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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:
17 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Netherlands92.1%
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 Israel75.6%
16 Republic of Korea75.3%
17 Poland 66.9%

Note
Don't know/ Refused are excluded.

No data for 21 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 data17
Regression equation
Y = 1.738857 X +5.161
Correlation coefficient (r)0.254
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.065
GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 115863.836518 X -55228.272
Correlation coefficient (r)0.477
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.228
Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = 18.245058 X +65.603
Correlation coefficient (r)0.428
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.183
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -0.555191 X +2.032
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.086
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.007
Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data17
Regression equation
Y = -10.550394 X +18.945
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.165
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.027