Survey on Political Traits and Media Use

This study, conducted in 2010, assessed how people use the Internet and traditional media for political information, and what is their trust of and assessment of the importance of the different media as a source of political information. It looked at the variables of demographics, of political traits (namely, political interest, knowledge, political talk, self-efficacy, cynicism and participation), of media use and of attitudes towards the media (both of the Internet and other media), and of the relationships between these variables. To request for a dataset to be sent to you by e-mail, you must complete the Online Form and agree to comply with the Data Use Agreement. For more information, please visit Institute of Policy Studies (IPS) Public Data Sharing Platform.