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SINGAPORE, Sept 19 — About a third of Singaporeans interviewed in a recent survey believe that most or all of the information they see on websites such as blogs or Wikipedia are true, while the highest proportion of respondents who are undiscerning consumers of online news information — about 40 per cent — are in the 15 to 19 age category, the Media Development Authority (MDA) said yesterday.
The MDA’s first Consumer Experience Study also found that, when it comes to reality television, documentary and news programmes, younger Singaporeans — those aged between 25 and 29 — are slightly more critical compared with older Singaporeans, aged between 50 and 54, more of whom believe that these programmes show a true picture of what really happened. Full story
