German Panel Survey on Media Use and Energy Transition Conspiracy Beliefs, 4 Waves

Four waves of a nationwide German panel survey explore the relationship between media use and conspiracy beliefs about the energy transition. The dataset is a 45.3 KB DOCX file containing supplementary materials for a study using Random Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Models (RI-CLPM). It was authored by Dorothee Arlt and last updated on 2026-04-21 under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyzing longitudinal associations between media diets and conspiracy beliefs based on the panel survey structure.
• Modeling stable between-person differences versus dynamic within-person changes using the RI-CLPM methodology described.
• Studying public trust and support for sustainability transformations as referenced in the discussion.

Strengths

• Based on a four-wave nationwide panel survey, providing longitudinal data.
• Applies a specific advanced modeling technique (RI-CLPM) as described in the methods.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• The 45.3 KB file size suggests a very limited scope, likely containing summary results or documentation rather than raw survey data.

Provenance

Source

figshare, authored by Dorothee Arlt.

Collection Method

Nationwide German panel survey analyzed with Random Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Models (RI-CLPM).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-21 05:35:48; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Germany