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GESIS Data Catalogue - Study ZA6720
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ZA6720: Intensive Users of Social Media
Bibliographic Citation
Citation
Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung (2019): Intensive Users of Social Media. GESIS Data Archive, Cologne. ZA6720 Data file Version 1.0.0,
doi:10.4232/1.13221
Study No.
ZA6720
Title
Intensive Users of Social Media
Current Version
1.0.0, 2019-3-29, doi:10.4232/1.13221
Date of Collection
19.04.2018 - 03.05.2018
Principal Investigator/
Authoring Entity,
Institution
Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung
Categories
Group
Political Attitudes and Behavior
Communication, Public Opinion, Media
Topics
9 Information and communication
11.5 Mass political behaviour, attitudes/opinion
18.2 Information technology
Study No.
6720
Title
Intensive Users of Social Media
Other Titles
Current Version
1.0.0, 29.03.2019,
10.4232/1.13221
Date of Collection
Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution
Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung
Abstract
Categories
Group
Political Attitudes and Behavior
Communication, Public Opinion, Media
Topics
9 Information and communication
11.5 Mass political behaviour, attitudes/opinion
18.2 Information technology
Content
Abstract
Target group study with intensive users of social networks. The focus was on the frequency of use, significance and purpose of use of social media. Further questions were: How do social networks affect the information behaviour of their users? Where do social networks come into contact with political content or topics? Other focal points were political information behaviour and the credibility of social media. In addition, the following research questions were examined: Which information offerings of the Federal Government are important and which are actually used? What are the expectations of these information services? What are the respondents´ attitudes towards the relationship between politics and social networks? Topics: Social media use: frequency of use of social media; platforms used at least once a day; ranking of the four most frequently used social networks; preferred devices for social media use; type of use or reasons for use; attitude towards social media in general with regard to time spent, credibility of information, quality of social contacts, relevant information and life without social networks. Politics and media: political interest; points of contact with politics in everyday life; frequency of use of various media offers for political information; attitude towards politics and political information in social networks with regard to trustworthiness, credibility and orientation. Political information behaviour in social networks: frequency of interaction with political activities of others in social networks; frequency of own political activities in social networks; seen political content on the social networks Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Youtube and WhatsApp; opinion on political posts and contributions in the used social networks; personal consequences of political oversupply; Facebook users: active search for political content or automatic display in newsfeed; comparison of the quality of political discussions within and outside social networks; friends in social networks personally known; similar or rather different political views of these friends; own reaction to political posts of friends; following politicians, parties and political institutions in social networks; following persons and organizations sharing personal political opinions or with different political opinions; reasons why the respondent follows politicians etc. in social networks; perception of hate comments; evaluation of the law against hate comments. Information behaviour concerning the Federal Government: importance of selected information offerings of the Federal Government; perception and frequency of use of these information offerings; expectations of information offerings of the Federal Government in social networks. Living conditions: assessment of one´s own economic situation; satisfaction with democracy; democracy as a good form of government; party identification. Demography: sex; age; household size; education; gainful employment; occupational status; federal state; city size; net household income. Additionally coded was: weighting factor.
Abstract
Target group study with intensive users of social networks. The focus was on the frequency of use, significance and purpose of use of social media. Further questions were: How do social networks affect the information behaviour of their users? Where do social networks come into contact with political content or topics? Other focal points were political information behaviour and the credibility of social media. In addition, the following research questions were examined: Which information offerings of the Federal Government are important and which are actually used? What are the expectations of these information services? What are the respondents´ attitudes towards the relationship between politics and social networks? Topics: Social media use: frequency of use of social media; platforms used at least once a day; ranking of the four most frequently used social networks; preferred devices for social media use; type of use or reasons for use; attitude towards social media in general with regard to time spent, credibility of information, quality of social contacts, relevant information and life without social networks. Politics and media: political interest; points of contact with politics in everyday life; frequency of use of various media offers for political information; attitude towards politics and political information in social networks with regard to trustworthiness, credibility and orientation. Political information behaviour in social networks: frequency of interaction with political activities of others in social networks; frequency of own political activities in social networks; seen political content on the social networks Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Youtube and WhatsApp; opinion on political posts and contributions in the used social networks; personal consequences of political oversupply; Facebook users: active search for political content or automatic display in newsfeed; comparison of the quality of political discussions within and outside social networks; friends in social networks personally known; similar or rather different political views of these friends; own reaction to political posts of friends; following politicians, parties and political institutions in social networks; following persons and organizations sharing personal political opinions or with different political opinions; reasons why the respondent follows politicians etc. in social networks; perception of hate comments; evaluation of the law against hate comments. Information behaviour concerning the Federal Government: importance of selected information offerings of the Federal Government; perception and frequency of use of these information offerings; expectations of information offerings of the Federal Government in social networks. Living conditions: assessment of one´s own economic situation; satisfaction with democracy; democracy as a good form of government; party identification. Demography: sex; age; household size; education; gainful employment; occupational status; federal state; city size; net household income. Additionally coded was: weighting factor.
Geographic Coverage
Universe
Daily users of social media aged 16 an over in Germany
Selection Method
Non-probability Sample: Quota Sample
Mode of Data Collection
Self-administered questionnaire: CAWI (Computer Assisted Web Interview)
Data Collector
Kantar Public, München
Date of Collection
19.04.2018 - 03.05.2018
Methodology
Geographic Coverage
Germany (DE)
Universe
Daily users of social media aged 16 an over in Germany
Selection Method
Non-probability Sample: Quota Sample
Mode of Data Collection
Self-administered questionnaire: CAWI (Computer Assisted Web Interview)
Data Collector
Kantar Public, München
Date of Collection
19.04.2018 - 03.05.2018
Data & Documents
Dataset
Number of Units: 1008
Number of Variables: 175
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata, CSV
Availability
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Datasets
ZA6720_v1-0-0.csv
(Dataset)
2 MBytes
ZA6720_v1-0-0.dta
(Dataset STATA)
283 KBytes
ZA6720_v1-0-0.sav
(Dataset SPSS)
295 KBytes
Questionnaires
ZA6720_fb.pdf
(Questionnaire)
219 KBytes
Other Documents
ZA6720_b.pdf
(Report)
3 MBytes
DDI Documents
Study Description in DDI format DDI-Codebook (2.5)
Study Description in DDI format DDI-Lifecycle (3.1)
Study Description in DDI format DDI-Lifecycle (3.2)
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Errata & Versions
Errata in current version
none
Version List
Version 1.0.0
(current version)
2019-3-29 first archive edition
doi:10.4232/1.13221
Further Remarks
Links
Federal Press Office
Notes
The study was conducted on behalf of the Federal Press Office.
Publications
Relevant full texts
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SSOAR
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Groups
Groups
Surveys commissioned by the Press and Information Office of the Federal Government
The ´Press and Information Office of the Federal Government´ (Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung) infoms citizens and media about the work of the federal government. Above all the office informs the federal government of the news in Germany and worldwide and explores the public opinion.
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