Attitudes Toward RIAS (September 1955)

Attitudes of East Germans to the radio station RIAS.
Topics:
extent and type of radio use;
listening to the radio;
station most frequently heard;
preferred station;
frequency of listening to the radio;
times of day and frequency of listening to the radio;
quality of reception of RIAS;
change of reception of RIAS;
effectiveness of RIAS in refuting eastern propaganda;
familiarity of the program "Voice of America";
frequency of listening to the Voice of America;
quality of reception of the Voice of America;
frequency of listening to the English or German programs of the BBC station;
quality of reception of the BBC;
best source of information in a political crisis.

Demography:
occupation;
age;
school education;
country of origin;
city size;
sex.
Also encoded was:
place of interview;
interviewer number.