HOW DO YOU GET YOUR          

 

Part 1. KIND OF NEWS

 

1.      How do you get your news?

*From TV

à Which channel? –TF1/LCI : 41.6%

-         France Télévisions : 30.8%

-         BFM TV : 40.8%

-         I > Télé : 10.9%

-         Local channel : 14.1%

-         Foreign channel (which one ?) : 6.6%

-         Others : 7.5%

 

       *From the radio

        à Which station? –France Info :  39.1%

-         Europe 1 :  22.5%

-         France Inter : 19.1%

-         NRJ : 7.5%

-         Local station : 20%

-         Foreign station (which one?) : 3.3%

-         Others : 5.8%

 

* From the newspaper

à Which newspaper? –Le Monde : 24.1%

                                   -Le Figaro : 18.3%

                                   - L’Equipe : 7.5%

                                   - La Croix : 0%

                                   - Local newspaper : 52.5% 

                                   - Foreign newspaper (which one?) : 3.3%

                                   - Others : 5%

 

*From magazine

à Which magazine?

-Paris Match : 11.6%

-L’Express : 10%

- Closer : 4%

-Le Point : 10%

-Marianne : 8.3%

-Grazia : 6%

-Auto Plus : 2%

-Le Nouvel Observateur : 6.6%

-Elle :  8%

-Marie Claire : 1%

-Foreign magazines (which one ?) : 8%                      

-Others : 6.6%

 

 

 

 

 

            *From  the internet

            à Which website/social network?

                        -Facebook : 20%

                        -Twitter : 6%

                        -MSN : 1%

                        -Blogs : 0%

                        -Orange : 14%

                        -Foreign websites (which one?) : 0%

                        -Others : 11%

 

*What kind of news do you prefer? (only one answer)

                        -From TV :  40%

                        -From the radio : 27%

                        -From the newspapers : 22%

                        -From the internet : 12%

                        -From magazines : 2%

 

            *Why? (different answers)

                        -Time : 36%

                        -Money : 4%

                        -Breaking news  : 26%

                        -Reliability : 23%

                        -Habits :  15%

                        -Details : 11%

                        -Convenient : 27%

                        -Others : 0%

 

 

Part 2. FREQUENCY

 

            *How often do you check the news? – Less than once a week : 4%

                                                                       - Once a week : 7%

                                                                       - Almost one everyday : 54%

                                                                       - More than once everyday : 20%

 

            *Why? (you can choose different answers)

                        -Time : 34%

                        -Money : 0%

                        -Interest : 59%

                        -Topics : 26%

                        -Job : 16%

                        -Trust : 7%

                        -Others : 1%

 

 

Part 3. TOPICS

 

            *Which topics are you interested in? (you can choose different answers)

                        -Finance : 21%

                        -Politics : 55%

                        -History : 25%

                        -Technology : 16%

                        -International events : 54%

                        -Environment : 30%

                        -Economics : 36%

                        -Fashion : 9%

                        -Sports : 37%

                        -People : 13%

                        -Health : 35%

                        -Cooking : 17%

                        -Music : 18%

                        -Arts : 6%

                        -Local events : 51%

                        -Others : 4%

 

            *How do the topics you are interested in influence your way to get your news? (different answers)

                        -It has an influence on the kind of news I use : 18%

                        -It has an influence on the kind of news I prefer : 18%

                        -It has an influence on the frequency I check the news : 36%

                        -I don’t think it has any influence on my way to get the news : 19%

 

 

Part 4.  TRUST THE MEDIA

 

            *Why do you think the trust in the media can be questioned? (different answers)

                        -Because of the subjectivity (political opinions…) : 39%

                        -Because of the sources of information : 37%

                        -Because of a too big interest in the benefit : 37%

                        -Because it can be controlled by a government ,or rich companies : 29%

                        -Others : 1%

 

            *For you, which kind of media is the most reliable? (one answer only)

                        -TV : 27%

                        -Radio : 21%

                        -Newspaper :44%

                        -Internet : 11%

                        -Magazines : 1%

                       

According to this survey, we can say that people mainly check their news from television and the Internet, by local channels or on social networks. They prefer these means, because they want to save time . And well, it’s the true, it’s easier to do others tasks while listening to the news on TF1 than while reading an article in written press. It's also easy to switch on your TV to get breaking news at real time, you don’t have to wait the next edition of the newspaper or the magazine,you  just turn on your TV. Now, we also know that this majority of the people who were interviewed checked the news once a day or more, and they mainly check it because they are interested. Moreover, they are mostly interested in international events.  People prefer using news technologies to  written material, to check the news.