Deni Ghifari (The Jakarta Post)
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Jakarta ●
Wed, February 1, 2023
More Indonesians trusted social media than news outlets over the past three years, marking a significant shift in the way people perceived what they considered a reliable source of information, according to the latest study from the Communications and Information Ministry, published on Wednesday.
The percentage of respondents who saw social media as a trustworthy source of information jumped to 30.8 percent in 2022 from previously around 20 percent in 2020, according to the research.
Meanwhile, trust toward conventional media has been in steady decline over the past three years with print media and radio now only acquiring less than 1 percent, while television managed to hold on at 43.5 percent in 2022.
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