Survey Results

Survey Results:

The survey was collected via Facebook.

An accumulative of 35 surveys were completed.

For the first question (What media do you use for a source of news? (Select all that apply)):
The collective answer was Television with 80%. Next was Online sources with 74.3%, Newspaper with 57.1%, Social Media with 40%, Radio with 37.1%, and Magazine with 22.9%.

The second question (Which type of news do you most commonly read?):
The collective answer was Local with 37.1%. Next was Entertainment with 22.9%, World News with 17.1%, National with 11.4%, Sports with 8.6%, and Regional with 2.9%.

The third question (What form of media do you find most reliable?):
The collective answer was Television with 51.4%. Next was Newspaper with 28.6%, Online Sources with 11.4%, Radio with 5.7%, Social Media with 2.9%, and Magazine with 0%.

The fourth question (What kinds of Online Sources do you most commonly use? Please List any that apply(Example: yahoo.com, cnn.com,ect.):
The collective answer was yahoo.com.

The fifth question (Are there any sources that you find opinionated or unreliable when looking for news stories? (Please List all that Apply)):
The collective answer was Fox News.

The sixth question (How reliable do you find the Online Sources?):
The collective answer was Neutral with 68.6%, then Very Reliable with 31.4% and in last was Not Reliable with 0.0%.

The seventh question (What is your age and gender?):
The collective answer was female, in the 20-30 range of age.

I thought that the survey was really interesting because cumulatively it was found that the public thought that online sources were reliable, and did used them as an active source of news. Also, i thought it was interesting how even though they found television to be the most reliable source of news, it was FOX news that they found most unreliable and biased. Also, the age group was interesting in a way that we are brought up around the more internet computer based generation and it resulted in yahoo.com being a good internet source, and that you can trust online sources. I wonder if more elder people were to take this same survey if it would have effected the results greatly as they do not rely on technology as much as the younger generation does. It was a very interesting task, and the results were interesting to digest and see.