{"id":9102,"date":"2025-03-11T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cntiwpedev.wpenginepowered.com\/uncategorized\/\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T12:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T16:48:16","slug":"broad-optimism-for-the-future-especially-in-brazil-and-south-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cnti.org\/surveys\/what-the-public-wants-from-journalism-in-the-age-of-ai-a-four-country-survey\/broad-optimism-for-the-future-especially-in-brazil-and-south-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Future"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Across the four countries surveyed, people are largely optimistic about the future of the open internet and developments in technology. They are also generally positive or neutral about the value of AI \u2014 with a greater sense in Brazil and South Africa that AI will have a positive impact while people in the U.S. and Australia see AI having a neutral impact. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This outlook, combined with the publics\u2019 openness to journalists using various forms of technology, presents an opportunity to producers of journalism: To make use of the technologies that are available in ways that serve public needs (as the public articulates them) which include easy access and preferred formats, while communicating about technology uses in ways that address public concerns. This can, in turn, increase journalists\u2019 own capabilities in reporting, safety and ultimate sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Why we did this study<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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This report is part of CNTI\u2019s broader 2024 \u201cDefining News Initiative\u201d which examines journalists, policy and technology, in addition to public perceptions. The survey data in this report measures the public\u2019s perceptions of news and technology in Australia, Brazil, South Africa and the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How we did this<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In partnership with\u00a0Langer Research Associates<\/a>, CNTI collected data from probability samples in Australia (N\u00a0<\/em>= 1000), Brazil (N\u00a0<\/em>= 1000), South Africa (N<\/em>\u00a0= 1,012) and the United States (N\u00a0<\/em>= 1,025). All samples were weighted using demographic variables (age, sex, education and macroregion).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More details are available in \u201cAbout this study<\/a>\u201d and full questions and results are available in the topline.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/details>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Across countries there is optimism about the internet as well as developments in technology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Majorities in each country are at least somewhat confident the internet will be a place to get and share news openly in the future. People are most confident about the internet\u2019s role in news dissemination in South Africa where about 60% of people are very confident and another 20% are somewhat confident about the future of the internet as a place to access and share news. In the other three countries, majorities are still confident, but more cautiously so. In Australia (39%) and the U.S. (44%), pluralities are somewhat confident, while in Brazil, roughly equal numbers of people are very (31%) or somewhat confident (33%).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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