Biennial Media Consumption Survey 1998 [United States]
Study Summary
Produced By: Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, June 8, 1998, Washington, DC: Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
Funding Agency/Sponsor: Pew Charitable Trusts
Author: Pew Research Center for the People and the Press
Abstract (CPANDA): Conducted by the Pew Center for the People and the Press, the 1998 Biennial Media Consumption Survey measured the public's use of, and attitudes toward, the Internet and traditional news outlets. Respondents were asked questions concerning their use of newspapers, television news, radio news, and news magazines, including specific programs and publications. Additional questions were asked about respondents' use of the Internet as a news source, in relation to other sources of news. Of particular interest to arts and cultural policy researchers is a question that assesses how closely respondents follow news about "culture and the arts," as well as a dozen other topics. Respondents were also asked a series of questions about the role of the news in their lives and their level of interest in different types of news. Unique to the 1998 survey is a question that asked respondents to describe in a single word or phrase their impression of either the national or local news media.
Methodology : Non-response in telephone interview surveys produces some known biases in survey-derived estimates because participation tends to vary for different subgroups of the populations, and these subgroups are likely to vary also on questions of substantive interest. In order to compensate for these known biases, the sample data are weighted in analysis.
Methodology (CPANDA) : Telephone interviews were conducted with a random national sample of 3,002 adults, ages 18 and over. Princeton Survey Research Associates collected the data during the period April 24 - May 11, 1998. While many survey questions were asked of the entire sample, some were asked of half-samples. Questionnaire Form A was administered to 1,499 respondents; Form B was administered to 1,503.
Cite the Study or Data Set[APA format]
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. 1998. BIENNIAL MEDIA CONSUMPTION SURVEY 1998 [computer file]. Washington, DC.: Pew Research Center for the People and the Press [producer and distributor].
Cite the Codebook [APA format]
Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. 2003. BIENNIAL MEDIA CONSUMPTION SURVEY 1998 [codebook file]. CPANDA ed. Princeton, NJ: Cultural Policy and the Arts National Data Archive [producer and distributor].