Main source of News
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Question asked in the latest wave:
newsandmediause_w9.newsmain
Question label:
Main source of News
Question text:
And which one of these would you say is your main source of information on news and current affairs?
Question universe:
if One or more mentions at NEWSOURCE (News source(s) mentioned)
Further details:
For further details about this question, please see the questionnaires
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 1 | 0.0% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 1241 | 3.44% |
| proxy | -7 | 1096 | 3.04% |
| refusal | -2 | 4 | 0.01% |
| don't know | -1 | 186 | 0.52% |
| Personal experience | 1 | 360 | 1.0% |
| From friends/relatives | 2 | 332 | 0.92% |
| Word of mouth | 3 | 738 | 2.05% |
| National newspapers | 4 | 2583 | 7.16% |
| Local newspapers | 5 | 439 | 1.22% |
| Television | 6 | 13510 | 37.47% |
| Radio | 7 | 3633 | 10.08% |
| Internet or the web | 8 | 11704 | 32.46% |
| Government publications | 9 | 30 | 0.08% |
| Books | 10 | 28 | 0.08% |
| School, college etc. | 11 | 80 | 0.22% |
| Somewhere else | 12 | 93 | 0.26% |
| Total | 36058 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not available for IEMB | -10 | 4615 | 10.21% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 480 | 1.06% |
| proxy | -7 | 3129 | 6.92% |
| refusal | -2 | 1 | 0.0% |
| don't know | -1 | 250 | 0.55% |
| personal experience | 1 | 440 | 0.97% |
| from friends/relatives | 2 | 558 | 1.23% |
| word of mouth | 3 | 885 | 1.96% |
| national newspapers | 4 | 3949 | 8.74% |
| local newspapers | 5 | 675 | 1.49% |
| television | 6 | 17532 | 38.79% |
| radio | 7 | 3963 | 8.77% |
| internet or the web | 8 | 8427 | 18.65% |
| government publications | 9 | 50 | 0.11% |
| books | 10 | 42 | 0.09% |
| school, college etc. | 11 | 116 | 0.26% |
| somewhere else | 12 | 80 | 0.18% |
| Total | 45192 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 8867 | 17.84% |
| proxy | -7 | 3830 | 7.71% |
| refusal | -2 | 1 | 0.0% |
| don't know | -1 | 71 | 0.14% |
| tf_news1 | 1 | 276 | 0.56% |
| tf_news2 | 2 | 499 | 1.0% |
| tf_news3 | 3 | 782 | 1.57% |
| tf_news4 | 4 | 5431 | 10.93% |
| tf_news5 | 5 | 837 | 1.68% |
| tf_news6 | 6 | 18775 | 37.78% |
| tf_news7 | 7 | 4464 | 8.98% |
| tf_news8 | 8 | 5541 | 11.15% |
| tf_news9 | 9 | 71 | 0.14% |
| tf_news10 | 10 | 50 | 0.1% |
| tf_news11 | 11 | 135 | 0.27% |
| tf_news97 | 12 | 62 | 0.12% |
| Total | 49692 | 100.0% |
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