68 percent of the respondents claimed that they have trusted manipulated news articles since they came from well-known and established sources, according to a survey conducted on digital media literacy in Singapore in 2019. It is followed by legitimate looking articles and articles that cited official authorities as leading reasons why they trusted manipulated news articles.
Reasons for trusting manipulated news articles in Singapore as of December 2019
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Institute of Policy Studies (Singapore). (December 17, 2020). Reasons for trusting manipulated news articles in Singapore as of December 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1224567/singapore-reasons-for-trusting-manipulated-news/
Institute of Policy Studies (Singapore). "Reasons for trusting manipulated news articles in Singapore as of December 2019." Chart. December 17, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1224567/singapore-reasons-for-trusting-manipulated-news/
Institute of Policy Studies (Singapore). (2020). Reasons for trusting manipulated news articles in Singapore as of December 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1224567/singapore-reasons-for-trusting-manipulated-news/
Institute of Policy Studies (Singapore). "Reasons for Trusting Manipulated News Articles in Singapore as of December 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Dec 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1224567/singapore-reasons-for-trusting-manipulated-news/
Institute of Policy Studies (Singapore), Reasons for trusting manipulated news articles in Singapore as of December 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1224567/singapore-reasons-for-trusting-manipulated-news/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
Reasons for trusting manipulated news articles in Singapore as of December 2019 [Graph], Institute of Policy Studies (Singapore), December 17, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1224567/singapore-reasons-for-trusting-manipulated-news/