Special Eurobarometer 123: The Information Society

This opinion poll, managed and organised by DGX, Information, Communication, Culture, Audio-visual sector" » (Unit" « Analysis of Public Opinion), was carried out at the request of the DGXIII, Directorate-General « Telecommunications, Information market and Exploitation of Research" » of the European Commission. It was carried out throughout all of the countries of the European Union, between 29 October and 10 December 1998, under INRIA general co-ordination (EUROPE) - European Coordination Office located in Brussels.
The overall aims of this research programme are both to measure the social and economic impact of new information technology and to analyse the profile of the potential users of the µInformation Society. Within the framework of these objectives the survey studied thirteen mass market as well as twelve online or network supported services with social value.
The 13 technological systems covered by the study are: Satellite Dishes, Decoders for Digital Television, Teletext, Vidéotext, Video tape recorders, Lap tops or P.C., CD-CROM readers, Faxes, Fax-modems, Mobile telephones, The Internet, Pagers, Cable television.

The results by volumes are distributed as follows:

• Volume A: Countries
• Volume AA: Groups of countries
• Volume A' (AP): Trends
• Volume AA' (AAP): Trends of groups of countries
• Volume B: EU/socio-demographics
• Volume B' (BP) : Trends of EU/ socio-demographics
• Volume C: Country/socio-demographics

Researchers may also contact GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences: https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer