Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Radio Sweden
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 1993 the respondents were asked if they had been listening to a record player or a tape recorder the day before. If so, they were asked for how long period. Respondents answering that they did not listen to record player or tape recorder the day before were asked when they last did so. 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 if they were reading the books for their own pleasure or if it was study literature. Those respondents who answered that they did not read any paper, magazine or book the day before were asked when they last did so. Furthermore respondents were asked about their radio listening habits including which channel the respondent listened to and if he/she lis
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Swedish
Research principal
Data contains personal data
No
Unit of analysis
Population
Individuals aged 3-99 years
Time Method
Sampling procedure
Time period(s) investigated
1993-01-01 – 1993-12-01
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Research area
Media
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Media Studies
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Björkvist Hellingwerf, K. (1995) Mediebarometern 1979-1994. Report no. 48. Göteborg: Department of Journalism and Mass Communication.
Libris
Publik- och programforskning (PUB), Sveriges Radio (1993) Mediebarometern 1993. Stockholm: Swedish Broadcasting Corporation.
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Associated documentation
Version 1.0
https://doi.org/10.5878/001021
Citation
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Data format / data structure
Numeric
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Radio Sweden
Variables
75
Number of individuals/objects
3777