Figure 1.7: Politically interested people are more trusting in news on platforms

Percentage who trust news on each platform among those who are more versus less interested in politics.

Q21. Generally speaking, to what extent do you trust or not trust news on the following platforms? Q9. How interested, if at all, would you say you are in politics? Base: Extremely or very interested: Brazil = 350, India = 526, UK = 784, US = 812. Slightly interested and not interested at all: Brazil = 1,213, India = 1,061, UK = 748, US = 824. Note: Includes all who responded that they 'completely trust' or 'somewhat trust' news on platforms. The 'more interested' category includes those who said they were 'extremely interested' or 'very interested' whereas the 'less interested' category includes those who said they were 'slightly interested' or 'not at all interested'. The middle response ('moderately interested') was excluded.

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