The Network Society - University of Massachusetts Amherst

Table 2.18 Relationship between watching TV news and reading newspapers, by education level/country (%)
Lower
Not completed Primary or secondary or Post
primary first stage second stage Upper secondary, First stage Second stage
(continued)
Country education* of basic* of basic* secondary* non-tertiary* non-tertiary* of tertiary*
Societies in Transition to the Network Society 63
Hungary Watches TV news 100 84.84 90.78 94.99 96.13 95.06 95.65
Reads newspapers 40.90 74.37 80.61 89.07 88.33 93.33
Ireland Watches TV news 84.61 87.5 89.33 92.95 94.11 94.44 95.23
Reads newspapers 76.92 85.45 84.21 88.88 82.69 94.44 90.00
Israel Watches TV news 71.42 91.42 86.20 89.05 91.30 91.30 94.87
Reads newspapers 22.22 47.36 64.51 72.29 75.00 72.81 80.95
Italy Watches TV news 80.93 97.30 93.75 96.34 89.04 97.56 100
Reads newspapers 16.20 51.61 68.28 82.64 94.52 92.79 100
Luxembourg Watches TV news 90.90 100 91.66 100 100 100 90.90
Reads newspapers . 72.72 75.00 83.33 100 100 80.00
Netherlands Watches TV news 90.90 94.48 96.82 97.75 98.70 99.65 100
Reads newspapers 72.72 69.23 82.14 81.64 87.17 86.71 100
Norway Watches TV news - - 98.03 97.82 100 100 95.00
Reads newspapers - - 96.07 96.25 88.88 97.40 100
Poland Watches TV news 89.47 94.34 95.49 97.40 97.69 100 99.64
Reads newspapers 24.10 44.53 60.28 74.60 79.10 76 87.37
Sweden Watches TV news 88.88 95.36 97.12 95.42 - 98.03 97.39
Reads newspapers 88.88 90.30 93.57 89.10 - 88.67 93.96
Slovenia Watches TV news - 85.71 87.80 89.74 94 100 92.85
Reads newspapers 44.44 73.17 79.48 88.23 88.88 92.85 44.44
Source: European Social Survey 2002/2003. *Note: given the different names for education levels in the European context we opted to use the
original ESS terms.