FSD2171 Mobile Phone and Media Diaries 1999-2001

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Study title

Mobile Phone and Media Diaries 1999-2001

Dataset ID Number

FSD2171

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2171

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

  • Kasesniemi, Eija-Liisa (University of Tampere. Information Society Research Centre)
  • Oksman, Virpi (University of Tampere. Information Society Research Centre)

Abstract

The data consist of 17 diaries written by young Finnish girls and boys, recording their use of mobile phones and the media. The time period for keeping the diary was generally a week, the participants were mostly 15-17 years old, and the diaries were written in 1999 and in 2001. The seven diaries written in 1999 focused mainly on experiences and perceptions of mobile phone use, while the ten diaries written in 2001 covered media use as well as mobile phone use. In 2001, the participants also wrote a short essay titled "The media and I".

The dataset is only available in Finnish.

Keywords

electronic mail; information society; interpersonal communication; life styles; mass media use; mobile communication; social networks; youth

Topic Classification

Series

Young people as Actors in the New Era of Communication Technology 1997-2002

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Data Collector

  • Kasesniemi, Eija-Liisa (University of Tampere. Information Society Research Centre)
  • Oksman, Virpi (University of Tampere. Information Society Research Centre)
  • Rautiainen, Pirjo (University of Tampere. Information Society Research Centre)

Time Period Covered

1999 – 2001

Collection Dates

1999 – 2001

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland. The participants are from different parts of Finland.

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Young people around Finland participating in the research project

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability

The invitation to participate in data collection was addressed to several people participating in the project. Out of these, those who were willing wrote a diary for research purposes.

Collection Mode

Self-administered writings and/or diaries

Research Instrument

Data collection guidelines: Self-administered writings guide

Data Files

In addition to the 15 archived diaries, there were eight diaries that remained in use by the researchers and were not archived.

Data File Language

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

Qualitative data are available in their original language only and are not translated.

Data Version

2.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

Photos taken by the participants are not included 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

Kasesniemi, Eija-Liisa (University of Tampere) & Oksman, Virpi (University of Tampere): Mobile Phone and Media Diaries 1999-2001 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2011-01-31). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2171

Deposit Requirement

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Disclaimer

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

Related Publications Tooltip

Publications based on the data are not listed by individual dataset. The list includes all publications based on the data produced by the mobile communication research project of the Information Society Research Centre (FSD2206, FSD2205, FSD2204, FSD2203, FSD2199, FSD2198, FSD2197, FSD2196, FSD2195, FSD2194, FSD2193, FSD2182, FSD2171, FSD2144, FSD2142, FSD2141).

Rautiainen, Pirjo (2001). 'Kentän' ja 'toisen' kohtaaminen. Kokemuksia kenttätyöstä intiaanireservaatissa. Elore 8(1). Joensuu: Suomen Kansantietouden Tutkijain Seura ry.

Rautiainen, Pirjo (2002). Antropologin kenttä ja työ - nojatuolista norsunluutorniin? Kulttuuriantropologin työn pohdintaa kahden kenttätyökokemuksen perusteella. Etnologiatieteiden tutkimuksia; 41. Jyväskylä: Jyväskylän yliopistopaino. Kulttuuriantropologian pro gradu -tutkielma.

Rautiainen, Pirjo (2003). "Ei siitä mitään infoähkyä tule"- Katsaus nuorten mediakulttuuriin. Kirjastolehti; 4. Suomen kirjastoseura.

Rautiainen, Pirjo (2005). "Se on semmoinen taskussa kulkeva kaveri". Katsaus lasten ja nuorten kännykkäkulttuuriin. Peili: elokuva- ja televisiokasvatuslehti; 2. Elokuva- ja televisiokasvatuksen keskus ETKK ry.

Rautiainen, Pirjo (2005). Romance and everyday work, the two sides of fieldwork - a challenge for the anthropologist. Ethnologia Fennica, 25-33. Finnish Studies in Ethnology. Jyväskylä: Kopijyvä.

Rautiainen, Pirjo (2005). Mobile Youth in the Information Society. New Media as Symbols of the Individual and the Community. In: eCity - Analyzing the efforts to generate local dynamism in the City of Tampere (eds. Antti Kasvio & Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko), 565-587. Tampere: Tampere University Press.

Oksman, Virpi & Rautiainen, Pirjo (2002). "Den är hela livet i min hand". Mobilkommunikation, familj och kön. NIKK magasin; 2. Nordic Institute for Women's Studies and Gender Research.

Oksman, Virpi & Rautiainen, Pirjo (2002). Toda mi vida en la palma de mi mano. La communicatión móvil en la vida diaria de ninös y adolescentes de Finlandia. Juventud y teléfonos móviles. Revista de estudios de juventud (57), 25-33. Madrid: Instituto de la Juventud Redacción.

Oksman, Virpi & Rautiainen, Pirjo (2003). "Perhaps it is a body part". How the mobile phone became an organic part of everyday lives of Finnish children and adolescents. In: Machines that Become Us (ed. James Katz), 293-308. New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers.

Oksman, Virpi & Rautiainen, Pirjo (2003). "That's modern life for you". Mobile communication in everyday life of children and teenagers in Finland. Acta Ethnographica Hungarica 48(1-2), 149-159.

Oksman, Virpi & Rautiainen, Pirjo (2003). Extension of the hand: Childrens's and teenagers relationship with the mobile phone in Finland. In: Mediating the Human Body. Technology, Communication and Fashion (eds. Leopoldina Fortunati & James Katz & Raimonda Riccini), 130-141. Lawrence Eribaum Associates, Inc Publishers.

Oksman, Virpi & Rautiainen, Pirjo (2003). Il prolungamento della mano. Il rapporto di bambini e adolescenti coi cellulare in Finlandia. In: Corpo futuro. Il corpo umano tra technologie, comunicazione e moda (eds. Leopoldina Fortunati & James Katz & Raimonda Riccini), 144-155. Collana di sociologia. Milano: FrancoAngeli.

Oksman, Virpi & Rautiainen, Pirjo (2005). Mobile Kommunikation und Senioren im hoch technisierten Finnland. In: Mobile Kommunikation - Perspektiven und Forschungsfelder (eds. Joachim R. Höflich & Julian Gebhardt), 179-199. Berlin: Peter Lang.

Oksman, Virpi & Rautiainen, Pirjo (2001). "Se on sitä nykypäivää". Matkaviestintä lasten ja nuorten tietoyhteiskuntana. Teoksessa: Lasten tietoyhteiskunta (toim. Marjatta Kangassalo & Juha Suoranta), 60-71. Tampere: Tampere University Press.

Oksman, Virpi (2010). The mobile phone: A medium in itself. VTT Publications 737. Helsinki: Valtion teknillinen tutkimuskeskus VTT.

Kasesniemi, Eija-Liisa & Rautiainen, Pirjo (2001). Kännyssä piilevät sanomat. Nuoret, väline ja viesti. Tampere: Tampere University Press.

Kasesniemi, Eija-Liisa & Rautiainen, Pirjo (2002). Mobile communication of children and teenagers in Finland. Teoksessa: Perpetual Contact. Mobile communication, Private Talk and Public Performance (eds. James Katz & Mark Aakhus), 200-220. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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