MOH1Students’ Media Use

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Who we are

• Jenny Butler

• Michael Staines

• Niall Swan

• Brian Byrne

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Our Hypothesis

Radio stations in Ireland must have a news slot in order to get a license to broadcast.

(Source: Citezensinformation.ie)

Do students actively avoid the news on Radio? We believed they did.

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Pilot survey

Location - Canteen

Participants - Timing

Incentives

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Issues

• Over-competitive

• Saturation by other classmates

• Allergies to chocolate

• Nervousness

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Representative sample

• Student population 1,500

• Ideal margin of error 5%

• Ideal sample size 306

• Margin of error 13%

• Sample size 41

Source: Raosoft® http://www.raosoft.com/samplesize.html

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107

39

31

18

25

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

Play Online Games

Video Chat Social Networking

E-mail Blogging Research

Which of these things do you do online at least once a week?

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Online

Newspapers Television Radio News Magazines

Internet News Sites

Other Internet

Sites

Friends

17 1915

2

30

11 11

From which of the following media sources do you get most of your news?

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News Source

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News

Which section of the news do you turn to first?

22%

20%

22%

29%

5%

2% 0%0%Domestic News

International News

Sport

Entertainment

Lifestyle

Science

Business

Classifieds

Sport

Int. News

Domestic News

Fun

Mobile Phones

Do you have an iPhone/Android Device?

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Yes, 30

No, 11

Mobile Phones

If yes, how often do you use it to check news?

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0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

NeverHourly

Daily

114

15

TVRoughly, how often a week do you watch television?

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Never0-5 Hours

6-10 Hours11-15 Hours

More than 15 Hours

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

1

1214

9

5

TVWhat do you watch?

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20%

15%

16%25%

24%

News

Documentaries

Sport

TV Series or Soaps

Comedy

Radio

Roughly, how often do you listen to the radio?

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5%

7%

24%

22%

42%

Never

Monthly

Weekly

3-4 times a week

Daily

Daily

RadioWhen listening to the radio, do you actively avoid the news?

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0

5

10

15

20

25

30

Yes No

10

29

Summary• What we set out to find

• Problems and errors with the survey

• Ethical issues

• Wording of questions

• Quantitative and qualitative questions

Thank you

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