World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development

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Fake news worldwide - statistics & facts

The risk of encountering disinformation across digital and legacy media is ever more common. Through this database, Statista provides key information on press freedom and news consumption, trust in media and disinformation shared in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. It also contains data on the public's perceptions about these issues.

Main characteristics

Category :
Media freedom , Media pluralism , Digital rights
Keywords :
Press freedom , Freedom of expression , Access to information , Social media , Disinformation , Misinformation , Digital media , Print media , Broadcast , Local news , Trust , COVID-19 , Media consumption , Polarization
Languages :
English
SDG focus :
Gender disaggregation :
Not provided

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Type of source license :
Not apply (N/A)

Source

Name of the organization:
Statista
Link to organization:
https://www.statista.com/

More information about the dataset

Type of data :
Quantitative
Type of data collection:
Survey
Year of dataset creation:
2020
Year of dataset update:
2021