Gen Z and Millennials reactions to fake COVID-19 news on social media worldwide 2021

Published by
Amy Watson,
Aug 30, 2023
At the beginning of 2021, over 35 percent of surveyed Generation Z and Millennials confessed they would usually ignore COVID-19 information shared by others on social media or messaging platforms that they knew was false. Meanwhile, 24.4 percent reported the content and 19.3 percent commented on it.

Reactions to coronavirus fake news on social media among Gen Z and Millennials worldwide as of January 2021

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Release date

March 2021

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

October 24, 2020 to January 7, 2021

Number of respondents

23,483*

Age group

18-40 years

Special properties

Generation Z and Millennials

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

*Respondents in 24 countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, China, Colombia, Egypt, France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Morocco, Nigeria, Peru, Philippines, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States with 1,000 responses from each country except South Korea with a sample of 500.
This question was phrased by the source as follows: "How do you react to COVID-19 information shared by others on social media or messaging apps that you know is false?"

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