This statistic displays the findings of a survey on the expectations towards search engines in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2015, broken down by newer and more established internet users. In 2015, 21 percent of respondents who first used the internet under 5 years ago reported having the opinion that, "if a website has been listed by the search engine, these websites will have accurate and unbiased information." Established users were somewhat less sure of the possible bias of search engine results. Of the responding established users 3 percent less expected unbiased information on website results while six percent more expected at least some biased information on some of the websites provided as search results.
What is your opinion about the level of accuracy or bias of the information detailed in the websites that appear in the results pages of a search engine?*
Length of internet usage
I think that if they have been listed by the search engine, these websites will have accurate and unbiased information
I think that some websites will be accurate or unbiased and some won't be
I don't really think about whether or not they have accurate or unbiased information, I just use the sites I like the look of
* The original survey question was: "When you use a search engine to find information, you enter a query in the search box and the search engine will then show some links to websites in the results pages. Which one of these is closest to your opinion about the level of accuracy or bias of the information detailed in the websites that appear in the
results pages?" ** n (started using the internet under 5 years ago) = 160; n (started using the internet 5+ years ago) = 1,113.
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Ofcom. (April 21, 2016). What is your opinion about the level of accuracy or bias of the information detailed in the websites that appear in the results pages of a search engine?* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/322965/attitudes-towards-search-engines-by-internet-usage-length-uk/
Ofcom. "What is your opinion about the level of accuracy or bias of the information detailed in the websites that appear in the results pages of a search engine?*." Chart. April 21, 2016. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/322965/attitudes-towards-search-engines-by-internet-usage-length-uk/
Ofcom. (2016). What is your opinion about the level of accuracy or bias of the information detailed in the websites that appear in the results pages of a search engine?*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/322965/attitudes-towards-search-engines-by-internet-usage-length-uk/
Ofcom. "What Is Your Opinion about The Level of Accuracy or Bias of The Information Detailed in The Websites That Appear in The Results Pages of a Search Engine?*." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Apr 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/322965/attitudes-towards-search-engines-by-internet-usage-length-uk/
Ofcom, What is your opinion about the level of accuracy or bias of the information detailed in the websites that appear in the results pages of a search engine?* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/322965/attitudes-towards-search-engines-by-internet-usage-length-uk/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
What is your opinion about the level of accuracy or bias of the information detailed in the websites that appear in the results pages of a search engine?* [Graph], Ofcom, April 21, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/322965/attitudes-towards-search-engines-by-internet-usage-length-uk/
