Finland: trustworthy online media 2016

This statistic shows the result of a survey on the share of young people perceiving various online media as trustworthy and as sources for good content in Finland in 2016, by type of media. During the period under survey, roughly 74 percent of the respondents found the online presence of regional newspapers like Helsingin Sanomat trustworthy and as sources for good content.

Share of young people perceiving various online media as trustworthy and as sources for good content in Finland in 2016, by type of media

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Yle.fi	81%
Regional newspaper online presence (Helsingin Sanomat, Kaleva among others)	74%
Wikipedia	43%
Commercial TV media (MTV3.fi, nelonen.fi and similar)	39%
Iltalehti and Iltasanomat	33%
Magazine online presence (Me naiset, Suomen kuvalehti, Tieteen kuvalehti, Tekniikan maailma among others)	29%
Other	5%
"Alternative media" (MV-lehti, uberuutiset, Magneettimedia, Finnleaks among others)	3%
Celebrity and entertainment magazines (Seiska, Hymy, Alibi among others)	2%

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Release date

September 2016

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Region

Finland

Survey time period

May, 2016 to August, 2016

Number of respondents

5,520 respondents

Age group

13-29 years

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

According to the source the average respondent (n= 5520) was 19.5 years old and most of the respondents used social media from 6 to 9 hours per week. 70% of the respondents were women (n= 3838) and 28% of the respondents were men (n= 1562) with 2% of the respondents choosing the option "I don't want to say/ I can't say/ other". The target group was further split into three age groups:
13 to 17 years (n= 2244), 18 to 22 years (n= 1822) and 23 to 29 years (n= 1454).

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