survey of 2,000 opinion leaders in 11 countries: Leading Korean opinion makers trust the media more than the government and consider newspapers the most reliable source of information [...]
China ranked first in terms of the percentage who trusted their government with 83 percent, followed by 41 percent in Japan, 39 percent in Italy and 38 percent in the U.S. But Germany, where only 27 percent trust what the government tells them, and Brazil with 21 percent were just ahead of Korea in the bottom three.
When it came to trust in the media, Korea ranked third, after China with 73 percent and Brazil with 53 percent. Korean respondents trusted newspapers most (35 percent), followed by the Internet (26 percent), and TV (22 percent).
When asked, ?Do you trust information on websites and blogs?? 51 percent and 40 percent of Korean respondents said yes, more than the average of 39 percent and 20 percent among surveyed nations.
