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Question: Do you think access to the internet and social media has made people MORE or LESS easy to manipulate with false information and rumors, or has it not had much impact either way?
Choices: "More" "Less" "Has not had much impact either way"
Data: % of "More"
Period:
Area:
19 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Netherlands 92.1%
2 Australia91.5%
3 United Kingdom89.8%
4 Spain89.6%
5 Canada88.8%
6 Belgium88.7%
7 Italy88.5%
7 Sweden88.5%
9 United States88.3%
10 Japan87.8%
11 Greece87.3%
12 France86.1%
13 Germany83.3%
14 Hungary79.7%
15 Singapore76.5%
16 Israel75.6%
17 Republic of Korea75.3%
18 Poland66.9%
19 Malaysia57.7%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 219 countries.
Source
Pew Research Center "Global Attitudes & Trends" Spring 2022. For the United States, Pew Research Center "American Trends Panel Wave 105" March 2022.

 Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 2.044026 X +4.899
Correlation coefficient (r)0.400
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.160
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 92407.296632 X -33053.339
Correlation coefficient (r)0.431
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.186
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 18.606533 X +65.439
Correlation coefficient (r)0.539
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.291
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -0.486267 X +1.954
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.103
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.011
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 1.947198 X +8.102
Correlation coefficient (r)0.042
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002