Flash Eurobarometer 199 (Audio Visual Policy)

Audio-visual policy of the EU.<br>Topics: average time spent on watching TV on a weekday and on a weekend day; broadband internet access at: workplace, home, both; average time spent on watching TV over the internet; frequency of using the internet to find news sites; frequency of watching news programmes on TV and over the internet; interest in European Union affairs; tendency to avoid news about the EU: on TV, on the radio, on the internet, in newspapers; interest in political programmes; interest in programmes about current affairs; preferred type of TV programmes; attitude towards the following statements: too limited choice of TV programmes, too many TV channels, not enough quality programmes, uncreative political programmes, not enough political programmes, interested in politics, no understanding of politics, bored by politics, good way how news are presented, news are too superficial, too much sensationalism, too much politics in news programmes, not enough information about the EU, wish for more interactive programmes on the EU; access to: cable TV, TV by satellite; frequency of watching selected specialized channels: sports channels, community channels, local or regional channels, cultural channels, travel channels, music channels, movie channels, channels for children, foreign language channels, national continuous news channel, international continuous news channels, exclusively political channels, other; interest in additional information on: rights as a European citizen, how other Europeans solve selected problems, history of the EU, how EU institutions work, European economics, EU foreign and defence policy, impact of EU enlargement, EU social, health and employment policy, impact of moving to another member state, EU cultural, youth and education policies, role of the EU in the world; preferred sources of information on the EU; most important characteristics of information media; naming of all TV channels respondent has access to that broadcast not only in the own country; frequency of watching first named TV channel; best TV channels that broadcast not only in the own country with regard to information on the European Union.

Demography: age; sex; age at end of education; occupation; professional position; type of community; number of fixed phone lines in the household (only in PL); number of fixed phone lines in the household used exclusively for business purposes or for electronic equipment (only in PL); number of fixed phone lines in the household listed in telephone directory (not in PL); number of fixed phone lines in the household listed in telephone directory and used exclusively for business purposes or for electronic equipment (not in PL).

Additionally coded was: respondent ID; interviewer ID; language of the interview; country; date of interview; time of the beginning of the interview; duration of the interview; type of phone line; region; weighting factor.