According to a survey carried out in August 2023 in the U.S., almost a quarter of respondents thought they came across false or misleading information about climate change online. Furthermore, only 15 percent of the interviewees said they encountered such news on TV.
Share of people who think they came across false or misleading information about climate change in the U.S. in 2023, by media type
The question was asked as follows: "Thinking specifically about the news or information about climate change you saw, read, or heard in the last week that you believe to be false or misleading. Where did you see, read, or hear this?"
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Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (November 13, 2023). Share of people who think they came across false or misleading information about climate change in the U.S. in 2023, by media type [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1490059/opinion-climate-change-media-misinformation-occurrence-by-type-usa/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Share of people who think they came across false or misleading information about climate change in the U.S. in 2023, by media type." Chart. November 13, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1490059/opinion-climate-change-media-misinformation-occurrence-by-type-usa/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. (2023). Share of people who think they came across false or misleading information about climate change in the U.S. in 2023, by media type. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1490059/opinion-climate-change-media-misinformation-occurrence-by-type-usa/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. "Share of People Who Think They Came across False or Misleading Information about Climate Change in The U.S. in 2023, by Media Type." Statista, Statista Inc., 13 Nov 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1490059/opinion-climate-change-media-misinformation-occurrence-by-type-usa/
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, Share of people who think they came across false or misleading information about climate change in the U.S. in 2023, by media type Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1490059/opinion-climate-change-media-misinformation-occurrence-by-type-usa/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Share of people who think they came across false or misleading information about climate change in the U.S. in 2023, by media type [Graph], Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, November 13, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1490059/opinion-climate-change-media-misinformation-occurrence-by-type-usa/
