Three in four say friction is manufactured for views

The full distribution for “Do you believe that mainstream media channels and online portals intentionally amplify communal friction in Kerala for economic views?” (n = 399) is: Yes, they deliberately manufacture hate for data clicks — 75.7% (302); Only occasionally during specific state elections — 18.3% (73); No, they safely report true on-ground events objectively — 6% (24).

The cohort is clearly concentrated on this question. A single option carries 75.7% of responses, so the headline figure is stable enough to plan against. The smallest recorded answer, no, they safely report true on-ground events objectively, still represents 24 people — a group large enough to matter in programme design even at 6%.

These are self-reported answers from a community-recruited cohort of 399 young Keralites surveyed between 21 May and 28 June 2026. They are not probability-sample estimates of Kerala's youth population, and confidence intervals from random sampling do not apply.

Because 74.4% of respondents sit in one age band and 72.7% identify as male, subgroup differences are indicative at best. Cross-tabulated claims require a larger, stratified sample.

Finally, the survey measures single-point self-report, so it can establish association and scale but not direction or cause. Where this brief notes a pattern across two questions, that pattern is descriptive.