Journalistic Roles, Values and Qualifications in the 21st century, Nordic data collection

SND-ID: 2022-122-1. Version: 1. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5878/k13a-mx27

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Associated documentation

00 RVQ Final Questionnaire.pdf (479.7 KB)

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Citation

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Maarit Jaakkola - University of Gothenburg, Nordicom

Research principal

University of Gothenburg - Nordicom

Description

The Nordic dataset from the survey Journalistic Roles, Values and Qualifications in the 21st century: How Journalism Educators across the Globe View the Future of a Profession in Transition (2020–2021).

The survey data is available as a SPSS file (.sav) and a comma-separated text file (.csv).

Data contains personal data

Yes

Type of personal data

Pseudonymized survey data. Raw data containing IP addresses and location (city) of respondents are preserved elsewhere.

Code key exists

Yes

Language

English

Method and outcome

Unit of analysis

Individual

Population

Journalism educators in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland and Norway

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling procedure

Other

All the major journalism schools within higher education in the Nordic countries were selected (n = 26), based on their membership in the Nordic Collaboration Committee of Journalism Education (NordJour 2020) and European Journalism Training Association (EJTA 2020). Using the staff directories on the institutional webpages, invitations to employees in journalism study programs (n = 354) were sent.

Time period(s) investigated

2020-01-01 – 2020-12-31

Variables

140

Number of individuals/objects

115

Response rate/participation rate

32%

Data format / data structure

Numeric

Data collection

Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire
Description of the mode of collection: Survey
Time period(s) for data collection: 2020-01-07 – 2020-01-28
Data collector: Nordicom, University of Gothenburg
Instrument: (Data collection guidelines)
Sample size: 354
Number of responses: 115
Non response size: 239
Cause of non response - No contact/refusal: 239
Source of the data: Population group

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway

Geographic description: The Nordic Countries

Lowest geographic unit

Country

Highest geographic unit

Country

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

Nordicom

Contributor(s)

Panu Uotila - University of Jyväskylä, Department of Language and Communication Studies

Topic and keywords

Research area

Pedagogy (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Media studies (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Higher and further education (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Vocational education and training (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Media (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Keywords

Professional ethics, Journalism, Norms, Role change, Journalism studies, Journalists

Publications

Jaakkola M, Uotila P. Exploring the Normative Foundation of Journalism Education: Nordic Journalism Educators’ Conceptions of Future Journalism and Professional Qualifications. Journalism and Media. 2022;3(3):436-452.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/journalmedia3030031

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