Functions of the press: Council study

SND-ID: SND 0134

Description Data and documentation

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 program The Role of the Press in Society, a project initiated by the 1972 Commission of tbe Press. The motive for a total investigation of the councillors in the four municipalities of the survey was to reach a group of politically active persons, who could be expected to a greater extent to be readers of more than one newspaper. Hereby there was a possibility of comparison of attitudes to and use of various dailies.

Language

Swedish

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

University of Gothenburg

Responsible department/unit

University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Funding 1

  • Funding agency: Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation

Funding 2

  • Funding agency: Nämnden för samhällsinformation
Protection and ethical review

Data contains personal data

No

Method

Unit of analysis

Population

Municipal councillors in Malmö, Göteborg, Västerås and Leksand

Time Method

Time period(s) investigated

1974-02-01

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Topic and keywords

Subject area

Media (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Publications

Svensk press. Pressens funktioner i samhället. SOU 1975:78. Stockholm: LiberFörlag.
Libris
ISBN: 9138024756

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Dataset
Council study

Data format / data structure

Numeric

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 collection

  • Mode of collection: Face-to-face interview
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 1974-02-01
  • Data collector: Statistics Sweden
  • Source of the data: Population group

Variables

453

Number of individuals/objects

250

Published: 1982-01-01
Last updated: 2019-02-06