
Snap judgements: how audiences who lack trust in news navigate information on digital platforms
In this report we look at how untrusting news audiences make sense of the news they encounter while using social media, messaging applications or search engines.
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- Read the previous instalments from the project: What we think we know (and what we don't know) about trust in news | Listening to what trust in news means to audiences | What attitudes towards news tell us about building trust | Depth and breadth: How news organisations navigate trade-offs around building trust in news
- Learn more about the project here | Listen to a podcast episode on the project here
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Explore the Digital News Report 2021
This year's report offers new insights about digital news consumption and reveals how COVID-19 has transformed the news industry around the world. It is based on a YouGov survey of more than 92,000 online news consumers in 46 markets, including India, Indonesia, Thailand, Nigeria, Colombia and Peru for the first time.
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