Use and Acceptance of the Magazine ECHT (of the Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau)

Copy-test of the free members' magazine ECHT, produced
by the Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau.
Topics:
frequency of use of selected media (daily newspapers,
magazines, books, television, radio and movies);
satisfaction in selected areas of life;
personality profile (attitudes to work, leisure time, culture and politics);
use of selected information media on the topic church and
satisfaction with them;
familiarity as well as frequency of use of the magazine ECHT;
intensity and length of reading;
interest in the articles in the issue;
profile of characteristics of the magazine ECHT (semantic differential);
number of further members of the household who use the magazine;
detailed information on use as well as judgement on the current edition;
evaluation of the layout of the magazine ECHT (title page, structure and
composition, structuring of the pictures and optical over-all impression)
by means of school grades;
balance of picture and text proportion;
agreement with selected statements about the magazine ECHT regarding religious
or secular;
attitude to advertising;
religiousness and religious origins;
closeness with Protestant Church;
personal expectation of the pastor;
personal frequency of church attendance as well as of mother of respondent;
active participation in church activities or events;
attitude to leaving the church;
significance of church for one's own life as well as devoutness (scale).
Demography:
sex;
age;
education;
employment;
occupation sector;
size of household;
children;
household income.