Acceptance and Effect of Cable Television (Panel 1986-1988)

Three-wave panel survey on medium-term change of use of television,
leisure habits, family interaction and political attitude on
introduction of cable television.
Topics: In all three waves identical questions were posed: general
attitude to cable television (scale); possession of a building or
residential connection to cable television; applicant for the cable
connection; characterization of television sets in household
according to acquisition year and features; cable channel capability
of the TV devices; television stations received; desire to re-equip
or acquire a device with cable capability; frequency of watching
cable television with others; particularly preferred cable channels
and TV selections; technical equipment in household; extent and type
of video recorder use; extent of borrowing video cassettes from
friends as well as renting in the video store; sacrificing leisure
activities and social contacts for the benefit of watching favorite
broadcasts; frequency of communication about the topic cable
television; interest in politics; sources of information about the
day's events in Berlin; manner of opinion making after receipt of
information through the media; personal opinion leadership or
personal opinion allegiance and relevant topics here; TV use on
working days and on weekends; attitude to television (scale);
frequency of use of news broadcasts and regional reports; most
important political topics in Berlin; self-classification on a
left-right continuum; party preference and party identification;
attitude to social and political questions (scale); importance of
moral concepts and goals in life (scale); requirements and most
important characteristics of an ideal job (scale); work satisfaction;
perceived stress through work; work orientation and attitude to work
(scale); preference for spending leisure time at home or outside;
attitude to selected leisure activities; meals together with the
family on working days and on Sundays; characterization of family
solidarity and activities together (scale); division of tasks with
jobs in household; detailed information on conduct watching
television (secondary activities and communication partners);
frequency of watching television and looking at video films with
friends and relatives; frequency of selected leisure activities;
membership in selected clubs as well as organizations and activities
developed there oneself; anomy and judgement on political conduct of
young people (scale); political participation and participation in
conventional and unconventional political activities; frequency of
contact with neighbors and relatives; self-assessment of size of
circle of friends; satisfaction with social contacts and distance to
important interaction partners; postmaterialism; attitude to
questions on foreigners, the role of women in family and occupation
(scale); attitude to technology; length of personal unemployment;
residential status; religiousness; sick days in the last year.