According to the results of a global study held in 2022, the group most likely to have encountered news about climate change they believed to be false in the last week were those in India who saw the news on social media. Newspapers and radio news were cited by only a handful of respondents from most countries in the survey, whereas online media (including social media) was generally more problematic, with over 20 percent of news consumers in Brazil, India, Pakistan, and the United States reporting that they believed they saw false climate news there.
News audiences who encountered news or information about climate change they believed to be false in the last week in selected countries worldwide as of September 2022, by platform
Approximately 1,000 respondents from each country.
The category 'elsewhere' included documentaries, blogs, magazines, reports etc which specialized in environmental and/or climate issues, as well as face-to-face/video/telephone conversations with someone the respondent knew, and academic journals.
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (December 1, 2022). News audiences who encountered news or information about climate change they believed to be false in the last week in selected countries worldwide as of September 2022, by platform [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1396416/climate-news-misinformation-worldwide-by-platform/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "News audiences who encountered news or information about climate change they believed to be false in the last week in selected countries worldwide as of September 2022, by platform." Chart. December 1, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1396416/climate-news-misinformation-worldwide-by-platform/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (2022). News audiences who encountered news or information about climate change they believed to be false in the last week in selected countries worldwide as of September 2022, by platform. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1396416/climate-news-misinformation-worldwide-by-platform/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "News Audiences Who Encountered News or Information about Climate Change They Believed to Be False in The Last Week in Selected Countries Worldwide as of September 2022, by Platform." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1396416/climate-news-misinformation-worldwide-by-platform/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, News audiences who encountered news or information about climate change they believed to be false in the last week in selected countries worldwide as of September 2022, by platform Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1396416/climate-news-misinformation-worldwide-by-platform/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
News audiences who encountered news or information about climate change they believed to be false in the last week in selected countries worldwide as of September 2022, by platform [Graph], Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, December 1, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1396416/climate-news-misinformation-worldwide-by-platform/
