Reliable news coverage is needed more than ever, but trust in the media is at an all-time low
— one of the most serious public-health threats in recent history — dominates global media coverage, less than four in 10 people trust the news.’s recently released report on global media behaviour, which found that concerns about “fake news” and misinformation remain high.
“The seriousness of this [coronavirus] crisis has reinforced the need for reliable, accurate journalism that can inform and educate populations, but it has also reminded us how open we have become to conspiracies and misinformation,” the report reads. But for respondents in parts of the Global South, where social media use is high and traditional institutions are often weaker, this concern tends to be much higher. More than 70% of the South African respondents said they worried about identifying fake news.
Researchers conducted additional, more limited, surveys in the thick of global responses to the coronavirus pandemic to determine changes in media consumption during this period.
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