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German-language daily newspapers (symbol picture): Only ten percent of all people with a migration background »do not trust« them
Photo: Marijan Murat / picture alliance / dpa
People with a migration background living in Germany rate the German media as more credible on average than media from their country of origin. This was the result of a current survey by the Expert Council for Integration and Migration (SVR). According to this, almost a third of the respondents »do not trust« the media in their country of origin. In the German media, on the other hand, it was only one in ten. Respondents of Turkish origin are an exception: only 44 percent of them stated that they “tend to” or “completely” trust German media.
Most of the respondents used the media mainly in German - for second-generation immigrants, the value increases to up to 90 percent.
The survey showed that people with a migration background use social media more often.
People without a migration background, on the other hand, prefer (online) newspapers and magazines.
(Online) television is used about equally often by the respondents from both groups.
In the opinion of the SVR, the results »confirm« current approaches in integration policy.
Alex Wittlif, research associate and co-author, describes the »focus on social media« as »promising« in view of the high level of use of these platforms by immigrants and their children.
The SVR asked a total of 15,000 people about their media use, for the media types social media, (online) television and (online) newspapers.
It was also surveyed how often and in which language these media are predominantly consumed.
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