Main source of information about events in the news

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Source

General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org

Details

Question 1032. We are interested in how people get information about events in the news. Where do you get most of your information about current news events ~ newspapers, magazines, the Internet, books or other printed materials, TV, radio, government agencies, family, friends, colleagues, or some other source?

Overview

For further details see the official GSS documentation.

Counts by year:

year	iap	books/other printed material	don't know	family	friends/colleagues	government agencies	magazines	newspaper	no answer	other	radio	the internet	tv	not available in this year	Total
1972	1613	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1613
1973	1504	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1504
1974	1484	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1484
1975	1490	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1490
1976	1499	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1499
1977	1530	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1530
1978	1532	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1532
1980	1468	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1468
1982	1860	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1860
1983	1599	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1599
1984	1473	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1473
1985	1534	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1534
1986	1470	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1470
1987	1819	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1819
1988	1481	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1481
1989	1537	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1537
1990	1372	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1372
1991	1517	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1517
1993	1606	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1606
1994	2992	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2992
1996	2904	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2904
1998	2832	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2832
2000	2817	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2817
2002	2765	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2765
2004	2812	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2812
2006	2646	9	3	33	33	3	20	446	2	15	131	253	916	-	4510
2008	518	8	2	21	20	2	16	286	3	3	93	310	741	-	2023
2010	1761	3	-	1	7	1	1	45	-	-	19	62	144	-	2044
2012	972	5	4	17	13	1	6	121	4	2	54	299	476	-	1974
2014	1299	4	1	25	20	3	6	134	-	1	75	420	550	-	2538
2016	1477	4	-	29	25	1	7	110	4	12	65	601	532	-	2867
2018	1173	5	1	30	22	4	2	79	-	2	69	539	422	-	2348
2021	4032	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4032
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3544	3544
2024	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3309	3309
Total	60388	38	11	156	140	15	58	1221	13	35	506	2484	3781	6853	75699

Values

• 1 newspaper

• 2 magazines

• 3 the internet

• 4 books/other printed material

• 5 tv

• 6 radio

• 7 government agencies

• 8 family

• 9 friends/colleagues

• 10 other

• NA(d) don't know

• NA(i) iap

• NA(j) I don't have a job

• NA(m) dk, na, iap

• NA(n) no answer

• NA(p) not imputable

• NA(r) refused

• NA(s) skipped on web

• NA(u) uncodeable

• NA(x) not available in this release

• NA(y) not available in this year

• NA(z) see codebook