Journalists' questions during the Public Health Agency of Sweden's press conferences during the corona pandemic 2020

SND-ID: 2021-191-1. Version: 1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/9hks-7g79

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Peter M. Dahlgren - University of Gothenburg, Department of Journalism, Media and Communication

Research principal

University of Gothenburg - Department of Journalism, Media and Communication

Description

This dataset contains questions/turn-takings asked by journalists during the Public Health Agency of Sweden's press conferences during the corona pandemic throughout 2020, as well as during personal interviews with government representatives (mainly the Public Health Agency) on Aftonbladet's web TV and on Sveriges Television's live TV broadcasts. The purpose was to investigate the proportion of journalists' questions that were critical. The data is collected through a quantitative content analysis coded by hand by an individual coder. A total of 1,215 questions / turn-takings (with 26 variables) were asked by journalists, collected during the period 2020-03-06 to 2020-12-29.

The dataset contains raw data, R scripts with comments and plotted graphs. Refer to the documentation file README.pdf (Swedish) for descriptions of individual files.

Data contains personal data

Language

Swedish

Method and outcome

Unit of analysis

Media unit: Video

Population

Public Health Agency of Sweden's press conferences

Time Method

Longitudinal

Sampling procedure

Probability: Simple random

The sample includes all of Public Health Agency of Sweden's press conferences during the time period.

Time period(s) investigated

2020-03-06 – 2020-12-29

Variables

Number of individuals/objects

1215

Data format / data structure

Numeric

Text

Software

Data collection

Mode of collection: Content coding
Time period(s) for data collection: 2020-03-06 – 2020-12-29
Source of the data: Communications: Public, Communications

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

Department of Journalism, Media and Communication

Funding

Funding agency: Institutet för mediestudier

Topic and keywords

Research area

Public health, global health, social medicine and epidemiology (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Media and communications (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Media studies (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Communication studies (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Specific diseases, disorders and medical conditions (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Media (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Public health (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Keywords

Public health, Public officials, Content analysis, Journalists, Covid-19

Publications

Dahlgren, P. M. (2021). Ställde journalisterna kritiska frågor under Folkhälsomyndighetens presskonferenser? I L. Truedson & B. Johansson (Red.), Journalistik i coronans tid (s. 45–72). Institutet för mediestudier. https://mediestudier.se/publikationer/journalistik-i-coronans-tid/
ISBN: 9789198498288

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Published: 2021-09-10

Last updated: 2021-11-02