Media election survey referendum 1980

This study is part of the collection Media Election Survey

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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.

Subject area:

media, energy and natural resources, elections, political ideology (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Media Studies, Political Science (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

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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

Purpose:

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

Description:

Language:

Swedish

Time period(s) investigated:

1980

Geographic spread:

Geographic location: Sweden

Unit of analysis:

Text unit

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, Media Studies, Political Science (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords:

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Media Election Survey

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

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

Available documentation:

SND 0199-001KB.pdf (Swedish)