Leisure Time and Media Usage 1990

Goals in life, future expectations, leisure behavior and media usage
of young people under changed social conditions in the GDR.
Topics: Average extent of leisure time on working days and evaluation
of it; change in information conduct; decision in buying a newspaper
dependent on changed prices and selection; interest in leisure
activities (scale); opportunities to use electronic equipment for
media usage (scale); number of television stations received and daily
newspapers and magazines available; weekly time expenditure for use
of electronic and print media; electronic and print media used
yesterday and duration of media usage (scale); frequency of reading
selected newspapers and magazines of GDR and FRG; reading "Junge
Welt" {young world} in the new appearance; evaluation of the new
layout, style, topics (scale); evaluation of individual categories of
the newspaper (scale); evaluation of the new price; frequency of
reading various magazines in the last few weeks (scale); frequency of
use of radio and television stations of the GDR and other countries
(scale); preferred radio programs; possibilities of reception and use
of "Jugendradio DT 64"; frequency of listening to various programs of
"Jugendradio DT 64" (scale); interest in various television programs
(scale); frequency of watching various television programs (scale);
frequency of watching various youth and music programs of GDR
television (scale); start of regularly watching television; making a
selection of television programs in advance by means of the program
magazines or previews; sticking with this selection; channel jumping
before program decision; intensity of conversations in circle of
friends and acquaintances about personal and social events and media
broadcasts (scale); goals in life (scale); personal view of the
future; representation of interests by which party; trust in the new
government of the GDR; personal identity (scale); interest in
political events in the GDR, the FRG, the world; sources of
information used for brief or detailed political information;
frequency of use of radio and television of GDR and FRG including
West Berlin for political information (scale); frequency of use of
print media of GDR and FRG for political information; experienced
lack of information on political topics; membership in youth
organizations; qualification of parents; achievement status with
school degree.