Media barometer 1997

SND-ID: snd0725-1. Version: 1.0. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/000871

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Citation

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

University of Gothenburg, Nordicom - Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication Research

Research principal

University of Gothenburg - Nordicom - Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication Research rorId

Description

The first Media Barometer was conducted in 1979 and since then the survey has been carried out annually. The purpose is to explore how the Swedish population is using different media during an average day. In 1997 the respondents were asked about their usage of different media equipment such as television, text-television, radio, video recorder, CD-player/record player, and tape recorder, the day before the interview. Respondents using any of these equipments were asked about time spent using the equipment. For equipment not used the day before the respondents were asked when it was last used. Television watchers and radio listeners were asked about which channels they had watched/listened to. Video watchers were asked if they watched a recorded program, a rented movie or a movie they had bought. All respondents were asked if the had been reading any of the following the day before: morning paper, evening paper, weekly magazine, comics or any other magazine, or book. If so, they were asked how many and for how long period. Book readers were also asked what kind of literature they were reading

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The first Media Barometer was conducted in 1979 and since then the survey has been carried out annually. The purpose is to explore how the Swedish population is using different media during an average day. In 1997 the respondents were asked about their usage of different media equipment such as television, text-television, radio, video recorder, CD-player/record player, and tape recorder, the day before the interview. Respondents using any of these equipments were asked about time spent using the equipment. For equipment not used the day before the respondents were asked when it was last used. Television watchers and radio listeners were asked about which channels they had watched/listened to. Video watchers were asked if they watched a recorded program, a rented movie or a movie they had bought. All respondents were asked if the had been reading any of the following the day before: morning paper, evening paper, weekly magazine, comics or any other magazine, or book. If so, they were asked how many and for how long period. Book readers were also asked what kind of literature they were reading and paper and magazine readers were asked about what kind of paper/magazine they read. Those respondents who answered that they did not read any paper, magazine or book the day before were asked when they last did so. The survey also includes detailed information on at what time the day before the respondent spent time reading morning paper, evening paper, listening to the radio or watching television. There is also more detailed information on which news magazines the respondent watched. The respondents also had to state what kind of advertisments they had been reading/looking to during the last week. A number of questions dealt with computer usage at home, and the usage of Internet. Background variables includes information on age, gender, education, occupation, and household composition.

Purpose:

Describe the trends and changes in people's use of mass media. Show less..

Data contains personal data

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Method and outcome

Unit of analysis

Population

Individuals aged 9-79 years

Sampling procedure

Probability: Simple random
Totalt urval från DAFA/Spar omfattande 4200 personer. Icke använt överurval exkluderas från detta samt naturligt bortfall bestående av sjuka, ej kommunicerbara, ej svensktalande, utlandsboende och långvarigt bortresta varefter det egentliga urvalet uppgick till 3050 personer.

Time period(s) investigated

1997-01-31 – 1997-12-10

Variables

304

Number of individuals/objects

2230

Data format / data structure

Data collection
  • Mode of collection: Telephone interview
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 1997-01-31 – 1997-12-10
  • Data collector: Svenska Gallupinstitutet AB
  • Source of the data: Population group
Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

Nordicom - Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication Research

Publications

Nordicom (1998) Nordicom-Sveriges Mediebarometer 1997. MedieNotiser, Nr. 1, 1998. Göteborg: Nordicom.

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Published: 2000-11-02
Last updated: 2019-02-06