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[Biz Online Insights] Media freedom
This week, our 'Biz Online Insights' section explores the South African online population's views on media freedom.
The survey was carried out by Panel Services Africa on their premium online research panel, TellUsAboutIt, comprising 40,000 registered online users.
Who better to ask then, to glean insights into the local online population?
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There has been a lot in the news lately about media freedom, particularly whether comments made on social media should be treated the same way as those on traditional media, especially in light of the outcome of Gareth Cliff's recent court case related to a tweet he posted.
Overall the response was 'yes', with respondents aged 18 to 34 feeling comments and posts made on social media should be seen in the same light as mainstream media and respondents in the 50+ age group most vocal on agreeing with the outcome of the case
You can browse the results in the following SlideShare, which shows the 300 targeted responses, with additional quota control of sample according to age group, gender and province summary, in order to be nationally representative of the general South African adult online population:
Do you agree? Share yours on the relevance of media freedom below, and click here to find out more.
Source: PSA TellUsAboutIt

This survey was carried out by Panel Services Africa on their premium online research panel, TellUsAboutIt, comprising 40,000 registered online users.
Contact Claire Heckrath (087 150 5298) for more information, or az.oc.acirfasecivreslenap@ofni.
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