Citizens most often get news that is useful to them in their everyday life through Internet portals - 28,5 percent, followed by friends and acquaintances, 23,8 percent.
These are the results of a public opinion survey conducted by the Center for Civic Education (CGO) and presented today.
Research findings indicate that digital media, especially social networks and internet portals, are the most followed among respondents.
Social networks are followed (often or very often) by 68,8 percent of respondents, and Internet portals by 53,2 percent.
"These data confirm the strong dominance of digital media," said Nikola Obradović from CGO.
According to the same survey, when an important event takes place in Montenegro, the majority of respondents (54,5 percent) are informed through several TV channels.
"Informative and political content is the most followed with 33 percent of respondents following it, entertainment content is followed by 29,6 percent of respondents, and sports by 15 percent of respondents," Obradović said.
According to CGO research, Facebook and Instagram are the most followed social networks with 26,3 and 26,1 percent of respondents using them most often.
"Around 15 percent of the citizens surveyed answered that they are ready to forgive their favorite media if it tells a lie about someone they don't like, for whatever reason, and 30,4 percent are ready to forgive provided that it was not done on purpose Obradovic said.
Almost a fifth, 19,1 percent, of those who have a favorite media outlet are not ready to forgive that media outlet for the untruths it has presented.
According to that survey, the majority of respondents support the introduction of a license for the work of journalists (74,4 percent) and the legal definition of who is considered a journalist (70,3 percent), while 64,1 percent believe that journalists must be honorable persons.
On the other hand, 28,8 percent of respondents do not believe that journalists have the last word in creating their reports, while 28,2 percent believe that journalists and the media are not safe.
"The majority of respondents (58,1 percent) believe that the media literacy of Montenegrin citizens should be improved in order to better understand the information that is presented to them," Obradović said.
He also said that the largest number of respondents believe that the editorial orientation of the media in Montenegro is largely influenced by the political orientation of the owners (39,5 percent), then that the government and state bodies hinder investigative journalism, (35,7 percent) as and that the media in Croj Gora often judge before the court (34,9 percent).
At the same time, 43,9 percent of respondents partially agree that the media protects democracy, while 42,2 percent believe that the media thoroughly checks the facts they publish, and 42,1 percent that the media adheres to the code of ethics.
On the other hand, 39,5 percent of the respondents do not believe that the truth is at stake in the work of the media, a little more than a third (36,5 percent) perceive them as impartial, while 34 percent believe that the media do not take into account the interests of citizens and citizens.
"Slightly more than 40 percent of the surveyed citizens believe that political parties have full influence on the editorial policy of the media in Montenegro," Obradović said.
He added that the economic centers of power have full influence on the editorial policy of the media, the opinion of 41,1 percent of the surveyed citizens, while about 40,1 percent see that influence as partial.
Almost half of the respondents (49,6 percent) believe that media owners fully influence the media's editorial policy.
That the NGO sector has full influence on the editorial policy of the media is the opinion of 21,5 percent of the surveyed citizens, while 39,9 percent assess that influence as partial.
26,5 percent of citizens think that international factors have a complete influence on the editorial policy of the media in Montenegro.
A smaller percentage of respondents (12,9 percent) believe that religious communities have full influence, while the largest number (34,3 percent) believe that religious communities have partial influence on editorial policy in Montenegro.
"The largest number of respondents believe that the editorial orientation of the media in Montenegro is largely influenced by the political orientation of the owners (39,5 percent), then that the government and state bodies hinder investigative journalism (35,7 percent) and that the media in Croja Burners are often judged before the court (34,9 percent)," said Obradović.
According to him, at the same time, 43,9 percent of respondents partially agree that the media protects democracy, while 42,2 percent believe that the media thoroughly checks the facts they publish, and 42,1 percent that the media adheres to the code of ethics.
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