Comenius Project

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Comenius Project

• Teenagers and audiovisual products

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Audiovisual appliances
Though most European households are rather
well-equipped with audiovisual appliances, still
few of them own MP3 players, camcorders and DVD
players.
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Who pays for audiovisual appliances?
In all the countries involved in the Comenius
project, parents bear the purchasing cost, as the
appliances are rather expensive.
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Teenagers who do not own these products
Rumanian and Hungarian teenagers own the least
audiovisual products.
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Teenagers who own 20 to 50 of these products
Romanian and Hungarian teenagers buy slightly
fewer audiovisual products, except for audio
cassettes which seem to be quite popular with
Hungarians.
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Teenagers who own more than 50 of these products
Romanian and Hungarian teenagers buy fewer
audiovisual products, except for audio cassettes
which seem to be quite popular with Romanians.
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Who pays for these products ?
In France, Hungary and Spain, parents mainly pay
for these products, whereas in Germany and
Romania, the majority of teenagers pay for what
they buy.
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Shopping places
In every country, audiovisual appliances are
mainly purchased in specialised shops.
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Audiovisual goods conclusions

• Audiovisual goods are widely to be found in the
  5 European countries involved in the Comenius
  project.
• Quite understandably, the most recent products
  are not yet quite common with teenagers. This is
  the case for DVD players and mini-discs.
• A great number of German teenagers pay for the
  products by themselves. Does it mean that they
  get more pocket money than teenagers in the other
  countries?
• The majority of these products remain rather
  expensive for Romanians whose audiovisual
  expenses are inferior to what can be seen in
  other countries.

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What music do teenagers listen to ?
The least popular styles of music are jazz,
traditional, folklore and classical music
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Teenage girls and music
In every country, girls most often listen to
music on the radio, CD players being their second
best source of music.
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Teenage boys and music
German teenagers mainly listen to music on CD
players. This individual way of enjoying music is
also to be found with Spanish boys who either use
CD players or computers. But the Spaniards also
enjoy listening to music in pubs.
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Teenagers and music conclusions

• The radio, universally available, remains the
  preferred means to listen to music, especially
  for girls.
• Very few teenagers listen to traditional,
  folklore, jazz or classical music. These styles
  are associated with their parents.
• Conversely, the most recent styles of music, such
  as dance, techno, hard rock music are very much
  the thing nowadays, probably because these are
  new sounds created with new technologies
  (electric music). Some other styles are coming
  back, such as reggae music, or even variety music
  which seems to be quite popular with girls.
• Music has a very special place in the European
  teenagers life. There is a style of music for
  everyone in the great variety of styles available
  on the market.

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Number of TV sets per household
Nearly ¾ of Spanish households own more than 3 TV
sets, whereas nearly ¾ of Romanian households own
fewer than 3.
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Teenagers with a TV set in their rooms
Mostly Romanian and Hungarian teenagers have
their own TV sets in their rooms.
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Teenagers working with the TV on
Mostly Hungarian, Romanian and French teenagers
work with the TV on.
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Time spent watching TV
Romanians teenagers spend the most time watching
TV.
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Television conclusions

• There is a great difference between Hungarian
  and Romanian on the one hand, and Spanish, German
  and French teenagers on the other hand.
• Much more Romanian and Hungarian teenagers have
  their own TV in their rooms.
• Also, Romanians and Hungarians do their homework
  with the TV on in greater numbers than their
  European counterparts.
• And again Romanians and Hungarians spend more
  time watching TV than Spanish, German and French
  teenagers. Is it for them a way to compensate for
  the fact that they may have less pocket money
  TV programmes bring music, theatre, concerts,
  films to their homes ?

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Teenage girls and computers
Teenagers use computers for a different purpose
in every country. The Germans spend a lot of time
surfing on the Internet, whereas the Hungarians
use computers mainly for video games and the
French for word processing.
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Teenage boys and computers
German, Hungarian and Romanian teenagers use
computers mainly for computer games. French
teenagers use them for word processing and
Spanish teenagers for copying CDs.
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Time spent by girls on computers
Generally speaking, girls do not spend a lot of
time on computers, apart from the young Romanians.
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Time spent by boys on computers
Hungarian teenagers spend the least time on their
computers.
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Teenagers and computers conclusions

• In all the European countries involved in the
  project, teenage boys spend much more time on
  computers than teenage girls.
• Young Germans, especially girls, spend a lot of
  time surfing on the Internet.
• Video games are mostly popular in Romania and
  Hungary. Together with TV, computers are an
  important source of entertainment.