Reuters Institute 2018 Barometer

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Social networks have become a major, even primary, source of information. As such, they have become social media, used by 36% of French people to get information. However, influencers express themselves on these platforms at the same level as journalists. The direct consequence of this increasingly blurred line between information and opinion is the rapid spread of fake news .


The media have focused on free and instantaneous honduras cell phone number list information in order to adapt to the standards of digital information . Information is now manufactured to be shared and read by the greatest number of people. However, free information is often partial, with perspective being reserved for paid information with higher added value. And those who are willing to pay to get information on the internet remain a minority. According to the Reuters Institute's 2018 Barometer , only 11% of French people paid for online information in 2018.


Source. Reuters Institute 2018 Barometer
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