One in eight Japanese might trust this blog
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At the end of April, japan.internet.com, in conjuction with goo Research, published the results of a survey into how much people trust various internet sources. This survey comes hot on the heels of an astonishing (to me) poll that discovered well over 90% of Wikipedia users trusted the contents to some degree. Here they interviewed 1,012 members of the goo Research monitor group via a private internet poll. The demographics were 57.6% female, 3.3% were teenagers, 24.7% were in their twenties, 40.4% were in their thirties, 24.0% in their forties, and 7.6% in their fifties.
I am suprised at just two in five saying that they have encountered false data on the internet! I also find it surprising that a relatively high number trust shopping sites over Q&A sites; my gut reaction would be the other way round, especially as the Q&A sites that I am aware of seem to have an active community that corrects any errors before they get propagated. In addition, considering the popularity of auction sites, under 5% trusting them seems to run counter to expectations.
Q1: Have you ever encountered incorrect information on the internet? (Sample size=1,012)
Yes (to Q2) 39.6% No 60.4% Of this 39.6%, or 401 people, who encountered erroneous information, 254, or 63.3% found it on a bulletin board, 140 people or 34.9% found a mistaken blog entry, and 23.9% or 96 people had problems with information on a portal site.
Q2: What did you do when confronted with this erroneous information? (Sample size=401)
Just did nothing 33.2% Confirmed it at another site 51.6% Confirmed it from other media 9.0% Believed it and circulated it around my friends 2.2% Other 4.0% Q3: Please select all of the following sources of information on the internet that you feel you can trust. (Sample size=1,012, multiple answer)
Votes Percentage News site 780 77.1% Portal site 335 33.1% Shopping site 175 17.3% Questionnaire results 125 12.4% Q&A site 92 9.1% Net bulletin board 65 6.4% Blog 59 5.8% Auction site 48 4.7% Social Networking Service (SNS) 37 3.7% Advertising mail 29 2.9% spam/UCE mail 4 0.4% Dating site 3 0.3% Chain mail 1 0.1% Other 11 1.1% I don’t trust anything 122 12.1%
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