Media Policy Conduct of Young People 1976

Media usage, political interest, extent to which informed, social
activity as well as effect conditions of conveying political
information through mass-media.
Topics: Interest in various types of music (scale); interest in
various types of television programs; preferred group of persons on
television; opportunity of choice of interesting programs; frequency
of use of various sources for political information: programs on
radio, television, lectures (scale); frequency of reading various
daily newspapers (scale); intensity of use of information about
social and political events (scale); frequency of watching "Aktuelle
Kamera" {current camera}, "Tagesschau" {daily news} and other
political and cultural programs (scale); opinion for or against
reporting oriented on politics from various areas of life; opinion on
commentary on political events; evaluation of statements: the
information policies of the SED serve the interests of the working
people or the reporting in the FRG serves the interests of the ruling
exploiter class; evaluation of extent of information on world
politics and possibility of personal opinion making; frequency of
personal information about political events; preferred mass-media for
brief and detailed information; reasons for personal interest in
political information (scale); interest in political events of the
GDR or in the world; opinion on scientific content of the policies of
the working class; opinions for or against occupation with politics;
evaluation of the connection between development of socialism and
responsible action and thinking by the citizens; assessment of the
correctness and stability of personal political position; ability and
readiness for open expression of opinion and participation in
political discussions; significance of Marxist-Leninist education for
political understanding; solidarity with the GDR; attitude to the
Marxist-Leninist world view; preferred use of broadcasters of the GDR
or FRG for political information; frequency of use of television and
radio of the FRG; comparison of young people in GDR and FRG regarding
providing information; reasons for the reception of programs from the
West; factors of influence in formation of political position
(scale); frequency of political conversations in one's family;
agreement of political position with that of other persons in the
circle of family, colleagues and friends; forms of activity with
questions of Marxism-Leninism and sources used to acquire knowledge
(scale); evaluation of statements: world-wide achievement of
socialist world view, impossibility of German-German unification,
Soviet Union our best friend; self-assessment of justification of the
statements; participation in political discussions in the circle of
friends and colleagues, in the FDJ group; forms of conveying
knowledge for better political argumentation (scale); contact and
sources used with political problems (scale); participation in
various forms of social life (scale); degree of political conviction
of collective members with participation in forms of social and
occupational life (scale); conduct of social functions and in which
organization; membership and function in the FDJ; occupation of
father or mother; housing conditions; opportunity to watch
television; shift work; characteristic of the occupation.