Sweden/Norway: news relevance 2019

This statistic shows the relevance of news distributed through the media in Sweden and Norway in 2019. When compared with Swedish and Norwegian journalists, the general public in Sweden and Norway felt that the news were of less relevance to them. In general, the Norwegian respondents felt that the news concerned them to a larger extent than the Swedish respondents. 40 percent of the Norwegian general public believed that the news distributed through the media concerned them to a large extent. In contrast, only 20 percent of the Swedish general public believed so.

To what extend do you think the news distributed through the media concerns you?

Characteristic	To a large extent	To some extent	To a lesser extent	Not at all	Uncertain
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Release date

April 2019

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Region

Norway, Sweden

Survey time period

January 24 to April 2, 2019

Number of respondents

2,398 respondents*

Age group

18 years and older

Special properties

journalists are members of Norsk Journalistlag or Svenska Journalistfõrbundet

Method of interview

Telephone interviews and online survey

Supplementary notes

* The number of respondents was as follows:
Swedish journalists: n=213,
Norwegian journalists: n=545,
Swedish general public: n=840,
Norwegian general publisc: n=800.

In addition to telephone interviews there was the possibility to answer the question via web interviews.

This question was phrased by the source as follows: "I hvilken grad mener du nyhetene som formidles i mediene angår deg?"

The source does not provide any information regarding missing percentage points to 100 percent.

Percentage points exceeding 100 percent are probably due to rounding.

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