Figure 19: Trust in sources of news information

This horizontal bar chart depicts electors' level of trust in sources of news information, comparing levels of trust in traditional journalism versus social media. The breakdown is as follows:

• Total
  • A great deal of trust
    • Traditional journalism: 18%
    • Social media: 3%
  • A fair amount of trust
    • Traditional journalism: 55%
    • Social media: 29%
  • Not much trust
    • Traditional journalism: 20%
    • Social media: 50%
  • No trust at all
    • Traditional journalism: 5%
    • Social media: 14%
  • Don't know
    • Traditional journalism: 2%
    • Social media: 3%