Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism releases Digital News Report 2021
The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism has released its Digital News Report 2021, looking at the impact of COVID-19 on news consumption and the economic prospects for publishers.
Senior Research Fellow Rasmus Kleis Nielsen was a co-author of the report
The findings are based on a YouGov survey of over 92,000 online news consumers, located across 46 markets in six continents.
For the first time ever, the report included data from India, Indonesia, Thailand, Nigeria, Colombia and Peru, providing further understanding of news markets and consumption outside the US and Europe.
Key findings include that trust in news has, on average, grown during the COVID-19 pandemic by six percentage points, with 44% of respondents saying they trust news most of the time, which partly reverses the decline in trust seen in recent years.
But the pandemic has also led to heightened awareness about false or misleading news, with 58% of respondents expressing concern about misinformation.
Other topics explored in this year’s Digital News Report include:
- The success (or not) of subscription models for online news platforms
- How impartiality in news still matters for most respondents
- The disruption suffered by local news and the scale of the challenge facing local news outlets
- How influencers now play a bigger role than journalists on TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram
This is the tenth edition of the Digital News Report.
Co-author Professor Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Director of the Reuters Institute and a Senior Research Fellow of Green Templeton, said: ‘Our findings this year show how, if anything, the coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated many of the long-term trends we have documented over the past decade, especially the move to a more digital, mobile, and platform-dominated media environment.
‘Developments this year put further pressure on the business models of many traditional media, but have also reminded at least parts of the public of the importance and value of trustworthy news from independent news organisations.’
Read the full Digital News Report 2021
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