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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, national elections, party politics, politicians, press, mass media coverage

Principal organisation:

University of Gothenburg

Accessibility status:

Access to data through SND
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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 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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0463kb.pdf

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

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Version 2.0:

2014-08-12 doi:10.5878/002148

Version 1.0:

1999-06-17 doi:10.5878/000909

Media election survey 1988

Suggested citation:

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

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, national elections, 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