NEW DELHI: About 74 percent of people are dependent on traditional media for any updates on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, a survey revealed.
In the poll, a question — On what sources are you dependent for corona related information — was put forth before Indians during the last one week.
According to the survey, a whopping 74.1 percent of people were dependent on the traditional media for information related to COVID-19 while 18.5 percent of people were dependent on social media for the information. And only 5.2 percent of people were dependent on community info.
The survey highlighted that 67.9 percent of people were dependent on television for information on COVID-19 while only 6.2 percent of people were dependent on newspapers.
The survey report also highlighted that 5.1 percent received updates on COVID-19 from WhatsApp while 4 percent received the information regarding the pandemic from Facebook. It said 9.4 percent were people were dependent on other social media platforms.
The report also pointed out that only 2.7 percent of people were dependent on local administration for the information on the pandemic and 2.5 percent were dependent on friends and family members for the updates.
In the survey, 2.3 percent of people voted for that they cannot say or don’t know.
The net outcome came out in a second survey conducted by IANS C-VOTER Gallup International Association Corona Tracker conducted on March 26 and 27.
(with inputs from Agencies)
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