Swedish journalist 1994

SND-ID: SND 0592

This study is part of the collection Swedish journalist suveys

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

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

Lennart Weibull - University of Gothenburg, Department of Journalism Media and Communication

Monica Löfgren-Nilsson - University of Gothenburg, Department of Journalism Media and Communication

Description

In 1989 a survey of journalists, Journalist 1989, was carried out with the purpose to shed light on Swedish journalists' perception of their professional role, work situation and press ethical rules.

Journalist 1994 is a follow-up initiated by a research group at the department of journalism and mass communication at Göteborg university in collaboration with research projects at the department of political science, the paper 'Journalisten' and the Swedish Journalists´ Union. The questionnaire was divided into nine blocks: work and professional role; press ethical rules and professional ethics; media habits; politics and the community; estimation of risks; environment opinion; the paper 'Journalisten'; the Swedish Journalists' Union; and background.

Purpose:

The purpose of the study is to investigate how Swedish journalists perceive themselves and society, their professional role and work situation, the problems related to their code of professional ethics and the developments in the media sector.

Language

Swedish

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

University of Gothenburg

Responsible department/unit

Department of Journalism Media and Communication

Protection and ethical review

Data contains personal data

No

Method and time period

Unit of analysis

Population

Swedish journalists (members - not students or retired - of the Swedish Journalists' Union)

Sampling procedure

Probability: Simple random

Time period(s) investigated

1994

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Lowest geographic unit

Parish

Highest geographic unit

Country

Topic and keywords

Research area

Media, Information society, Employment, Working conditions (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Media and Communications (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Publications

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Andersson, A M. (1997) Vem är den svenske journalisten? - En studie av journalistkåren i yrkesliv och vardagsliv 1994 - 1995. Report no. 73. Göteborg: Department of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Weibull, Lennart (1995) Journalister om journalisten. Göteborg: Department of Journalism and Mass Communication.
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Swedish journalist 1994

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Citation

Kent Asp, Lennart Weibull, Monica Löfgren-Nilsson. University of Gothenburg (2014). Swedish journalist 1994. Swedish National Data Service. Version 2.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/002223

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Data format / data structure

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

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

Lennart Weibull - University of Gothenburg, Department of Journalism Media and Communication

Monica Löfgren-Nilsson - University of Gothenburg, Department of Journalism Media and Communication

Time period(s) investigated

1994-10-04 – 1994-12-10

Data collection

  • Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire: paper
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 1994-10-04–1994-12-10
  • Source of the data: Population group

Variables

520

Number of individuals/objects

1069

Response rate/participation rate

67%

Published: 1997-01-01
Last updated: 2020-09-30