Reliability of news on social media

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Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question In general, how reliable would you rate the news on political matters found in the following sources?… Online social media (for example WhatsApp, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, Truth Social).

Values

[1] very unreliable
[2] somewhat unreliable
[3] somewhat reliable
[4] very reliable
[NA(d)] can't choose [NA(i)] iap [NA(j)] I don't have a job [NA(m)] dk, na, iap [NA(n)] no answer [NA(p)] not imputable [NA(r)] refused [NA(s)] skipped on web [NA(u)] uncodeable [NA(x)] not available in this release [NA(y)] not available in this year [NA(z)] see codebook

Question Years and Ballots

ballots	years
A/B	2024

Overview

For further details see the GSS Data Explorer page for smnews.

Counts by year:

year	not available in this year	very unreliable	somewhat unreliable	somewhat reliable	very reliable	can't choose	iap	no answer	skipped on web	Total
2024	-	404	486	491	55	187	1671	8	7	3309
Total	0	404	486	491	55	187	1671	8	7	3309