During a 2021 survey conducted among women aged between 15 and 24 years in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, and Peru, 22 percent of respondents said social media companies should be responsible for identifying and countering misinformation and disinformation online. Similarly, 21 percent of the interviewees stated that news and media companies should have that responsibility.
Opinions of female teenagers and young adults on who should detect and combat misinformation and disinformation online in Latin America as of March 2021
* Number of respondents per country surveyed:
Brazil = 1,000
Colombia = 1,000
Ecuador = 1,000
El Salvador = 1,001
Peru = 1,000
This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Who should be responsible for identifying and countering misinformation and/or disinformation online?"
The source adds the following information: "Three different methodologies were used to collect the data. [...] Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI), i.e. telephone calls [...] Computer Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI), i.e. face-to-face interviews [...] Computer Assisted Web-Interviewing (CAWI), i.e. online survey."
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Plan International. (September 2, 2021). Opinions of female teenagers and young adults on who should detect and combat misinformation and disinformation online in Latin America as of March 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 05, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267714/online-disinformation-women-latin-america/
Plan International. "Opinions of female teenagers and young adults on who should detect and combat misinformation and disinformation online in Latin America as of March 2021." Chart. September 2, 2021. Statista. Accessed November 05, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267714/online-disinformation-women-latin-america/
Plan International. (2021). Opinions of female teenagers and young adults on who should detect and combat misinformation and disinformation online in Latin America as of March 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 05, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267714/online-disinformation-women-latin-america/
Plan International. "Opinions of Female Teenagers and Young Adults on Who Should Detect and Combat Misinformation and Disinformation Online in Latin America as of March 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267714/online-disinformation-women-latin-america/
Plan International, Opinions of female teenagers and young adults on who should detect and combat misinformation and disinformation online in Latin America as of March 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267714/online-disinformation-women-latin-america/ (last visited November 05, 2024)
Opinions of female teenagers and young adults on who should detect and combat misinformation and disinformation online in Latin America as of March 2021 [Graph], Plan International, September 2, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1267714/online-disinformation-women-latin-america/
