Study title

Information communication (media use) in general. Restrictions on information communication in general. Sociopolitical attitudes. Communication motives. Online access. Restrictions interpersonal and participatory communication. Quality assessments. 2002 federal election. information communication on September 11, 2001. Iraq. Anti-Americanism. Hartz IV. State elections. Climate change. Crises. Citizens´ initiatives. Subjects: 1. The following subjects were asked identical questions repeatedly at each survey time point: Information communication (media use) in general: television set in the household; reception frequency of news programs on television; most frequently watched news program; reception frequency of political TV magazines; number of days per week with daily newspaper use; interest in the topics of politics, economics, local affairs; reading of news magazines or weekly newspapers; query on news magazines or weekly newspapers read (Spiegel, Focus, Die Zeit); assessment of the economic situation in the country; interest in politics; online access: General online access; online access at home; most frequently used online access; time of first Internet use; duration of use per week; memberships (trade union, party and name of party, citizens´ initiative, environmental organization or animal protection organization, other organizations, name of other organizations); active or passive membership; Internet activities related to active participation; political participation: participation in a demonstration and in a public meeting and frequency of participation in the past year; frequency of own speaking at a public meeting; contacts with politicians (online, in person, by phone, or by mail) and frequency of contact; online letters to the editor in the past year and frequency of online letters to the editor; traditional letters to the editor in the past year and frequency of traditional letters to the editor on political issues; participation in online...