Transnational News Consumption and Digital Content Mobility

Figures & data

TABLE 1 Usage of foreign news media on different platforms (percent)

	Daily	5–6 d/w	3–4 d/w	1–2 d/w	More seldom	Never	Total	N
TV	4	1	2	4	16	73	100	1485
TV online	2	1	1	4	16	76	100	1466
Newspaper	<1	<1	<1	1	12	86	100	1464
Newspaper online	3	2	3	6	16	71	100	1468
Radio/podcast	1	0	2	2	11	84	100	1462
Social media	2	2	4	6	13	74	100	1466
Other news service	2	1	2	4	13	78	100	1467

FIGURE 1 Weekly reach of foreign news media on different platforms (per cent).

Note: The number of respondents that answered for each platform varied between 1462 and 1485

TABLE 2 The significance of age, education level, geography, political interest, and news media habits for weekly transnational news consumption in Sweden (per cent)

	Weekly consumers
Age
16–19	49
20–24	48
25–29	36
30–39	37
40–49	34
50–59	23
60–75	19
76–85	20
Education
Low	15
Middle low	24
Middle high	30
High	34
Geographical location
Countryside	15
Small towns	20
Medium size towns	31
Big cities	35
Home country during childhood
Sweden	23
Other Nordic country	60
Other European country	75
Country outside Europe	70
Interested in politics
Very interested	51
Fairly interested	23
Not that interested	23
Not interested at all	30
National PSB television news
Daily	22
5–6 days/week	23
3–4 days/week	34
1–2 days/week	27
More seldom	37
Never	41
Morning newspaper subscriber
Yes	21
No	35

All results are signifcant (*p < .001). Level of association (Cramer’s V): Age (.212); Education (.148); Geographical location (.161); Home country (.303); Interested in politics (.224); National PSB television news (.145); Morning newspaper subscriber (.154). The total number of respondents that answered for each question varied between 1403 and 1494.

TABLE 3 Attitudes and motives towards foreign news media among weekly consumers (percent)

	Completely correct	Fairly correct	Fairly incorrect	Totally incorrect	Total	n
They provide different perspectives than Swedish news media do	32	49	9	9	100	382
They help me understand the outside world	36	51	9	4	100	380
They are of higher quality than Swedish news media	13	23	49	16	100	377
They are more trustworthy than Swedish news media	9	15	54	22	100	373
They provide news in my mother tongue	15	8	6	71	100	385
They provide news about areas where I have relatives and friends	20	17	8	55	100	383
Taking part of foreign news media is part of my work	3	9	10	78	100	381