In Europe, the 2022 Eurobarometer media survey suggests that 49 per cent of respondents expect public TV and radio stations to give them truthful news, followed by the written press, selected by 39 per cent. On the other hand, private TV and radio stations are cited by only 27 per cent as a trusted media source. The picture is less dire than in the polarized US, but these figures chart decline. Even in trust-rich Nordic countries.
A second striking finding is on information overload. Both in the US and Europe the public report that this overload leads to distrust, with 61 per cent of Americans saying the increase in information makes it harder to be well informed. Saturation is coupled with the media’s increasing propensity to blur the boundaries between news and entertainment, between information and sensationalism.
No matter the quality of some programming, a barrage of news that ends up putting Ukraine on a par with new film releases, trivializes by association – leading to the suspicion that what is ‘really important’ is not being covered.
From overload, to mistrust, to conspiracy. Alas, this is one dynamic that advanced democracies share.
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