The Media Barometer 2021
https://doi.org/10.5878/bgfs-r152
The Media Barometer has been conducted annually since 1979. Through 2018, the Media Barometer was conducted as a telephone-only survey. Since 2019, the results are based on answers collected via a combined web and telephone survey. Traditionally, the results referred to the Swedish population aged 9–79, but in 2020, the sample frame was expanded to ages 9–85.
The dataset consists of response data from the Media Barometer 2021 in the form of an SPSS data file with variable and value labels.
The questionnaire for the Media Barometer 2021 consisted of 54 media-related questions divided into
four areas: 1) Access to different media and media technologies, 2) Use of different media
and media content during the previous day (alt. last week/month), 3) Time of use for different
media, and 4) Consumption of news in different media. The form ended with nine questions
about the respondent's background and living situation. A number of these questions were only asked
to persons who were older than 17 during the survey year. It concerned questions about employment, income and level of education. All questions in the form had fixed answer options.
Documentation files
Documentation files
Citation and access
Citation and access
Data access level:
Creator/Principal investigator(s):
- Karin Hellingwerf-Björkqvist – University of Gothenburg
Research principal:
Data contains personal data:
No
Citation:
Language:
Method and outcome
Method and outcome
Unit of analysis:
Population:
Individuals aged 9-85 years
Time method:
Sampling procedure:
Time period(s) investigated:
Variables:
194
Number of individuals/objects:
6006
Response rate/participation rate:
20%
Description of the response rate/participation rate:
20 percent of the gross sample. The survey is designed to be as representative as possible. This means that the sample size of some subgroups of the population has been scaled up, while others have been scaled down. The background factors that have been taken into account in the design of the quota sample are age, gender and county.
Data format/data structure:
Data collection - Self-administered questionnaire
Data collection - Self-administered questionnaire
Mode of collection:
Self-administered questionnaire
Description of the mode of collection:
The 2021 Media Barometer has been conducted as a combined web and telephone survey. All people in the sample were initially contacted via letter with log-in details for a web survey. Follow-up with the help of telephone interviews to those who did not answer the survey on the web
Time period(s) for data collection:
2021-02-02 - 2021-12-31
Source of the data:
- Population group
Geographic coverage
Geographic coverage
Geographic location:
Highest geographic unit:
Country
Administrative information
Administrative information
Responsible department/unit:
Nordicom - Nordic Information Centre for Media and Communication Research
Commissioning organisation:
- Ministry of Culture
Topic and keywords
Topic and keywords
CESSDA topic classification:
Swedish Standard Classification of Research Subjects 2025:
Relations
Relations
Related research data:
Publications
Publications
Link to publication list:
Citation:
Ohlsson, J. (Red.). (2022). Mediebarometern 2021. Göteborg: Nordicom
Metadata
Metadata
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