This statistic shows the share of people with and without populist views who stated that they trust news media in eight Western European countries in a survey from October to December 2017. Based on the survey in late 2017, 47 percent of people with populist views in Germany trusted the news media. By way of comparison, the corresponding figure for those with non-populist views was 78 percent.
Share of people with and without populist views who trust the news media in select European countries in 2017
Whether a respondent held populist views or not was determined by a pre-survey questionnaire.
Respondents are stated as trusting news media here if they answered the question as to whether they trusted news media with either "a lot" or "somewhat".
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Pew Research Center. (July 16, 2018). Share of people with and without populist views who trust the news media in select European countries in 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/912261/share-of-people-who-trust-news-media-in-select-countries/
Pew Research Center. "Share of people with and without populist views who trust the news media in select European countries in 2017." Chart. July 16, 2018. Statista. Accessed December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/912261/share-of-people-who-trust-news-media-in-select-countries/
Pew Research Center. (2018). Share of people with and without populist views who trust the news media in select European countries in 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/912261/share-of-people-who-trust-news-media-in-select-countries/
Pew Research Center. "Share of People with and without Populist Views Who Trust The News Media in Select European Countries in 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Jul 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/912261/share-of-people-who-trust-news-media-in-select-countries/
Pew Research Center, Share of people with and without populist views who trust the news media in select European countries in 2017 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/912261/share-of-people-who-trust-news-media-in-select-countries/ (last visited December 19, 2024)
Share of people with and without populist views who trust the news media in select European countries in 2017 [Graph], Pew Research Center, July 16, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/912261/share-of-people-who-trust-news-media-in-select-countries/
