Trust in Poland

I presented the Trust Study in Poland yesterday (I can chant the damn thing in my sleep by now). Here are the main points:

• Poland has the lowest trust in government of any country surveyed – – but this was because we did our survey just BEFORE the last elections which removed the unpopular government that was responsible for this score
• Business is the top-ranked institution in Poland
• Significant decreases in trust in institutions over the past year: media, NGOs and religious institutions
• Significant increases in the credibility of articles in newspapers, articles in business magazines, news coverage on the radio, and company websites over the past year – which is odd given decrease in trust in media generally as noted above
• Polish opinion elites consider radio news coverage and corporate advertising to be less credible than do opinion elites in any country surveyed; at the same time they consider social networking sites to be more credible than do opinion elites in any other country surveyed
• Polish opinion elites give the lowest credibility scores of any countries surveyed to doctors/healthcare specialists

[tags] Edelman Trust Barometer [/tags]