Main source of information about science and technology

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Source

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

Details

Question 1033. We are interested in how people get information about science and technology. Where do you get most of your information about science and technology (' 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	newspapers	no answer	other	radio	the internet	tv	ted talks	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	138	17	36	31	6	198	205	2	38	34	413	746	-	-	4510
2008	518	48	18	26	20	-	160	161	4	12	29	410	617	-	-	2023
2010	1761	27	5	1	1	1	26	16	-	3	7	90	106	-	-	2044
2012	972	32	18	13	25	1	76	56	4	3	27	390	357	-	-	1974
2014	1299	58	11	29	27	2	80	81	1	7	31	524	388	-	-	2538
2016	1477	44	9	35	25	2	82	63	4	10	36	717	362	1	-	2867
2018	1173	46	4	27	31	6	48	49	1	6	21	649	287	-	-	2348
2021	4032	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4032
2022	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3544	3544
2024	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3309	3309
Total	60388	393	82	167	160	18	670	631	16	79	185	3193	2863	1	6853	75699

Values

• 1 newspapers

• 2 magazines

• 3 the internet

• 4 books/other printed material

• 5 tv

• 6 radio

• 7 government agencies

• 8 family

• 9 friends/colleagues

• 10 other

• 11 ted talks

• 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