Most Trusted Information Medium

Among the media commonly accessed by the public, television is the most trusted source of information. A survey conducted by the Katadata Insight Center (KIC) in collaboration with the Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Kominfo), titled "Status Literasi Digital di Indonesia 2021" (Digital Literacy Status in Indonesia 2021), showed that in 2021, 47 percent of respondents chose television as the most trustworthy media.

Although there was a slight decrease, this media choice did not differ from the previous year. In second place, the public cited social media, rising from 20 percent in 2020 to 22 percent in 2021.

The survey results also show an increase in media considered to contain accurate information: 18 percent of the public chose government websites, up from 15 percent the previous year. Similarly, online news saw a slight increase to 8 percent in 2021.

Meanwhile, only a small percentage of respondents chose the other two media, namely print media and radio. For print media, the proportion of access to this source also decreased; only 2 percent of the public stated it as a trusted source of information.

This survey illustrates general media usage and provides an understanding of the digital literacy conditions of the Indonesian public. The total number of respondents in this survey was 10,000, with the sample determined as household members aged 13-70 years who accessed the internet in the last three months.