This statistic shows the results of a survey conducted in Germany in February 2017 regarding the leading information channels for political news. That year, 24 percent of repondents watched TV to stay informed about politics, while 23 percent surfed on websites of traditional media. 8 percent of respondents relied on personal conversations.
Which channels do you use to be informed about political topics and events?
The source provides no information on the precise wording of the question and answer options in the survey. The wording chosen here may therefore vary slightly from the ones used in the original survey. Multiple answers were possible.
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Horizont. (March 2, 2017). Which channels do you use to be informed about political topics and events? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/966826/channels-used-political-news-population-germany/
Horizont. "Which channels do you use to be informed about political topics and events?." Chart. March 2, 2017. Statista. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/966826/channels-used-political-news-population-germany/
Horizont. (2017). Which channels do you use to be informed about political topics and events?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/966826/channels-used-political-news-population-germany/
Horizont. "Which Channels Do You Use to Be Informed about Political Topics and Events?." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Mar 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/966826/channels-used-political-news-population-germany/
Horizont, Which channels do you use to be informed about political topics and events? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/966826/channels-used-political-news-population-germany/ (last visited December 23, 2024)
Which channels do you use to be informed about political topics and events? [Graph], Horizont, March 2, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/966826/channels-used-political-news-population-germany/