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Politisches Verhalten und politische Einstellungen
1. Media-technical equipment of household and media usage habits, extent of print media and electronic media. 2. leisure time and communication activities. Topics: 1. media: number of television sets and color television sets in household as well as devices equiped with remote control and teletext; possession of videorecorder, camcorder, video games and 8-mm camera, record player, tape recorder, cassette recorder and Walkman; number of radios in household; opportunity to receive FM frequencies; opportunity to receive first, second as well as third TV program and foreign TV programs; frequency of watching television; paying attention to regional early-evening programs; type and frequency of broadcasts and stations; personally preferred television broadcasts, radio broadcasts and newspaper articles; subjective indispensibility of selected topics and categories on television, radio and in newspapers; method of fee payment for broadcasters under public law; knowledge about amount of monthly broadcast fees; subscription to daily newspapers; reasons for possibly canceling a newspaper subscription; knowledge about monthly subscription price; reading habits with newspapers; radio listening habits (station, broadcasts, frequencies); time budget for media usage (third and foreign programs) in hourly rhythm; assessment of credibility of individual media; main source of information on daily events; judgement on specific characteristics of television, radio and newspapers as well as general attitude to these media (scales); personally preferred media and television as well as radio programs as well as newspaper categories; assessment of objectivity of reporting in television, radio, daily newspaper and magazines (scale) and assumed orientation of political broadcasts on special interest groups or parties; ties with media. 2. leisure time and communication activities: leisure activities on previous day; interest in politics; postmaterialism (scale); satisfaction with political order in the FRG and life at place of residence; local ties; importance of areas of life. Demography: position of respondent in household; sex; age; school education; marital status; religious affiliation; employment; status in profession; unemployment; income; net household income; size of household; number of children in household; possession of a telephone; memberships; number of rooms in residence; state; administrative district; size of municipality classes. Indices: intensity of media usage. summarized values for leisure activities and media usage.
ARD, Frankfurt, & ZDF, Mainz (1995). Mass Communication 1970-1985 (ZA2821; Version 1.0.0) [Data set]. GESIS, Cologne. https://doi.org/10.4232/1.2821
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