In a survey conducted in Japan during fiscal year 2022 more than 25 percent of the respondents stated that social media offer trustworthy information with regard to domestic social issues. The share was slightly lower in the case of domestic political and economical issues.
Share of people who think that social media offer trustworthy information in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by topic
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the category social media does not include blogs or video-sharing websites
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*The source counts the answers of the survey conducted in November 2022 as figures for fiscal year 2022. The Japanese fiscal year starts on April 1 of the stated year and ends on March 31 of the following year.
Respondents were asked to which degree the information of social media could be trusted. There were five possible answers: "One can trust it very much," "One can trust it to some degree," "One cannot really trust it," "One cannot trust it at all," and "I do not use or know that source of information in the first place." The values shown in this statistic represent the combined share of respondents who answered either "One can trust it very much" or "One can trust it to some degree."
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Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). (June 23, 2023). Share of people who think that social media offer trustworthy information in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by topic [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1396599/japan-trustworthiness-of-social-media-information-by-topic/
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). "Share of people who think that social media offer trustworthy information in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by topic." Chart. June 23, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1396599/japan-trustworthiness-of-social-media-information-by-topic/
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). (2023). Share of people who think that social media offer trustworthy information in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by topic. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1396599/japan-trustworthiness-of-social-media-information-by-topic/
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan). "Share of People Who Think That Social Media Offer Trustworthy Information in Japan in Fiscal Year 2022, by Topic." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1396599/japan-trustworthiness-of-social-media-information-by-topic/
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan), Share of people who think that social media offer trustworthy information in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by topic Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1396599/japan-trustworthiness-of-social-media-information-by-topic/ (last visited July 22, 2024)
Share of people who think that social media offer trustworthy information in Japan in fiscal year 2022, by topic [Graph], Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (Japan), June 23, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1396599/japan-trustworthiness-of-social-media-information-by-topic/
