Survey question from The 2022 Arab Opinion Index
Category: GOVERNANCE & POLITICAL SYSTEMS — Respondant country’s elected legislature and participation in public/political affairs.
Question: If you generally follow the news on social media, would you follow it through? The first answer. 1: News channels, 2: Journalists, 3: My friends, 4: Influencers, 5: Politicians, 6: Experts (on subjects that interest you), 7: Local news groups
Response scale: 1 to 7
Responses by country (mean, answer distribution):
Egypt: (3.00, {'1.0': '20.66%', '3.0': '29.34%', '6.0': '14.58%', '4.0': '16.84%', '2.0': '11.63%', '5.0': '2.43%', '7.0': '4.51%'})
Iraq: (3.00, {'1.0': '26.63%', '7.0': '13.62%', '3.0': '31.89%', '2.0': '17.18%', '5.0': '2.17%', '4.0': '5.11%', '6.0': '3.41%'})
Jordan: (1.00, {'1.0': '49.12%', '3.0': '17.70%', '2.0': '6.38%', '7.0': '17.70%', '4.0': '4.78%', '6.0': '3.51%', '5.0': '0.80%'})
Lebanon: (3.00, {'7.0': '15.13%', '6.0': '8.92%', '1.0': '23.25%', '3.0': '27.87%', '4.0': '7.32%', '2.0': '11.94%', '5.0': '5.57%'})
Libya: (3.00, {'3.0': '26.98%', '7.0': '20.23%', '5.0': '8.21%', '4.0': '8.21%', '6.0': '9.38%', '2.0': '14.66%', '1.0': '12.32%'})
Morocco: (3.00, {'1.0': '14.23%', '4.0': '13.06%', '3.0': '17.74%', '6.0': '16.76%', '2.0': '16.57%', '7.0': '13.84%', '5.0': '7.80%'})
Tunisia: (1.00, {'3.0': '19.88%', '1.0': '34.12%', '7.0': '18.40%', '6.0': '12.46%', '4.0': '4.15%', '2.0': '10.09%', '5.0': '0.89%'})
Algeria: (3.00, {'3.0': '75.61%', '6.0': '9.76%', '4.0': '2.44%', '2.0': '3.66%', '1.0': '4.88%', '7.0': '3.66%'})
Saudi Arabia: (1.00, {'1.0': '35.36%', '7.0': '16.02%', '2.0': '2.21%', '6.0': '17.68%', '5.0': '2.21%', '4.0': '7.18%', '3.0': '19.34%'})
Sudan: (1.00, {'1.0': '38.85%', '7.0': '8.27%', '3.0': '22.06%', '6.0': '6.52%', '2.0': '15.04%', '4.0': '6.27%', '5.0': '3.01%'})
Palestine: (1.00, {'7.0': '14.33%', '2.0': '26.55%', '1.0': '40.39%', '5.0': '1.79%', '6.0': '3.26%', '3.0': '12.21%', '4.0': '1.47%'})
Kuwait: (1.00, {'7.0': '3.31%', '6.0': '2.95%', '3.0': '23.20%', '2.0': '30.20%', '4.0': '7.92%', '5.0': '1.47%', '1.0': '30.94%'})
Mauritania: (1.00, {'1.0': '37.99%', '3.0': '19.85%', '4.0': '9.80%', '2.0': '19.12%', '5.0': '1.47%', '7.0': '4.90%', '6.0': '6.86%'})
Qatar: (1.00, {'3.0': '15.51%', '7.0': '4.28%', '2.0': '7.49%', '1.0': '59.63%', '6.0': '7.49%', '4.0': '5.61%'})