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Media:<\/strong> Liberta.bg
\nDate:<\/strong> 02.10.2024
\nLink:<\/strong> https:\/\/bit.ly\/4hQqeRe<\/a><\/p>\n

The online market research agency JTN conducted a nationally representative study of trends in the attitudes of Bulgarians regarding the degree of trust, familiarity and attitudes towards journalism in Bulgaria. The results clearly show that television is still the leading source of journalistic content – after social networks, but increasingly important for the formation of public opinion and attitudes are specific journalists with an established name and authority, who are only or mainly in the online space.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As Bulgarians get older, they tend to seek information from more and more sources (at least 3 or 4), and the youngest are traditionally not very interested in journalism outside of the news.\u00a0The majority of respondents agree that the state does not adequately protect our investigative journalists.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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In total, about 93% of respondents claim to be informed about journalistic topics once a week or more often, and 85% indicate that they personally get acquainted with the information, and do not receive it retold by someone. These results clearly indicate that individuals who inform in the field of journalism are followed by the majority of respondents and significant public attention is focused on them.<\/p>\n

79% indicate that they rely on social networks to learn the latest news on journalistic topics. The most frequently used are Facebook (90%) and YouTube (66%). All other social networks and chat applications with the option to receive journalism (Viber, Telegram) are used by 1\/3 or less of the respondents.<\/p>\n

In second place, with a very close result, respondents indicated television (77%) as the channel from which they get information on journalistic topics. The results rank Nova TV in first place (83%), followed by BTV (78%) and BNT (63%), far above all others on the market such as Euronews Bulgaria (16%), Eurocom (16%), TV1 (9%), TV 7\/8 (8%), etc. Respondents indicated that they expect the presenters of journalistic programs on these televisions to have excellent language culture and to set a standard of cultural behavior on screen, probably as a counterpoint to the rougher speech in the political space in recent years.<\/p>\n

The results clearly indicate that although social networks are ahead of television when it comes to journalism, television has not yet lost its enormous influence. There is also an increasingly frequent tendency on social networks to impose hot topics of the day, which are subsequently transferred to the television screen.<\/p>\n

On the topic of the degree of trust in the information provided, television leads with a rating of 3.97 out of 6, compared to social networks (3.55 out of 6) and electronic newspapers and magazines (2.46 out of 6). At the bottom, with the lowest trust are print publications with only 0.99 out of 6. Here, as expected, respondents over the age of 45 clearly have more trust in traditional media at the expense of online media.<\/p>\n

In the online media, 24chasa.bg and novini.bg lead with 45% each and vesti.bg with nearly 43%. Due to the greater diversity, it is understandable that respondents indicate 4 or more online sources of journalism that they follow. Consumption is mainly concentrated in the audience over 35 years old, and with increasing age, there is also a search primarily for the online equivalent of an existing print publication.<\/p>\n

It is striking that with age the demand for information on current topics from more sources also increases. While the youngest consume such materials from two main channels, the oldest follow up to 4. Naturally, the explanation is partly rooted in the pure age division, according to which the interest in journalism and current affairs programs increases with age. 75% declare that they watch several points of view on a problem in order to form an opinion. 57% indicate that they also follow foreign media. However, 53% note that once they have formed an opinion on a given topic, they try to consume information mainly supporting the thesis, which they personally consider correct.<\/p>\n

In a test of various statements related to Bulgarian journalism and journalism in particular, the statement that the media, not the journalist, chooses how to present the facts stands out. 62% think that Bulgarian journalists are not well protected by the state and are often subject to censorship and pressure. Only 28% would continue to follow a journalist they trust if he\/she moved to a media outlet they do not trust. At the same time, 41% admit that they find it difficult to sift out reliable from unreliable information.<\/p>\n

In order to be considered objective and honest, a journalist must not interweave his personal opinion with the facts (2.80 out of 5), and present all points of view (2.79 out of 5). Only two of the 20 factors tested for the journalist’s objectivity and honesty receive a sufficiently high score and are visibly significant, which convincingly suggests that respondents only want the facts that they fundamentally doubt according to previous results, and expect to develop their own analysis and conclusions. There is a serious overlap in the results between “I don’t like the conclusions” and “I consider them unreliable”, i.e. if they don’t like what is said in the media, they rather consider it fake news. The serious entry of social networks as a factor in setting the agenda of journalism comes at the cost of too many written opinions from famous and unknown people with different training and motivation. This brings a visible increase in distrust in journalism in general and everyone involved in journalism.<\/p>\n

All cited results are consistent among supporters of different parties – regardless of which party they voted for in April 2023, their opinions about journalistic journalism in Bulgaria are largely similar.<\/p>\n

The survey was conducted among 600 men and women aged 18-75, balanced against a national representative sample by gender, age, place of residence and size of the settlement and was implemented with the JTN agency’s own funds. The fieldwork was carried out in the period from July 2023, with its own online user panel JTN Panel, using the CAWI (Computer Assisted Web Interviewing) methodology. All collected data were verified with the technological and analytical method Field Detective, a proprietary development of JTN and a leading system in the field of CAWI surveys.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Since 2007,\u00a0JTN<\/strong>\u00a0has offered its clients a combination of customized solutions, expert knowledge and constantly improving data quality procedures, guaranteed by patented technologies. In 2020, JTN expanded its product range as part of a comprehensive update of the company’s identity and a reflection of the continuous efforts to provide the best in the world of technologies that actively listen to the user voice and provide useful insights to the business.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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