Flash Eurobarometer 437 (Internet Users’ Preferences for Accessing Content Online)

Preferences for accessing online content.<br>Topics: frequency of internet use; approval of the following statements: own internet connection never cuts out, speed of own internet connection and downloading speed remain constant; frequency of expressing own opinion in the internet or in online social networks; most often used devices to access the internet; frequency of using the internet to access the following types of content: music, films or TV series, images, news; use of free and / or of paid services; types of service used to access music: sharing websites, professional streaming services, digital stores, online social media, online radio stations, internet radio services; name of most often used service; types of service used to access films or series: sharing websites, professional streaming services, broadcasters’ online TV services, digital stores, online platforms, online social media; name of most often used service; most often used way to access images: search engines, image sharing websites, professional photo websites or image banks, online social media; use of retrieved images in search engines: view and use only on search engine results page, access websites where images are located; name of most often used service; types of service used to access news: news aggregation services, online social media, website or app of newspapers and magazines, search engines; reading of whole articles; name of most often used service; most important service criteria with regard to the above-mentioned types of content.

Demography: nationality; self-reported belonging to the working class, the middle class or the upper class of society; sex; age; occupation; professional position; type of community; age at end of education; own a mobile phone and fixed (landline) phone; household composition and household size; region.

Additionally coded was: respondent ID; country; nation group; weighting factor.