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Swedish tv supply 2011

SND-ID: SND 0908

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

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

Description

The study "Swedish TV supply" is conducted annually since 1998.

The examination of the programs offered on TV is designed to answer five questions: (1) What is the range of supply in the television channels during the program year 2011? (2) What similarities and differences between the television channels' program profiles? (3) What are the programs offered for specific groups: children, youth, minorities and the disabled? (4) How has variety of programmes developed over time? (5) And how is diversity manifested in Swedish television?

The study is based in principle on the information about TV programme from television channels. The programs are classified using this information and starting from a predefined classification scheme. Ten broadcast channels have been examined: SVT1, SVT2, Barnkanalen/SVT24 and Knowledge Channel, TV4, TV4 Plus / Seven, TV3, Kanal 5, TV6, TV8 and UR (the programs broadcast on SVT1 and SVT2).

In this study, as in most Swedish and international studies of television programme supply from the 1950s onwards, is information-entertainment the fundamental dimension in

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Language

Swedish

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

University of Gothenburg

Responsible department/unit

Department of Journalism Media and Communication

Funding

  • Funding agency: The Swedish Broadcasting Authority
Protection and ethical review

Data contains personal data

No

Method and time period

Unit of analysis

Population

Programs in Swedish TV Channels in 2011

Time Method

Sampling procedure

Probability: Stratified
Probability: Simple random
The survey is based on programs broadcast on SVT1, SVT2, SVT24 Children Channel, Knowledge Channel, TV4, TV4 Plus, TV3, Kanal 5, TV6 and TV8 during 17 weeks in 2011. The selection of weeks was independent and random, stratified by season. For the period January - May and September to December (peak season) 12 weeks were examined (week 5, 7, 8, 10, 13, 14, 17, 39, 40, 44, 45 and 46) and for the period June - August 5 weeks were examined (week 23, 24, 25, 28 and 30).

Time period(s) investigated

2011-01-24 – 2011-11-27

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Lowest geographic unit

Country

Highest geographic unit

Country

Topic and keywords

Research area

Media (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Social Sciences, Media Studies (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

television channels, television programmes

Publications

Myndigheten för radio och TV. 2011. Svenskt tv-utbud. Myndigheten för radio och TV. ISSN: 1403-6320 Tillgänglig elektroniskt: http://www.radioochtv.se/documents/publikationer/svenskt%20tvutbud%202011.pdf
ISSN: 1403-6320

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Swedish tv supply 2011

Associated documentation

Version 1.0

Citation

Kent Asp. University of Gothenburg (2014). Swedish tv supply 2011. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/002634

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Data format / data structure

Numeric

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

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

Keywords

television channels, television programmes

Time period(s) investigated

2011-01-24 – 2011-11-27

Collection methodology

Data on television supply was collected by coding the program information provided by each TV channel. It was sent to researchers every week or was downloaded from the channels' website. In the coding process, various properties of the TV programs were coded, i.e. given a numerical code.

Data collection

  • Mode of collection: Content coding
  • Description of the mode of collection: Data on television supply was collected by coding the program information provided by each TV channel. It was sent to researchers every week or was downloaded from the channels' website. In the coding process, various properties of the TV programs were coded, i.e. given a numerical code.
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2011-01-24–2011-11-27
  • Source of the data: Communications: Public

Variables

27

Number of individuals/objects

38355

Published: 2014-09-23
Last updated: 2020-01-17