Truth decay: why personal values are poisoning Australians’ news consumption

Description

Most people consuming information online in Australia take no steps to verify its accuracy.

Given Australia has just been through a federal election cycle where the proliferation of misinformation was part of the voter experience, new research about digital media trends makes for interesting, if sobering, reading.

According to work from the University of Canberra in cooperation with the Reuters Institute and the University of Oxford, a majority of online consumers in Australia, 62%, are concerned about what is real and what is fake on the internet.

This level of local concern is higher than the global average and, the more interested in politics you are, the more you worry about fake news.

Period	12 Jun 2019

Title	Truth decay: why personal values are poisoning Australians’ news consumption
Degree of recognition	National
Media name/outlet	The Guardian Australia
Media type	Web
Duration/Length/Size	600 words
Country/Territory	Australia
Date	12/06/19
Description	Most people consuming information online in Australia take no steps to verify its accuracy. Given Australia has just been through a federal election cycle where the proliferation of misinformation was part of the voter experience, new research about digital media trends makes for interesting, if sobering, reading. According to work from the University of Canberra in cooperation with the Reuters Institute and the University of Oxford, a majority of online consumers in Australia, 62%, are concerned about what is real and what is fake on the internet. This level of local concern is higher than the global average and, the more interested in politics you are, the more you worry about fake news.
Producer/Author	Katharine Murphy
Persons	Caroline FISHER, Sora PARK, Glen FULLER, Yoonmo SANG, Jee Young LEE