Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Lennart Weibull - University of Gothenburg, Department of Journalism Media and Communication
Lars Aldemark - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Description
This study is part of the research programme The Role of the Press in Society, a project initiated by the 1972 Commission of tbe Press. The starting point for the research programme was the situation in the Swedish press at the beginning of 1970ies. At the time the newspaper market in Sweden seemed to be at some sort of changing point. The party press structure had been broken up by the concentration process on the newspaper market. On the other hand new types of newspaper were expanding. At the same time millions of SEK went to the newspaper industry from the government. For many newspapers this money seemed to be the only way of keeping alive. At this point the question put by the 1972 Commission of the Press was: how meaningful are those subsidies? According to which principles shall subsidies be given? To answer these questions other questions had to be asked: Which role do newspaper play in the Swedish society of today? Which significance do they have for the work of a democratic political system? For the reporting of political news? For the public opinion formation?
The survey illustrate
Subject area
Media
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Principal organisation
Accessibility status
Responsible department/unit
University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Lennart Weibull - University of Gothenburg, Department of Journalism Media and Communication
Lars Aldemark - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Identifiers
SND-ID: SND 0132
Description
This study is part of the research programme The Role of the Press in Society, a project initiated by the 1972 Commission of tbe Press. The starting point for the research programme was the situation in the Swedish press at the beginning of 1970ies. At the time the newspaper market in Sweden seemed to be at some sort of changing point. The party press structure had been broken up by the concentration process on the newspaper market. On the other hand new types of newspaper were expanding. At the same time millions of SEK went to the newspaper industry from the government. For many newspapers this money seemed to be the only way of keeping alive. At this point the question put by the 1972 Commission of the Press was: how meaningful are those subsidies? According to which principles shall subsidies be given? To answer these questions other questions had to be asked: Which role do newspaper play in the Swedish society of today? Which significance do they have for the work of a democratic political system? For the reporting of political news? For the public opinion formation?
The survey illustrate
Language
Swedish
Time period(s) investigated
1973-05-18
Geographic spread
Geographic location: Sweden
Unit of analysis
Population
Unavailable
Time Method
Funding
Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation
Nämnden för samhällsinformation
Subject area
Media
(CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences
(The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)
Svensk press. Pressens funktioner i samhället. SOU 1975:78. Stockholm: LiberFörlag.
Libris
ISBN:
9138024756
Aldemark, L., & Weibull, L. (1974) Attitudes of political organizations to mass media. A report from the research programme 'The Role of the Press in Society'. Paper prepared for the European Consortium for Political Research Workshop on The Political Role of Mass Media, Strasbourg, March 1974. Göteborg: Department of Political Science.
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Dataset 1
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Lennart Weibull - University of Gothenburg, Department of Journalism Media and Communication
Lars Aldemark - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Variables
170
Number of individuals/objects
725
Dataset 2
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Lennart Weibull - University of Gothenburg, Department of Journalism Media and Communication
Lars Aldemark - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Variables
139
Number of individuals/objects
122
Dataset 3
Creator/Principal investigator(s)
Lennart Weibull - University of Gothenburg, Department of Journalism Media and Communication
Lars Aldemark - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Data format / data structure
Numeric
Variables
140
Number of individuals/objects
143