This statistic gives information on how accurate and trustworthy U.S. search users perceive information found on online search engines to be. During a 2012 survey, it was found that 45 percent of search users throught most information through internet search engines to be accurate and trustworthy.
How much of the information you find using search engines do you think is accurate or trustworthy?
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In the original survey, the question was posed as follows: "In general, how much of the information you find using search engines do you think is accurate or trustworthy? "
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Pew Research Center. (March 12, 2012). How much of the information you find using search engines do you think is accurate or trustworthy? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/248570/perceived-accuracy-of-search-engines-by-us-search-users/
Pew Research Center. "How much of the information you find using search engines do you think is accurate or trustworthy?." Chart. March 12, 2012. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/248570/perceived-accuracy-of-search-engines-by-us-search-users/
Pew Research Center. (2012). How much of the information you find using search engines do you think is accurate or trustworthy?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/248570/perceived-accuracy-of-search-engines-by-us-search-users/
Pew Research Center. "How Much of The Information You Find Using Search Engines Do You Think Is Accurate or Trustworthy?." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Mar 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/248570/perceived-accuracy-of-search-engines-by-us-search-users/
Pew Research Center, How much of the information you find using search engines do you think is accurate or trustworthy? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/248570/perceived-accuracy-of-search-engines-by-us-search-users/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
How much of the information you find using search engines do you think is accurate or trustworthy? [Graph], Pew Research Center, March 12, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/248570/perceived-accuracy-of-search-engines-by-us-search-users/