respondents produced a national sample that is more urban & educated, and with higher incomes than their fellow citizens
Method of interview
Online interview
Supplementary notes
The question asked in the survey was as follows: "To what extent, if at all, do you trust each of the following to be a reliable source of news and information?" - People I know predominantly in person."
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Trust in real-life friends and acquaintances as news sources Malaysia 2019
This statistic shows the result of a survey conducted on the reliability of people that the respondents know predominantly in person as sources of news in Malaysia as of February 2019. According to data from , ** percent of Malaysian respondents had a fair amount of trust in people they know predominantly in person as credible news sources, while ** percent of Malaysian respondents did not trust them as news sources very much.
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Respondents' trust in people they know predominantly in person as reliable sources of news in Malaysia as of February 2019 [Graph], Ipsos, June 24, 2019. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1023772/trust-in-real-life-friends-and-acquaintances-as-news-sources-malaysia/
