Table 3. Participants’ responses to questions related to sources of information.
| Source | HSC Students | HSC Staff | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level of trust | Level of trust | |||||||||
| Very little | Little | Neutral | Moderate | Great deal | Very little | Little | Neutral | Moderate | Great deal | |
| TV stations | 55 (9.3) | 68 (11.5) | 171 (28.9) | 184 (31.1) | 114 (19.3) | 23 (14.2) | 20 (12.4) | 38 (23.5) | 49 (30.3) | 32 (19.8) |
| Family & Friends | 195 (32.9) | 190 (32.1) | 140 (33.0) | 58 (9.8) | 9 (1.5) | 40 (24.7) | 39 (24.1) | 46 (28.4) | 26 (16.1) | 11 (6.8) |
| Colleagues | 54 (9.1) | 143 (24.2) | 194 (32.8) | 180 (30.4) | 21 (3.6) | 12 (7.4) | 19 (11.7) | 56 (34.6) | 55 (34.0) | 20 (12.4) |
| Healthcare Workers | 4 (0.7) | 5 (0.8) | 57 (9.6) | 232 (39.2) | 294 (49.7) | 0 (0) | 3 (1.9) | 28 (17.3) | 68 (42.0) | 63 (38.9) |
| Online pages | 71 (12.0) | 116 (19.6) | 181 (30.6) | 174 (29.4) | 50 (8.5) | 17 (10.5) | 22 (13.6) | 56 (34.6) | 44 (27.2) | 23 (14.2) |
| Social Media | 230 (38.9) | 160 (27.0) | 136 (23.0) | 57 (9.6) | 9 (1.5) | 64 (39.5) | 44 (27.2) | 37 (22.8) | 13 (8.0) | 4 (2.5) |
| Official Government press release | 15 (2.5) | 20 (3.4) | 55 (9.3) | 159 (26.9) | 343 (58.0) | 4 (2.5) | 12 (7.4) | 20 (12.4) | 39 (24.1) | 87 (53.7) |
| Celebrities | 482 (81.4) | 65 (11.0) | 33 (5.6) | 7 (1.2) | 5 (0.8) | 103 (63.6) | 25 (15.4) | 25 (15.4) | 7 (4.3) | 2 (1.2) |