Trust in information sources by age group France

This statistic represents the results of a survey concerning the trustworthiness of information provided by media and other sources in France in 2015, by age group. Results show that trust in media information varied depending on the age of respondents. The greatest share of respondents who stated that radio information was credible was among people aged 65 and older (82 percent). As a comparison, only 15 percent of them considered word of mouth reliable, compared to almost half of respondents aged 18 to 24.

Public trust in the credibility of information provided by the media sources in France in 2015, by age group

Characteristic	18-24 years	25-34 years	35-49 years	50-64 years	65 years and older
Radio	74%	70%	77%	77%	82%
Paid printed press	78%	65%	73%	73%	75%
Television	71%	64%	69%	66%	69%
Online news websites	71%	67%	64%	64%	67%
Free printed press	66%	61%	61%	58%	59%
Posters	66%	45%	40%	42%	37%
Discussion forums	40%	25%	23%	27%	21%
Online videos	36%	23%	21%	28%	20%
Word of mouth	47%	29%	22%	21%	15%
Blogs	32%	23%	24%	22%	15%
Social networks	35%	26%	20%	19%	14%

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Release date

February 2015

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Region

France

Survey time period

February 18 to 19, 2015

Number of respondents

1,006 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Computer-assisted web interviews (CAWI)

Supplementary notes

This question was phrased by the source as follows: "Nowadays, would you say that the information provided by the following sources are credible or not credible?"
Shares correspond to respondents who stated that the source was very or rather credible.

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