The survey is aimed at national and foreign readers of news
about Mexico and took about 10 minutes to complete. The survey
focuses on English-language souces and includes resources
in Spanish. Responses helped update Planeta.com's popular
directory
of Mexico news sources.
QUESTIONS
The 2007 Mexico News Survey asked respondents about favorite
news sources as well as the means by which news is accessed
(print papers, radio, Web, cell phones). Respondents were
queried about Web 2.0 tools including blogs and Flickr. Results
will be published online the Latin
America Media Project.
SNAPSHOT: PRELIMINARY RESULTS (JULY 5, 2007)
Preliminary
results
RATE YOUR INTEREST -- On a scale of 1-5
(1 being the least, 5 being the most) please rate the level
of interest you have in the following topics:
National politics 3.57
Local, state politics 3.43
International politics 2.50
Economy, finance 3.57
Culture 3.50
Sports 2.43
Environmental conservation 3.69
Parks and protected areas 3.43
Sustainable development 3.57
Migration 3.79
Security 3.14
Poverty alleviation 3.77
Job creation 3.77
Travel 3.71
Volunteering 2.64
HOW DO YOU ACCESS THE NEWS? -- The medium
is the message. On a scale of 1-5 (1 being the least, 5 being
the most) please rate how frequently you use the following
tools to access news about Mexico:
Web 4.29
Print newspapers from Mexico 3.57
Print newspapers from other countries 1.92
Radio 2.86
TV 2.38
Cellphones 1.77
Readers' National Press Favorite - La Jornada
Readers' International Press Favorite - San
Antonio Express News
Other Top Favorites - Reforma, BBC, Google,
Los Angeles Times
Readers' Wish List - Improved coverage of
migration, environment, women's issues, indigenous perspectives
Quotable - Creo que la polarización
se debe a que no estamos completamente informados. La información
puede hacernos más flexibles y más atentos evitando
así las posturas opuestas.
