Summary information

Study title

Flash Eurobarometer 464 (Fake News and Disinformation Online)

Creator

European Commission, Brussels DG Communication COMM A3 ´Media monitoring, Media Analysis and Eurobarometer´ Unit

Study number / PID

ZA6934, Version 1.0.0 (GESIS)

10.4232/1.13019 (DOI)

Data access

Information not available

Series

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Abstract

Fake news and disinformation online.
Topics: use of the following media: printed newspapers and magazines, online newspapers and magazines, news agencies, online social networks and messaging apps, TV, radio, news aggregators, video hosting websites, other; usage frequency of online social networks; activities in online social networks: read or listen to content shared by others, share content found by oneself, share content found by others; trustworthiness of news and information in: printed newspapers and magazines, online newspapers and magazines, online social networks and messaging apps, TV, radio, video hosting websites and podcasts; frequency of encountering false information; self-rated ability to identify false information; assessment of the existence of false information as a serious problem: in the own country, for democracy in general; responsible actors in tackling fake news. Demography: nationality; possession of selected communication devices and computers; internet connection at home; age; sex; age at end of education; occupation; professional position; type of community; household composition and household size; region. Additionally coded was: respondent ID; country; type of phone line; nation group; weighting factor.

Keywords

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Methodology

Data collection period

07/02/2018 - 09/02/2018

Country

Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland, Sweden, Croatia, United Kingdom

Time dimension

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Analysis unit

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Universe

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Sampling procedure

Probability: Multistage

Kind of data

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Data collection mode

Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI)

Access

Publisher

GESIS Data Archive for the Social Sciences

Publication year

2018

Terms of data access

0 - Data and documents are released for everybody.

Related publications

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