Trust in news

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  Trust in news declines rapidly in 2024

  8 Apr 24 – The latest Trust in News survey finds trust has fallen significantly. The AUT research centre for Journalism, Media and Democracy (JMAD) has published its fifth annual ...

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  Trust in news slips further

  5 Apr 23 – General trust in New Zealand's news and news brands is continuing to erode. The AUT research centre for Journalism, Media and Democracy (JMAD) has published its fourth Trust in News in Aotearoa New Zealand report, authored by Dr Merja Myllylahti and Dr Greg Treadwell. The...

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  What do the media do when 92% say they're twisting facts?

  22 Apr 22 – By Graeme Colman. - If you were providing an information service which relies mostly on being impartial, accurate, first - and trusted - and 92% of New Zealander adults suspect you're spinning and twisting the facts, what would you do? Stop doing it, or at least move to...

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  Alarming fall in trust in news

  12 Apr 22 – A new survey finds New Zealanders' trust in news has fallen, with steep declines for Māori TV, TVNZ and RNZ. The AUT research centre for Journalism, Media and Democracy (JMAD) commissioned Horizon Research to conduct the survey. A report on its...

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  Worries over our media

  23 Jul 21 – New Zealand-specific data shows that its citizens are highly concerned about the state of journalism: 90% of respondents expressed worries about poor journalism and 95% were concerned about stories that may have a particular agenda. ...

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  News media junk polls live on

  4 May 21 – Radio New Zealand's Mediawatch programme reports that news organisations often report the results of informal polls they carry out by embedding surveys in...

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  New Zealanders' trust in the news erodes

  30 Apr 21 – New Zealanders’ trust in the news has eroded during the past year. The AUT research centre for Journalism, Media and Democracy (JMAD) has published its second Trust in News in New Zealand report which examines New Zealand citizens’ trust in news, news brands,...

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  Trust in news - but concern over poor journalism

  23 Apr 20 – A majority of New Zealanders trust the news they are personally using. However, they are strongly concerned over some aspects of poor journalism and 86% are concerned over the use of the term "fake news" to discredit news sources. The Tuust in news...