Strong Support for News Media

Attitudes towards News on Old and New Platforms

Bibliographic Data

ID5715937
AuthorsAnnika Bergström (0000-0003-1133-8747), Ingela Wadbring
Year2012
Volume144
Issue1
Pages118-126
Publication date2012-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueMedia International Australia (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1329-878X • E-ISSN: 2200-467X
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1329878x1214400116
OpenAlexW402501704
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited22

The aim of this article is to analyse attitudes towards news on old and new platforms. Our study used two types of independent variable: generation, which - along with age - is one of the most important factors explaining news media practices; and news consumption, which is strongly related to attitudes. We utilised a national mail survey of 3000 people in the Swedish population (aged 16-85) to conduct the study. The response rate in the 2010 study was a little over 60 per cent, and the survey gives a significant picture of news attitudes in the population. The findings generally show a strong degree of support for traditional news media such as television and printed newspapers. However, this support is far stronger among the older generations than the younger - who, to a larger extent, express support for other forms of news distribution, in particular the internet and social media networks

Advertising · Business · News media · Newspaper · Political science · Population · Social science · Sociology · The Internet · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Demography · Impact of Technology on Adolescents · Media Studies and Communication · Psychology · Social Media and Politics

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