More than one third of Australians think their country is in decline, while three in five Australians believe the economy is rigged to advantage the rich. Just over half (51%) of all Australians believe they need a strong leader who is willing to break the rules; and, two in three (65%) Australians lack confidence in the media.
Two years on from Brexit and the election of Donald Trump, a major new Ipsos survey across 25 countries, revisits the topic of populism and ‘system is broken’ sentiment.
A major new Ipsos study of over 19,000 people in 27 countries, and part of our long-running series on misperceptions of key social realities – The Perils of Perception – highlights how we think fake news, filter bubbles and post-truth are things that affect other people, much more than ourselves. But the majority also say they regularly see fake news, and nearly half say they’ve believed a fake story before finding out it’s fake.
New global poll finds four concerns top the world’s worry list: Unemployment, poverty/social inequality, crime/violence and financial/political corruption.
Australians are one of the least knowledgeable countries when it comes to human rights; and, among the top nations when suggesting refugees, various minorities, immigrants and those with little or no education need the most protection for their human rights.
A CIGI-Ipsos global survey reports that majority (52%) says they’re more concerned about online privacy than they were a year ago. Around six in ten feel that social media (63%) and search engines (57%) have too much power.
