The two tables provide information about usage of news sources in the past week and users' levels of trust in these sources.
Overall, the general trend is for more popular sources to be voted as more trustworthy, except for radio news and magazines, which boast relatively high levels of credibility despite being used by smaller proportions of people. Also, there is often a large difference between the percentage of people voting a medium to be reliable and that of their counterparts.
In detail, the vast majority of people relied on local TV news (more than 80%), which is followed by figures for national network and newspapers (72% and 65%, respectively). Their levels of credibility also range from above half for local TV news to around 42% for newspapers. Similarly, online-only sources were used by around 50% and only half of which trusted these sources. The correlation is discontinued at radio news and magazines. While the former attracted less than 60% of users but is voted to be reliable by nearly a half, close to 40% of users read the latter and vote it to be reliable.
It is noteworthy, still, that while the typical distrust levels stand at around one tenth for most media, news sources on the Internet were disapproved by double that figure.
The two tables provide information about usage of
news
sources
in the past week and
users&
#039;
levels
of trust in these sources.
Overall
, the general trend is for more popular
sources
to
be voted
as more trustworthy,
except for
radio
news
and magazines, which boast
relatively
high
levels
of credibility despite being
used
by smaller proportions of
people
.
Also
, there is
often
a large difference between the percentage of
people
voting a medium to be reliable and that of their counterparts.
In detail, the vast majority of
people
relied on local TV
news
(more than 80%), which
is followed
by figures for national network and newspapers (72% and 65%,
respectively
). Their
levels
of credibility
also
range from above half for local TV
news
to around 42% for newspapers.
Similarly
, online-
only
sources
were
used
by around 50% and
only
half of which trusted these
sources
. The correlation
is discontinued
at radio
news
and magazines. While the former attracted less than 60% of users
but
is voted
to be reliable by
nearly
a half, close to 40% of users read the latter and vote it to be reliable.
It is noteworthy,
still
, that while the typical distrust
levels
stand at around one tenth for most media,
news
sources
on the Internet
were disapproved
by double that figure.
5Linking words, meeting the goal of 7 or more
15Repeated words, meeting the goal of 3 or fewer
1Mistakes