Ethnolinguistic Identity and Television Viewing among Three Language Minorities in Italy, Romania and Finland 2011

The survey was conducted to study the identity and television viewing among young people in three separate language minorities in Italy, Romania and Finland. The language minorities included German-speaking people in Italy, Hungarian speakers in Romania, and Swedish speakers in Finland. The questions were about both the minority language and the majority language. The respondents were first asked which language(s) they used at home, with friends and in daily life. They were also asked how many of their friends were minority language speakers and majority language speakers. Regarding television watching, the respondents were asked the language in which they watched TV, which language subtitles they used when watching foreign films, how often they watched TV channels in the minority and majority languages, how much they watched TV in general, and what their reasons for watching TV in the minority or majority language were. Concerning language identity, several of statements were presented charting, for instance, the respondents' views of the majority language speakers, the status of their language minority, the relationship between the minority and majority language groups, and the importance of language as part of their identity. Finally, the respondents were asked about their views of the minority and majority language groups in more detail. Topics charted included the use of the minority and majority languages in the public sector of the region, public opinion of the minority and majority groups, political power of the minority and majority language groups, and representation of the minority and majority languages in the media of the region. Background variables included the respondent's gender and geographical variables (e.g. country and region of residence) as well as parents' mother tongue and education.

本研究旨在探讨意大利、罗马尼亚和芬兰三个不同语言少数群体中的年轻人身份认同及电视观看习惯。这些语言少数群体包括意大利的德语使用者、罗马尼亚的匈牙利语使用者和芬兰的瑞典语使用者。调查问卷涉及少数语言和多数语言的多个问题。受访者首先被询问在家、与朋友及日常生活中使用哪些语言，以及他们有多少朋友使用少数语言或多数语言。关于电视观看，受访者被询问观看电视所使用的语言、观看外语电影时使用的字幕语言、观看少数语言和多数语言电视频道频率、总体观看电视时间以及他们在少数语言或多数语言电视上观看的原因。在语言身份认同方面，调查中呈现了多个陈述，例如受访者对多数语言使用者的看法、其语言少数群体的地位、少数语言群体与多数语言群体之间的关系以及语言作为其身份认同一部分的重要性。最后，受访者还被详细询问他们对少数语言群体和多数语言群体的看法。涉及的话题包括地区公共部门中少数语言和多数语言的使用、公众对少数语言群体和多数语言群体的看法、少数语言群体和多数语言群体的政治权力以及地区媒体中少数语言和多数语言的表现。背景变量包括受访者的性别、地理变量（例如居住国家和地区）以及父母的母语和教育程度。