This statistic shows the result of a survey conducted on the reliability of newspapers and magazines as sources of news in Malaysia as of February 2019. According to data from Ipsos, ** percent of Malaysian respondents had a fair amount of trust in magazines and newspapers as reliable sources of news, while ** percent of Malaysian respondents did not trust magazines and newspapers very much.
respondents produced a national sample that is more urban & educated, and with higher incomes than their fellow citizens
Method of interview
Online interview
Supplementary notes
The question asked in the survey was as follows: "To what extent, if at all, do you trust each of the following to be a reliable source of news and information?" -Newspapers and magazines."
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Ipsos. (June 24, 2019). Respondents' trust in newspapers and magazines as reliable sources of news in Malaysia as of February 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 07, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1023475/trust-in-newspapers-and-magazines-as-news-source-malaysia/
Ipsos. "Respondents' trust in newspapers and magazines as reliable sources of news in Malaysia as of February 2019." Chart. June 24, 2019. Statista. Accessed July 07, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1023475/trust-in-newspapers-and-magazines-as-news-source-malaysia/
Ipsos. (2019). Respondents' trust in newspapers and magazines as reliable sources of news in Malaysia as of February 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 07, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1023475/trust-in-newspapers-and-magazines-as-news-source-malaysia/
Ipsos. "Respondents' Trust in Newspapers and Magazines as Reliable Sources of News in Malaysia as of February 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Jun 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1023475/trust-in-newspapers-and-magazines-as-news-source-malaysia/
Ipsos, Respondents' trust in newspapers and magazines as reliable sources of news in Malaysia as of February 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1023475/trust-in-newspapers-and-magazines-as-news-source-malaysia/ (last visited July 07, 2025)
Respondents' trust in newspapers and magazines as reliable sources of news in Malaysia as of February 2019 [Graph], Ipsos, June 24, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1023475/trust-in-newspapers-and-magazines-as-news-source-malaysia/
