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Innovation Panel Questionnaire Module

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News and Media module

Questions 10

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Most frequent news website

Type: choice

Source: Citizenship Survey 2010

Text: You said you get information about news and current affairs from the Internet and world-wide-web. Which is the main website you use?

OptionLabel
1BBC/BBC News - www.news.bbc.co.uk
2Sky/Sky news - www.news.sky.com
3CNN - www.cnn.com
4ITN - www.itn.co.uk
5The Guardian - www.guardian.co.uk
6The Daily Mail - www.dailymail.co.uk
7The Daily Telegraph - www.telegraph.co.uk
8The Times - www.timesonline.co.uk
9The Sun - www.thesun.co.uk
10The Financial Times - www.ft.com
11The Independent - www.independent.co.uk
12Daily Mirror - www.mirror.co.uk
13Daily Express - www.dailyexpress.co.uk
14Daily Star - www.dailystar.co.uk
15Yahoo - www.yahoo.co.uk
16Google - www.google.co.uk
17MSN - www.uk.msn.com
18AOL - www.aol.co.uk
19UTV - www.u.tv {If REGION = 4}
20The Belfast Telegraph - www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk {If REGION = 4}
97Other

Universe:
if NEWSOURCE = 8 (If gets news and current affairs information from Internet or World-Wide-Web)

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Other website

Type: string

Source: New

Interviewer Instruction: TYPE IN

Text: What other website?

Universe:
if NEWSOURCE = 8 (If gets news and current affairs information from Internet or World-Wide-Web)
and if NETM2 = 97 (If gets news and current affairs information from some other website not listed)

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Main source of News: Showcard

Type: choice

Source: Adapted from Citizenship Survey 2010

Interviewer Instruction: CODE ONE

Text: And which one of these would you say is your main source of information on news and current affairs?

OptionLabel
1Personal experience
2From friends/relatives
3Word of mouth
4National newspapers
5Local newspapers
6Television
7Radio
8Internet or the web
9Government publications
10Books
11School, college etc.
12Somewhere else

Universe:
if NEWSOURCE_A <> 96 | NEWSOURCE_A <> DK | NEWSOURCE_A <> REF | NEWSOURCE_A <> MIS (News source mentioned)

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Main source of News: No Showcard

Type: choice

Source: Adapted from Citizenship Survey 2010

Interviewer Instruction: READ OUT AND CODE ONE

Text: And which one of these would you say is your main source of information on news and current affairs?

OptionLabel
1Personal experience
2From friends/relatives
3Word of mouth
4National newspapers
5Local newspapers
6Television
7Radio
8Internet or the web
9Government publications
10Books
11School, college etc.
12Somewhere else

Universe:
if NEWSOURCE_B <> 96 | NEWSOURCE_B <> DK | NEWSOURCE_B <> REF | NEWSOURCE_B <> MIS (News source mentioned)

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Sources of news: combined from NEWSOURCE_A and NEWSOURCE_B

Type: multichoice

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Sources of News: Showcard

Type: multichoice

Source: Adapted from Citizenship Survey 2010

Interviewer Instruction: CODE ALL THAT APPLY

Text: People get their information about news and current affairs from many sources. Of the sources listed on this card, which ones provide you PERSONALLY with the most information about news and current affairs?

OptionLabelAssociated variables
1Personal experiencec_newsource_a1 (c_indresp_ip) mc personal experience
2From friends/relativesc_newsource_a2 (c_indresp_ip) mc the experiences of relatives and/or friends
3Word of mouthc_newsource_a3 (c_indresp_ip) mc general word of mouth or information from other people
4National newspapersc_newsource_a4 (c_indresp_ip) mc national newspapers
5Local newspapersc_newsource_a5 (c_indresp_ip) mc local newspapers
6Televisionc_newsource_a6 (c_indresp_ip) mc television
7Radioc_newsource_a7 (c_indresp_ip) mc radio
8Internet or the webc_newsource_a8 (c_indresp_ip) mc internet or the world-wide-web
9Government publicationsc_newsource_a9 (c_indresp_ip) mc government publications
10Booksc_newsource_a10 (c_indresp_ip) mc books
11School, college etc.c_newsource_a11 (c_indresp_ip) mc school, college or evening class
12Somewhere elsec_newsource_a12 (c_indresp_ip) mc somewhere else
96None of thesec_newsource_a96 (c_indresp_ip) mc none of these

Universe:
if ff_showcardw3 = 1 (Showcard treatment group)

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Sources of News: No Showcard

Type: multichoice

Source: Adapted from Citizenship Survey 2010

Interviewer Instruction: READ OUT AND CODE EACH

Text: People get their information about news and current affairs from many sources. I am going to read a list of sources, which ones provide you PERSONALLY with the most information about news and current affairs?

OptionLabelAssociated variables
1Personal experiencec_newsource_b1 (c_indresp_ip) mc personal experience
2From friends/relativesc_newsource_b2 (c_indresp_ip) mc the experiences of relatives and/or friends
3Word of mouthc_newsource_b3 (c_indresp_ip) mc general word of mouth or information from other people
4National newspapersc_newsource_b4 (c_indresp_ip) mc national newspapers
5Local newspapersc_newsource_b5 (c_indresp_ip) mc local newspapers
6Televisionc_newsource_b6 (c_indresp_ip) mc television
7Radioc_newsource_b7 (c_indresp_ip) mc radio
8Internet or the webc_newsource_b8 (c_indresp_ip) mc internet or the world-wide-web
9Government publicationsc_newsource_b9 (c_indresp_ip) mc government publications
10Booksc_newsource_b10 (c_indresp_ip) mc books
11School, college etc.c_newsource_b11 (c_indresp_ip) mc school, college or evening class
12Somewhere elsec_newsource_b12 (c_indresp_ip) mc somewhere else
96None of thesec_newsource_b96 (c_indresp_ip) mc none of these

Universe:
if ff_showcardw3 = 2 (No showcard treatment group)

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Most frequent newspaper

Type: choice

Source: Adapted from Citizenship Survey 2010 & BHPS 2004

Interviewer Instruction: CODE ONE ONLY

Text: You said you get information about news and current affairs from newspapers. Which one do you read most frequently?

OptionLabel
1(Scots) Daily Express
2(Scottish) Daily Mail
3(Scottish) Daily Mirror
4(Welsh) Daily Star
5The Sun
6Daily Telegraph
7Financial Times
8The Guardian
9The Independent
10The Times
11Daily Record
12The Scotsman
13The (Glasgow) Herald
14(Aberdeen) press & Jnl
15(Dundee) Courier
16Western Mail
17Daily post
18Irish News
19The Newsletter
20Belfast Telegraph
21Other regional daily
22Other regional morning
23Other morning daily
24Evening paper/other

Universe:
if NEWSOURCE = 4 | 5 (If gets news and current affairs information from National or Local newspapers)

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Hours of TV per weekday

Type: number

Source: New

Interviewer Instruction: ENTER NUMBER

Text: How many hours do you spend watching television on a normal weekday, that is, Monday to Friday?

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Most frequent TV Channel

Type: choice

Source: Citizenship Survey 2010

Text: You said you get information about news and current affairs from television. On which channel do you watch news or current affairs programmes most frequently?

OptionLabel
1BBC1
2BBC2
3BBC News Channel
4ITV (or UTV in NI)
5Channel 4
6Channel 5
7Sky News Channel
8Sky ch not (Sky News)
9CNN
97Other

Universe:
if NEWSOURCE = 6 (If gets news and current affairs information from Television)

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