Cable television and its development 1983-1985

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Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Keith Roe - Lund University, Department of Sociology

Description:

During the autumn of 1983 the Swedish Telecommunications Administration (Televerket) put trial networks for cable television into operation in Lund. One of the reasons that Lund was chosen as the first test area was its relatively proximity to continental Europe, a proximity that made it possible for to receive terrestrial TV broadcasts from East and West Germany. Cable transmissions began on October 31st 1983. The survey deals with the media and leisure habits of the Lund respondents before the start of cable transmissions. It also deals with the level of interest in, and willingness to pay for, cable services. The second stage of the survey deals with the same respondents two years after the first data collection and, therefore, two years after the introduction of cable services. The purpose of this study is to map the changes brought about by cable, if any, in a specific population over time.

Subject area:

leisure, tourism and sport, media (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Media Studies (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords:

mass media, mass media exposure, leisure time, information and communications technology, newspaper readership, television, cinema attendance, household composition, listening to the radio, satellite television, television channels, cable television, languages, television advertising, leisure time activities, clubs, hobbies, news, television news, television programmes, external broadcasting, theatre attendance, social activities (leisure)

Principal organisation:

Lund University

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Responsible department/unit:

Lund University, Department of Sociology

Creator/Principal investigator(s):

Keith Roe - Lund University, Department of Sociology

Identifiers:

SND-ID: SND 0221

Description:

Language:

Swedish

Time period(s) investigated:

1983-10-01 — 1985-01-01

Geographic spread:

Geographic location: Sweden

Geographic description: Lund

Unit of analysis:

Individual

Population:

Inhabitants of four different areas of Lund aged 15-70 years 1983.

Time Method:

Longitudinal: Panel

Funding:

Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation

Subject area:

leisure, tourism and sport, media (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Media Studies (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords:

Available documentation:

Questionnaire (Swedish)

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Roe, K. (1985) Media and social life in Lund two years after the start of cable transmission. The advent of cable systems in Sweden. Uppsala: Department of Sociology.
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Roe, K. (1985) The Programme Output of Seven Cable-TV Channels. The Advent of Cable Systems in Sweden. Uppsala: Department of Sociology.
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Roe, K. (1987) Media and social life in Lund before cable transmissions. The advent of cable systems in Sweden. Uppsala: Department of Sociology.

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Version 1.0:

1989-06-01 doi:10.5878/001039

Available documentation:

Codebook (Swedish)

Dataset SND 0221-001