Proportion who would consider each to be news if it happened in each place

On average across six countries, moving between local, national, and international contexts changes whether information is considered news – but the pattern is inconsistent.

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Relevance. Still thinking about [scenario] … To what extent, or not, would you consider this information to be news, depending on the following politician's affiliations? Base: Those across six countries assigned to each scenario ≈ 6,000. Note: Respondents were randomly assigned questions on two scenarios each.

Source: Changing definitions of news in a digital environment: How the public defines news across six countries