Thread by @rasmus_kleis

We document big, global trends every year in @risj_oxford Digital News Report, but also important country-to-country differences.

Here some from Latin America, drawing on talk I gave to @FundacionGabo panel w/@morenobarber @VianaNatalia @mtronderos & @eduardosuarez #DNR20 1/6

In most countries we cover, trust in "news I use" and "news overall" is significantly higher than trust in news found via search engines and news on social media.

But not everwhere, for example Chile (and some other countries), where trust is similar across the board #DNR20 2/6

And while in e.g. the United States, people on the political left trust news much more than people on the political right, in e.g. Mexico, the pattern is the opposite (and the difference much smaller), with people on the right trusting news more than people on the left 3/6

Similarly, in most countries, we find large majority of people who say they prefer news that advances no particular point of view, and many fewer who want news that share their own point of view.

But in for example Brazil, difference is much smaller, the groups about equal

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And while in, for example, the US, people on the left are more likely to blame politicians for misinfo, and people on the right blame journalists, in Argentina, people on the right are more concerned about politicians, and people on the left more concerned about journalists

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We also see differences for platforms -- across 40 markets we look at, Facebook is the platform most people name as one where they fear potentially false and misleading information, but in 3 of 4 Latin American countries we cover, WhatsApp is more widely named. #DNR20 6/6

Thread summarizing 5 key global #DNR20 findings is below, along w/links to full report, website, more slides

We always find important country-to-country differences too, and hope to expand report further in 2021, including more countries in Latin America

https://twitter.com/rasmus_kleis/status/1272771165237448709