Concern when accessing news online worldwide 2020

A report investigating media literacy and news consumption revealed that consumers had many concerns when accessing news online, with 65 percent of respondents in Nigeria worried that they would read a news story that was completely fake. Meanwhile, 61 percent of correspondents from India were concerned about seeing images that had been altered to show something that had not in fact occurred.

Concerns when accessing news and information online among consumers in selected countries worldwide as of June 2020

Characteristic	Total EMEA	Argentina	Australia	Brazil	India	Nigeria	U.S.
Seeing a story where the headline did not reflect the content of the article	42%	44%	58%	50%	52%	58%	51%
Seeing a story, video or photo where real events were shown in a misleading context	49%	58%	60%	59%	61%	59%	61%
Reading a news story that was completely fake	49%	62%	52%	60%	58%	65%	55%
Seeing a video or photo that had been altered to show something that didn't in fact occur	48%	56%	50%	56%	61%	60%	55%
Sharing content that was false with colleagues, friends or family	28%	37%	31%	44%	48%	47%	33%
None of the above	16%	7%	14%	6%	6%	4%	15%

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Release date

March 2021

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

January 6 to June 18, 2020*

Number of respondents

35,030 respondents

Age group

16-70 years

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Question: Which, if any, of the following things have you personally felt concerned about when accessing news or current affairs information online?
Survey dates for EMEA were January 6 to March 27, 2020. Dates for non-European countries were February 12 to June 18. 2020.

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