Local radio coverage of the election campaign 1979

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Lennart Brantgärde - University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science

Research principal

University of Gothenburg - Department of Political Science

Description

A new medium took part in the 1979 election campaign: for the first time the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation, represented by its subsidiary Swedish Local Broadcasting Corporation, had the possibility to cover all local election campaigns. Primarily the aim was to look into the amount of transmission time every local radio station had used for programs specific for one commune. The information was collected before and during the election campaign and is consequently a measure of transmissions planned by each local radio station.

Purpose:

Shed light on how local radio reported on the three concurrent elections: the parliamentary election, country council elections and local elections.

Data contains personal data

Language

Swedish

Method and outcome

Unit of analysis

Geographic unit

Population

Swedish municipalities

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

Time period(s) investigated

1979-08 – 1979-09

Variables

Number of individuals/objects

277

Data format / data structure

Numeric

Data collection

Mode of collection: Content coding
Description of the mode of collection: Data are collected from the pre-announced plans for election coverage made by the ocal radio stations.
Time period(s) for data collection: 1979 – 1979
Data collector: University of Gothenburg, Department of Political Science
Source of the data: Communications: Public, Communications

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Lowest geographic unit

Municipality

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

Department of Political Science

Funding

Funding agency: Swedish Council for Research in the Humanitie and Social Sciences

Topic and keywords

Research area

Elections (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Social sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Political science (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Media (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Keywords

Elections, Local government elections, Parliamentary elections, Election broadcasting, Local broadcasting, Election campaigns

Publications

Brantgärde, L. (1979) Sveriges lokalradios bevakning av valrörelsen 1979. Report series 1979:5. Göteborg: Department of Political Science.
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