Orig. title: JIM 2018: Jugend, Information, (Multi-) Media Basisstudie zum Medienumgang 12- bis 19-Jähriger in Deutschland
Engl. transl.: JIM 2018: Youth, information, (multi-) media Basic study on media usage by 12 to 19 year olds in Germany
Study details
| Year: | 2018 |
| Scope: | National |
| Countries: | Germany |
| Methodology: | Empirical research – Quantitative |
| Methods of data collection: | Survey |
| Researched Groups: | Children |
| Children Ages: | Pre-adolescents (11-13 Years old); Adolescents (14-18 Years old) |
| Funder: | Landesanstalt für Kommunikation Baden-Württemberg (LFK), Landeszentrale für Medien und Kommunikation Rheinland-Pfalz (LMK) |
| Funder Types: | Regional Government |
| Informed Consent: | Consent obtained |
| Ethics: | Ethical considerations not mentioned |
| URL: | https://www.mpfs.de/studien/jim-studie/2018/ |
| Data Set Availability: | Not mentioned |
Goals
As usual, the current edition of the JIM study describes the media household equipment and device ownership of the young people, it documents the most important key figures for media use across the various categories and highlights the content-related aspects of use. As a basic study, the JIM study thus offers an overview of the current media behavior of twelve to 19 year olds in Germany. Additional topics of the JIM study 2018 are trust in news offers, individual aspects of smartphone use and the topic of hate messages on the Internet. In a special section entitled '20 Years of the JIM Study', key developments over the past two decades are examined and presented in time series.