Whicho ofthefollo owingstat tementsdo oyoufeelgenerally applytoP Pakistans newsm media?

Pakistanimedi iaissponsored dbyagencies Pakis stanimediado oesagoodjobaswatchdog Pakis stanimediaisindependent Pakistanim mediaprovides sperspective Pakista animediaisspo onsoredbypoliticalparties Pakistanim mediaishonest tandtruthful Pakistanimedia P aissensationalistinnature Pakistan nimediaspreadsnegativity 0% 0 10% 20% 30% 4% 18% 18% 24%

33%

53%

67% 68% 40% 50 0% 60% 70%

Whicho ofthefollo owingdoy youthinkc constitutesunethica almediapr ractices?

Receivi ingexternalfundingforprog grams/coverage Usinghidd dencameras/a audiorecorder rs Notidentifyingy yourselfasajo ournalistduring Interv viewingpeople efacingtrauma/personallos ss Photogr raphing/interviewingchildren Using'a anonymoussou urces'inastory Takingaph hoto/videoofp peopleinpublic Investigatingac company'spriv vatedocument ts Publishingpartsofperson nalemails/SMS Investigatin ngpersonallive esofpoliticians Interviewingrapevictims 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 28 8% 10% 43% 24% 44% 41% 52%

65% %

60%

65% %

61% 70% %

Ingeneral,doyou ufeelthatnewsisre eportedre esponsiblyinPakista an?

% 9%

2% 14% % Always s Often Somet times

38% 37%

Rarely Never

Only2%ofthetotalrespondents ssaidthatn newsisalway ysreportedresponsiblyinthecount try, ajorityofthe erespondents(38%)said dthatnewsisrarelyrep portedrespo onsibly. whilema Only2%ofmaleresp pondentsan nd3%offem malerespond dentsshowe edabsolutec confidenceinthe newsme ediaandsaid dthenewsis salwaysreportedresponsibly,while etheirmajoritysaidnew wsis onlysom metimesrepo ortedrespon nsiblymale e(37%),fem male(39%). Around1 1%ofthejou urnalistvote erssaidnews sisalwaysreportedresp ponsiblywhileontheot ther handmajorityofthem(47%)saidnewsisso ometimesreportedrespo onsibly.Around41%non journalist tvoterssaid dnewsisrarelyreported dresponsibly y. Noneoft thevotersaboveage40 0saidmediareportsnew wsresponsib blywhilema ajorityofthe em (45%)sai idmediasom metimesrep portsresponsibly.Respo ondentsbelo owage40vo otedsomewhat similarlywithmajorit tydisagreein ngwithnotionthatmed diareportsn newsresponsibly,saying git ometimesorrarelyrepor rtsresponsib bly. eitherso Only2%ofthevoter rswhoconsu umemediao over3hours ssaidnewsisalwaysrep ported responsib bly,whileth heirmajority y(36%)think ksnewsisso ometimesreportedresponsibly.Even 40%ofth hevoterswh hosemediac consumptionislessthan n1hoursaid dnewsisrar relyreported responsib bly.

Haveyo oueverfel ltoffended dbyanew wsstory/TV Vreport?

12%

Yes No

88%

Amajority yoftotalresp pondents(88%)saidtheyhadbeenoffe endedbyane ewsstory/TV Vreport,while e thosewho oansweredin nthenegativewereaminority(12%). Allagegro oupswereinthemajoritywhenitcametoanswerin ngwithayes, ,whilethoseovertheageof40 madeupf forthehighestnumber(90%).Morefe emalessaidth heyhadbeenoffendedbyanewsstory yora TVreport(93%)ascom mparedtothe emales(87%). Thosewhoconsumedthenewsforoverthreehourseveryda aywereinthe emajoritywh henitcameto o beingoffe endedbyane ewsstoryora aTVreport(9 91%). Bothjournalists(87%)andnonjour rnalists(89%) )wereinthemajorityforb beingoffende edbynewsst tories orts. orTVrepo

Haveyo oueverma adeanofficialcomp plaintorsig gnedapet titionagain nstamedi ia groupthathasbe ehavedune ethically?

32% Yes No 68%

Amajority yoftherespo ondents(68% %)havesaidth hattheyhave enevermade eanofficialco omplaintorsi igned apetitionagainstame ediagroupthathasbehave edunethically y. Outofallagegroups,t thosebelow2 20(73%)andthoseover4 40(73%)were einthemajor ritywithnoasthe answer.T Thoseaged20 030wereint themajority( (33%)forthosewhohadm madeanoffic cialcomplaint tor signedap petition. Maleswereinthemajorityfornoa astheanswer r(69%),while efemaleswer reinthemajo ority(37%)for thosewho omadeacom mplaintorsignedapetition. Thosewhoconsumedthenewsforlessthanone ehoureverydaywereint themajority( (78%)fornev ver adeacomplaintorsignedapetition,an ndthosewho oconsumedn newsforover rthreehourswere havingma inthemaj jority(38%)f foryesastheanswer. Bothjournalistsandno onjournalists sansweredsi imilarlytothisquestion.

Doyoufeelthego overnmen ntiseffecti ivelyregul latingmed diainPakis stan?

16% %

5%

Yes No Notsure

79%

Onlyaminority(5%)oftotalrespon ndentsfeelth hatthegovern nmentiseffe ectivelyregula atingthemed diain Pakistan,whilethema ajority(79%)d disagreedwit ththestatem ment. Thoseage ed30to40w wereinthema ajority(82%)fordisagreein ngwiththest tatement,andthosebelow w20 wereinth hemajority(9 9%)forthosewhofeltthat tthegovernm mentiseffect tivelyregulati ingthemedia a. Moremal les(80%)said dthatthegov vernmentisn noteffectively yregulatingth hemediainP Pakistanas compared dtofemales( (75%).Thosewhoconsumedthenewsformorethanthreehours sadaywerein themajor rity(83%)whofeltthatthe egovernmentisnoteffect tivelyregulatingthemedia ainPakistan, whilethosewhoconsu umedthenew wsforlesstha ananhourfe eltthegovernmentiseffec ctivelydoingi its job(8%). Morejour rnalistsfeltth hatgovernme entisnoteffe ectivelydoing gitsjob(84%) )ascompared dtonon journalists(78%).

Towhatdegreed doesthene ewsmedia ainfluence eyouropin nion/actio ons?

6% 3%

22% 33%

Alw ways Of ften So ometimes Ra arely Ne ever

36% 3

Response esoftotalresp pondentswerevariedbetw weenthedeg greethatnew wsmediainflu uencestheir opinionsa andactions,w with33%sayi ingoftenand d37%sayings sometimes.O Only3%saidt thatthemedi ia alwaysinf fluencestheir ropinionsandactions. Thoseage ed2030were einthemajo ority(36%)for rthosesaidth hemediaofte eninfluences sthem,while thosebelo ow20wereinthemajority(44%)forth hosewhosaid ditsometime esdoes.More efemales(39 9%) saidthem mediaoftenin nfluencesthe eiropinionascomparedto omales(36%) ). Thosewhoconsumednewsfor12and23hour rswerebothinthemajority(35%each)forthosewho mediaoftenin nfluencesthe eiropinion. saidthem Morejour rnalists(38%) )saidthemed diaofteninflu uencestheiropinionasco omparedtono onjournalists s (32%). Atotalof1,025Pakista f anisandexpa atstookpartintheonlinesurvey.Respo ondentsinclu udedamajorit tyof ed2030(61% %)and3040( (21%).Malesmadeup83% %ofresponde ents.Journali ists/thoseinvolved thoseage inmediam madeup13% %oftotalresp pondents.