News media outlets and audiences: An exploration of consumption and their credibility and trust during the quarantine by covid-19 in Colombia

Abstract

During the quarantine decreed by the covid-19 pandemic in Colombia, an exploratory research was carried out on the consumption habits of the news media outlets, which also addressed the perception of credibility and trust in them. An online survey was administered between April and May 2020 and 2,084 people from all over the country participated. According to the results, the consumption of digital social networks, followed by traditional television (newscasts) and digital press prevailed; as well as a very low credibility in general in the news media outlets, and a perception of trust in the national media outlets Canal 1 and El Tiempo.