Table 4 Proportion of subjects in each political identification group whose responses to the question about what fake news and propaganda mean included certain characteristics
From: The relationship between political affiliation and beliefs about sources of “fake news”
Characteristic | Left | Center | Right |
|---|---|---|---|
2017 | |||
Indicated similar | 0.16 | 0.22 | 0.17 |
Indicated different | 0.03 | 0.04 | 0.02 |
Shared definition | 0.18 | 0.26 | 0.28 |
Separate definitions | 0.80 | 0.69 | 0.65 |
2018 | |||
Indicated similar | 0.18 | 0.06 | 0.17 |
Indicated different | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.10 |
Shared definition | 0.30 | 0.40 | 0.32 |
Separate definitions | 0.73 | 0.58 | 0.64 |
2020 | |||
Indicated similar | 0.05 | 0.20 | 0.20 |
Indicated different | 0.05 | 0.20 | 0.14 |
Shared definition | 0.19 | 0.20 | 0.22 |
Separate definitions | 0.52 | 0.44 | 0.38 |