Media Consumption and the Future of Public Connection, 2004-2005

UKDA study number:5631

Principal Investigators

Couldry, N.
Markham, T.
Livingstone, S.
London School of Economics and Political Science. Department of Media and Communications

Data Collector

ICM Research

Sponsor

Economic and Social Research Council

Distributed by

UK Data Archive, University of Essex, Colchester.

July 2007

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Couldry, N., Markham, T. and Livingstone, S., Media Consumption and the Future of Public Connection, 2004-2005 [computer file]. Colchester, Essex: UK Data Archive [distributor], July 2007. SN: 5631, http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-5631-1.

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Copyright:
N. Couldry, T. Markham and S. Livingstone

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5631 . Media Consumption and the Future of Public Connection, 2004-2005

Depositor:

Markham, T. , London School of Economics and Political Science. Department of Media and Communications

Principal Investigators:

Couldry, N. , London School of Economics and Political Science. Department of Media and Communications

Markham, T. , London School of Economics and Political Science. Department of Media and Communications

Livingstone, S. , London School of Economics and Political Science. Department of Media and Communications

Data Collector:

ICM Research

Sponsor:

Economic and Social Research Council
Grant Number: RES-143-25-0011

Other Acknowledgements:

The Field Group recruited diarists for the qualitative phase of the research, and ICM Research conducted the survey for the quantitative phase.

Abstract:

This project was conducted under the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)/Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Cultures of Consumption programme, to gather qualitatively rich but also reliably representative data on whether and how people's practices of media consumption (including 'new' media) give them the resources to connect to wider public spaces. The research also examined what implications for forms of democratic citizenship and participation that consumption may have. The research covered the ways that people's practices as media consumers were connected (or not) to their practices as citizens; how individual consumers might themselves understand the relationship between consumption and citizenship; and how far consumers think their media consumption provides them with the resources for citizenship they feel they need and ought to have.

Phase One of the project comprised detailed qualitative work across six regions of England. The diaries of 37 participants' media consumption were analysed, initial and subsequent interviews were conducted with those respondents, and focus group interviews were conducted with diarists. Phase Two involved a telephone survey of 1,017 people, conducted by ICM Research across the United Kingdom that aimed to produce conclusions on the detailed issues about consumption and citizenship raised in Phase One.

Further information and reports may be found on the Media Consumption and the Future of Public Connection project web site.

Main Topics:

This mixed methods data collection comprises 42 diaries, 42 interview transcripts from interviews with the diarists, and 5 focus group transcripts from Phase One of the research, and one quantitative data file comprising the survey data from Phase Two.

Topics covered include time use, media use and consumption, the public world and civic involvement, voting behaviour and civic and political awareness. The diaries covered media use over a period of three months. The survey covered television viewing, radio listening, newspaper and book readership, internet and email use, leisure time, attitude to local area and personal safety, political interest, favourite entertainments, current affairs, political attitudes, opinions of mass media, political and social issues and information sources.

Coverage:

Dates of Fieldwork: February 2004 - June 2005
Country: United Kingdom
Spatial Units: Government Office Regions (GORs); Spatial unit in quantitative data only.
Observation Units: Individuals
Kind of Data: Textual data; Numeric data; Individual (micro) level; Semi-structured interview transcripts; Focus Group transcripts; Unstructured/semi-structured diaries; quantitative data.

Universe Sampled:

Location of Units of Observation: National
Population: Media consumers resident in the United Kingdom.

Methodology:

Time Dimensions: Cross-sectional (one-time) study
Sampling Procedures: Simple random sample; Volunteer sample
Number of Units: 42 diarists and interviewees; 1,017 respondents to quantitative survey.
Method of Data Collection: Face-to-face interview; Telephone interview; Diaries
Weighting: Weighting used for quantitative data. See documentation for details.

Language(s) of Written Materials:

Study Description: English
Study Documentation: English

Access:

Access Conditions: The depositor has specified that registration is required and standard conditions of use apply. The depositor may be informed about usage. See terms and conditions for further information.
Availability: ESDS Qualidata, UK Data Archive
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Date of First Release:

4 July 2007

Copyright:

N. Couldry, T. Markham and S. Livingstone

File last updated:

31 October 2011