593/malaysia-trust-in-search-engine-news-by-age/
