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Minyan: Satisfaction rate of local news media fell, and the media criticized the Hong Kong government for scrupulous post-97 highs

2021-04-07T10:01:36.200Z


The Hong Kong Institute of Public Opinion today (7th) announced the latest public opinion survey. The study showed that the public’s satisfaction rate with the overall performance of the news media has fallen. Among them, 35% of the respondents are satisfied and 27% are dissatisfied and satisfied.


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Written by: Zhou Lixi

2021-04-07 17:48

Last update date: 2021-04-07 17:55

The Hong Kong Institute of Public Opinion today (7th) released the latest public opinion survey. The study showed that the public’s satisfaction rate with the overall performance of the news media has dropped. Among them, 35% of the respondents are satisfied and 27% are dissatisfied. The net satisfaction rate is 8 percentage points, down 18 percentage points from the same period a year ago.

In terms of credibility score, the score is 10 points, and the overall score is 5.08 points, which is a record low since 1997.

Respondents believed that 58% of the Hong Kong media criticized the Hong Kong government for scrupulousness, an increase of 10 percentage points from a year ago; those who believed that there was no scruples dropped to 34%, a sharp drop of 11 percentage points, and the overall net value was 24 percentage points, compared with a year ago. There was a big increase of 20 points before, and the relevant figures all hit new highs since September 1997.

Du Yaoming, a former assistant professor in the Department of Journalism of Baptist University, said that I believe that the reason for the survey results is that there have been problems in the media recently. "Do" affects the public's satisfaction with the media.

Du Yaoming, a former assistant professor in the Department of Journalism of Baptist University, said that I believe that the reason for this survey result is that there have been problems in the media recently. Not doing things right" affects the public's satisfaction with the media.

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Hong Kong Minyan interviewed 1,010 Cantonese-speaking Hong Kong residents by random telephone calls from 22 to 25 last month.

Although respondents’ satisfaction with the news media has declined, the satisfaction rate with Hong Kong’s press freedom has increased, with a satisfaction rate of 35% and a dissatisfaction rate of 48%. The net satisfaction rate is negative 13%, which is 13% higher than half a year ago. percentage point.

Du Yaoming estimated that the interviewees might have seen a lot of different political films on the Internet and thought that freedom of the press was no problem, but ignored that many of these filmmakers were in foreign countries.

In terms of their views on local media, 24% of the respondents believe that news reporting is responsible, 41% believe that they are irresponsible, and the net value is negative 17 percentage points, a record low since 2007; 53% of respondents believe that the news media have their own The review has increased by 2 percentage points from six months ago, which is a new high since March 2020. The net value of self-censorship is 22 percentage points, which is also an increase of 2 percentage points from six months ago.

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66% think the media criticized the central government for scrupulously increasing 3% year-on-year

In addition, 66% of the interviewees believed that the news media had scruples when criticizing the central government. This was an increase of 3 percentage points from the same period a year ago, which was a new high since April 2018, but did not exceed the error rate. On the contrary, the interviewees believed that the media criticized the central government. However, 58% of the SAR government has scruples from time to time, which is a 10% increase over the same period last year and a record high since 1997.

Du Yaoming, a former assistant professor in the Department of Journalism of the School of Communication, Hong Kong Baptist University, said that the overall evaluation of the media by the public has declined significantly, which is believed to be due to problems in the major media, such as the fact that the Radio Television Hong Kong has picked up programs.

He also pointed out that since the implementation of the National Security Law, the freedom of speech in Hong Kong has narrowed, which has attracted self-censorship by the media, and the government is considering tightening media search space, which has greatly affected news investigations.

Zhong Tingyao, chief executive of the Hong Kong Civil Research Institute, expressed that he is worried that Hong Kong's information will become less and less circulated, leading to the problem of information privilege and tilting the society.

"Post-epidemic Reunion Index" recommends 14.3 people to gather together

In addition, the Institute of Public Opinion also announced the latest post-epidemic reunion index of 14.3, which means that in addition to the current four-person gathering limit under the current gathering order, the interviewees believe that the number of gatherings can be increased by 10.3 people.

Zhong Tingyao pointed out that 87% of the interviewees believe that the current gathering order is too tight and hopes to relax the measures as soon as possible. He suggested that the government should follow good advice on epidemic prevention measures.

The People's Research and Development Statement stated that it has always been law-abiding and will continue to independently study the conditions and opinions of local people

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Hong Kong Institute of Public Opinion Poll

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