About six-in-ten U.S. adults say the public should not be expected to recognize altered videos and images % ofU.S. adults who say
Overall, Americans largely say the public should not be expected to know when a video or image has been altered or made up entirely. About six-in-ten U.S. adults (61%) say it is too much to ask of the average American to be able to recognize altered videos and images, while fewer than half (38%) say the public should be able to recognize them.
Overall, Americans place less responsibility on the public – and less faith in their own abilities – to recognize altered videos than they do with other forms of potentially inaccurate or misleading forms of information. The public is less likely to say the average American should be able to recognize altered videos than they are to say the same about made-up news and information, unverified breaking information, one-sided factual information, or satire about an issue or event. Americans are also less likely to say they can easily recognize altered videos themselves than say this about the other four types of misinformation the survey asked about.
About six-in-ten U.S. adults say the public should not  | be expected to recognize altered videos and images  | % ofU.S. adults who say  | It is too much to ask  | Average Americans  | recognize average Americans to  | should recogize this  | recognize this information  | information  | Videos/ images that are  | 61%  | 38%  | altered or made up  | Made-up news and  | 56  | 43  | information  | Breaking information  | 46  | 53  | that is not checked  | Factual information that  | 41  | 58  | is one-sided  | Satire about an  | 34  | 65  | issue/event  | Source: Survey conducted Feb. 19-March 4, 2019  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 