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Swedish tv supply 1998

SND-ID: SND 1001

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 1998? (2) What similarities and differences are there 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. Eight broadcast channels have been examined: SVT1, SVT2, TV4, TV3, Kanal 5, ZTV, TV6 and TV8.

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 the classification of its contents. This means broadly that on the one hand, news and fa

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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

Time Method

Sampling procedure

Probability: Stratified
Probability: Simple random
The survey is based on programs broadcast on SVT1, SVT2, TV4, TV3, Kanal 5, ZTV, TV6 and TV8 during 17 weeks in 1998. The selection of weeks was independent and random, stratified by season. For the period January - April and September - December (peak season) 6 weeks were examined per period (week 2, 4, 5, 7, 13, 16 and 37,40,44,45,49, 50) and for the period May - August 5 weeks were examined (week 22, 25, 27, 31 and 34).

Time period(s) investigated

1998 – 1998

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Lowest geographic unit

Country

Highest geographic unit

Country

Topic and keywords

Research area

MEDIA, COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE, 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 1998

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Citation

Kent Asp. University of Gothenburg (2018). Swedish tv supply 1998. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5878/002960

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Numeric

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

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

Time period(s) investigated

1998 – 1998

Collection methodology

The research is mainly based on the TV programme provided by the TV channels which has been classified by an earlier determined classification system. The eight channels included in the research are: SVT1, SVT2, TV4, TV3, Kanal 5, ZTV, TV6 och TV8.

Data collection

  • Mode of collection: Content coding
  • Description of the mode of collection: The research is mainly based on the TV programme provided by the TV channels which has been classified by an earlier determined classification system. The eight channels included in the research are: SVT1, SVT2, TV4, TV3, Kanal 5, ZTV, TV6 och TV8.
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 1998–1998
  • Source of the data: Communications: Public
Published: 2018-01-19
Last updated: 2020-01-17