Study title

Society in the Newspaper 1987

Dataset ID Number

FSD1049

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1049
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd1049

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Pietilä, Kauko (University of Tampere. Research Institute for Social Sciences)
• Sondermann, Klaus (University of Tampere)

Abstract

The data consist of the coded content of the Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat published on October 20, 1987.

The main idea of the study is that to begin with, society is born when people interact with each other. Modern society is born through interaction using tools, and a newspaper is one of these tools: it's a tool through which (hundreds of thousands) people and (thousands of) actors featuring in the newspaper, and especially in the paper representing its audience and actors, come in touch with each other. With this idea in mind, there are three main themes in the survey: 1) Who and what kind of actors are those featuring in the newspaper (the paper itself and other actors)? The actors were characterised by categorizing them in relation to a great number of variables. 2) What do the actors do? Especially in relation to each other? How in particular do the relationships between the newspaper and other actors arrange themselves in their actions? Action was characterised by categorizing moves in relation to a host of variables. 3) The context of action is the news stories of the newspaper, and games featuring in them (also described with several variables).

Other categorizations specified, for instance, in which section of the newspaper the content had appeared, what kind it was (article, column, editorial, notice, cartoon, news issue etc), was the author mentioned, the source of the content, and the number and size of photos and other visual content etc.

Keywords

contemporary society; mass communication; newspaper press; social interaction

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Media (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (A) openly available for all users without registration (CC BY 4.0).

Data Collector

• Pietilä, Kauko (University of Tampere. Research Institute for Social Sciences)
• Sondermann, Klaus (University of Tampere)

Time Period Covered

1987-10-20

Collection Dates

1988-11 – 1989-08

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Media unit: Text

Universe

Content of an issue of Helsingin Sanomat published on 20 October 1987

Time Method

Cross-section

Data Sources

Helsingin Sanomat published on 20 October 1987

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

Collection Mode

Content coding

Research Instrument

Data collection guidelines: Secondary data collection guide

Data File Language

Downloaded data package may contain different language versions of the same files.

The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

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Data Version

1.0

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

Citation Requirement

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical Citation

Pietilä, Kauko (University of Tampere) & Sondermann, Klaus (University of Tampere): Society in the Newspaper 1987 [dataset]. Data version 1.0 (2000-09-22). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. DOI: https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd1049; URN: https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1049

Deposit Requirement

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Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Related Materials

Text document in Finnish describing the content and variables of the data, available both in an electronic and paper form.

Related Publications

Pietilä, Kauko & Sondermann, Klaus (1994). Sanomalehden yhteiskunta. Tampere: Vastapaino.