Number of the year 2024: 29 - Certificate received

"News-abstinent" or "news-deprived" people hardly use any other media apart from social media. They also rarely use the internet as a platform for obtaining information. Younger people tend to belong more frequently to the group of news abstainers. This group is also characterized by a low level of political interest, a low average income and a low level of education. The survey on media use and information behavior of the Liechtenstein population, from which these findings originate, was conducted on behalf of the government.

The word of the year was "Abstimmungsflut", the phrase of the year is "Mis Land, mis Radio".

The "Word of the Year" association conducts the annual vote. In addition to jury president Daniel Quaderer, the 2024 jury consisted of Cécile Bachmann (communications expert), Doris Büchel (journalist), Carmen Dahl (President of the Liechtenstein Press Club LPC), Magdalena Hilbe (Head of Information and Communications at the government) and Günther Meier (International Advisory Board LPC). In a first round, the jury determined and justified 20 words, in a second round the winning word was determined from the jury points. The topics ranged from democratic participation, state hospital, photovoltaics, archbishopric, radio, privatization, health insurance, refugees, wars and crises.

https://www.lpc.li/der-club/wort-des-jahres/

Image: Carmen Dahl, member of the jury and President of the LPC (2nd from right), presents the Liechtenstein Institute with a winning certificate for "Number of the Year". In the picture from left: Thomas Meier, Thomas Milic, Patricia Schiess and Philippe Rochat.