- How often do you watch the news on TV?
- How often do you read the news in a newspaper?
- How often do you read the news online? eg. BBC News
- Do you prefer to watch the news on TV, read it online or read it in a newspaper?
- What type of news stories do you expect to read in newspapers?
- What type of news stories do you expect to read online?
- Do you ever use your phone to access a news website?
- Do you watch/read a lot of news on the subject of politics?
Interview Answers
- People tend to watch the news either everyday or every couple of days a week
- The majority of the people i asked read the news in a newspaper everyday (5 out of 7)
- I received a variety of answers for how often people read the news online; my answers varies from twice a week, twice a day, every now and then and once a week. Another answer i received was if there is homework needing to be done for example; politics homework and coursework, this will most apply to students.
- 5 out of the 7 people i asked said they would prefer to read news in newspapers because it s the most updated way of receiving information. 2 out of the 7 people said they prefer watching it on TV.
- In newspapers, all of my interviewees expected to read about politics and current affairs. In addition to this, some mentioned sport.
- Online, people expected and read the same but also find more stories an topics on entertainment, celebrities and sport when online websites such as BBC.
- 2 out of my 7 people said they use their phone to access news websites every now and then. The other 5 said they didn't because of their phone model; they are not able to access the Internet or news sites
- 4 out of the 7 said they don't watch politics news, in this, one said they watch if it is on the news on TV but do not make a special effort to watch it. The others i asked said that they watch the politics news; all of these are politic students and therefore either watch it as it interests them or because they need it for homework or class discussion background knowledge.
