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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

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

Description

This is the fifth study of the political contents in press, radio and television within the research projects ´Mass media and the electorate´, ´Swedish election campaign´ and ´Parliament, elections and the representative democracy´ and it was carried out in connection with the 1988 general election. It is a detailed campaign study of news reporting in the press, radio and television during the last four weeks before the day of the referendum. See {Media election survey 1979} for more information about the research project.

Purpose:

To describe, identify and analyse media's reporting of the election campaign 1988.

Subject area

Media, Elections (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, newspaper press, election broadcasting, radio news, news, television news, news flow, internal politics, internal political conflict, party politics, politicians, press, mass media coverage, national elections

Principal organisation

University of Gothenburg

Accessibility status

Access to data through SND
Access to data is restricted

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 0463

Description

Language

Swedish

Time period(s) investigated

1988-08-22 — 1988-09-18

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Unit of analysis

Media unit: Text

Other

Population

Nyhetsanalysen: Artikel (storstadstidningar), inslag (radio/TV) Ledaranalysen: Ledarartikel (storstadstidningar)

Time Method

Longitudinal: Trend/Repeated cross-section

Sampling procedure

Non-probability: Purposive

Funding

Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation

Subject area

Media, Elections (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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Associated documentation

0463kb.pdf

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Publications

Asp, K., & Hedberg, P. (1989) Massmedieundersökning valet 1988. Göteborg: Department of Political Science.

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Version 2.0

2014-08-12
https://doi.org/10.5878/002148

Version 1.0

1999-06-17
https://doi.org/10.5878/000909

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Media election survey 1988

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Kent Asp. University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science (2014). <em>Media election survey 1988</em>. Swedish National Data Service. Version 2.0. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5878/002148">https://doi.org/10.5878/002148</a>

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, 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: 1988-08-22 — 1988-09-18

Data collector: University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Source of the data: Communications: Public

Time period(s) investigated

1988

Variables

Number of individuals/objects

7049