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Question: Do you think access to the internet and social media has made people MORE or LESS informed about current events in (survey country), 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 Japan86.8%
2 Greece81.7%
3 Sweden81.2%
4 Netherlands 80.5%
5 Israel77.9%
6 Republic of Korea77.2%
7 Singapore77.1%
8 Poland76.8%
9 Hungary76.6%
10 United Kingdom75.2%
11 Germany74.6%
12 Spain74.2%
13 France74.0%
14 Canada73.3%
15 Italy73.0%
16 Australia72.6%
17 Belgium68.4%
18 United States64.8%
19 Malaysia61.1%

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 = 0.291943 X +6.381
Correlation coefficient (r)0.037
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.001
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -14719.747049 X +54943.199
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.044
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 25.013379 X +62.145
Correlation coefficient (r)0.468
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.219
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = -0.955684 X +2.267
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.130
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.017
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data19
Regression equation
Y = 0.800749 X +9.122
Correlation coefficient (r)0.011
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.000