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Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Kent Asp - University of Gothenburg, Department of Journalism Media and Communication

Description:

This is the second study of the political contents in press, radio and television within the research projects ´Mass media and the electorate´ and ´Swedish election campaign´ and it was carried out in connection with the referendum on nuclear power in March 1980. It is a detailed campaign study of news reporting in the press, radio and television during the last ten weeks before the day of the referendum.

Purpose:

To describe, identify and analyse media's reporting of the election campaign 1980.

Subject area:

media, energy and natural resources, elections, political ideology (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science, Media Studies (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords:

elections, mass media, politics, mass media exposure, nuclear energy, newspaper press, election broadcasting, radio news, news, television news, news flow, referendums, internal politics, party politics, politicians, press, mass media coverage

Principal organisation:

University of Gothenburg

Accessibility status:

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Responsible department/unit:

University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Kent Asp - University of Gothenburg, Department of Journalism Media and Communication

Identifiers:

SND-ID: SND 0199

Description:

Language:

Swedish

Time period(s) investigated:

1980

Geographic spread:

Geographic location: Sweden

Unit of analysis:

Media unit: Text

Time Method:

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling procedure:

Non-probability: Purposive

Funding:

Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation

Subject area:

media, energy and natural resources, elections, political ideology (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Political Science, Media Studies (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords:

Is part of collection at SND:

Media Election Survey

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Available documentation:

SND 0199-001KB.pdf

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Asp, K., Hedberg, P., & Esaiasson, P. (1985) Massmedieundersökning : folkomröstningen 1980 : teknisk rapport. Göteborg: Department of Political Science.
ISSN: 0282-311X

Holmberg, Sören & Asp, Kent (1984) Kampen om kärnkraften : några resultat från väljar- och mediestudier i samband med 1980 års folkomröstning. Göteborg: Dept. of Political Science

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Version 1.0:

2015-03-26 doi:10.5878/002626

Media election survey referendum 1980 - News analysis

Suggested citation:

Kent Asp. University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science (2015). Media election survey referendum 1980 - News analysis. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/002626

Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Kent Asp - University of Gothenburg, Department of Journalism Media and Communication

Keywords:

elections, mass media, politics, mass media exposure, newspaper press, election broadcasting, radio news, news, television news, news flow, internal politics, party politics, politicians, press, mass media coverage

Data format / data structure:

Numeric

Data collection:

Mode of collection: Content coding

Time period(s) for data collection: 1980-01-14 — 1980-03-23

Data collector: University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Source of the data: Communications: Public

Time period(s) investigated:

1980

Variables:

118

Number of individuals/objects:

9271