Characteristics of the social impact of infocommunication services in Hungary / Central Europe - empirical research

Our research institute regularly conducts primary data surveys in order to gain a deeper understanding of the Hungarian information society. The results of these surveys will be disseminated to both professionals and the general public. The surveys are always representative in the given country by gender, age, education and type of settlement.

Our data recordings and published reports so far:

2025

Social perceptions of AI – the research investigated the general attitudes of Hungarian people towards AI and their perceptions of the use and risks of AI in certain application areas. The telephone survey was conducted in November-December 2023. 
The report is available here: What do Hungarians think about artificial intelligence? – research report

2024

Trust, Awareness and Alarm on the Internet 2024 – fourth longitudinal national baseline survey. Data collection date: February 2024. 
The summary research reports of the four longitudinal surveys are available here: Our relationship with the Internet, news and Facebook 

2021

– Trust, Awareness and Alarm on the Internet 2021 – third longitudinal national baseline survey. Data collection date: November 2021. 
Read about the report here: The impact of the pandemic on the Hungarian information society 1.

– Smartphone addiction research – 15 question mini survey. Data collection date: November 2021. 
Read about the report here: Smartphone addiction in Hungarian society

– DIGCOMP research – measuring the digital literacy of internet users – 50-question large questionnaire. Data collection date: November 2021.

– Facebook research – an in-depth exploratory study of Facebook usage in Hungary – a large 70-question questionnaire. Data collection date: November 2021.

2020

– Trust, Awareness and Alarm on the Internet 2020 – research in Hungary. In addition to the longitudinal addition of the results of the 2019 research, we addressed in a separate block the effect of coronavirus-induced restrictions on online attitudes. The report is being prepared.

– Internet Attitudes – Our Region and the World Wide Web. International research and analysis in the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Romania. Data collection date: October and November 2019. 
The report can be read here: Internet Attitudes - Our region and the world wide web 

2019

–  Trust, Awareness and Alarm on the Internet 2019 – research in Hungary.Data collection date: November 2019. 
The report can be read here: Trust, Awareness and Alarm on the Internet

Researchers participating in the project:

Research leader: Bernát Török, Árpád Rab