Study title

Newspaper Coverage of Climate Change and Eutrophication 1990-2010

Dataset ID Number

FSD2828

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2828
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd2828

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Lyytimäki, Jari (Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE))

Abstract

The data contain information on news items that mention the terms climate change or eutrophication published in the newspaper Helsingin Sanomat from 1990 to 2010. The dataset contains variables that were formed of the information available in the Helsingin Sanomat digital database, namely the title and topic of the news item, year and month of publication, the section of the paper, and the search term that was used to find the item. The data consist of 8,779 news items related to climate change and 2,162 items related to eutrophication.

Keywords

climate change; environmental degradation; greenhouse effect; journalism; natural environment; news items; newspaper press

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Natural sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Environment and conservation (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Energy and natural resources (CESSDA Topic 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

• Lyytimäki, Jari (Finnish Environment Institute)

Time Period Covered

1990-01-01 – 2010-12-31

Collection Dates

2009-01 – 2011-04

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Media unit: Text

Universe

News items about or related to climate change or eutrophication published in Helsingin Sanomat 1990-2010.

Time Method

Cross-section

Data Sources

Helsingin Sanomat (1990-2010)

Sampling Procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

The data contain all news items that mention climate change or eutrophication published in Helsingin Sanomat 1990-2010. The news items were searched from the Helsingin Sanomat database by using search terms relating to climate change and eutrophication, after which the results were examined and irrelevant items and duplicates removed.

A more detailed description of the collection method used can be found in the researcher's doctoral dissertation 'The environment in the headlines. Newspaper coverage of climate change and euthrophication in Finland'. See the related publications.

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.

FSD translates quantitative data into English on request, free of charge. More information on ordering data translation.

Number of Cases and Variables

11 variables and 10941 cases.

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

Lyytimäki, Jari (Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE)): Newspaper Coverage of Climate Change and Eutrophication 1990-2010 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2014-10-08). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD2828

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 Materials

Lyytimäki, Jari (2012) The environment in the headlines. Newspaper coverage of climate change and euthrophication in Finland. Monographs of the boreal environment research No 42. Saatavilla: https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/37007 [viitattu 15.10.2014].

Related Publications

Lyytimäki, Jari (2012) The environment in the headlines. Newspaper coverage of climate change and euthrophication in Finland. Monographs of the boreal environment research No 42.

Valtonen, Anitta (2013). Pallo neuvottelijoilla. Suomi kansainvälisissä ilmastoneuvotteluissa 1988-2012. Helsinki: Ympäristöministeriö.

Lyytimäki Jari (2015). Prospects for environmental communication based on 25 years of newspaper coverage of climate change and eutrophication in Finland. Applied Environmental Education & Communication 14(4): 246-255. DOI: 10.1080/1533015X.2015.1109486

Rask, Mikko & Neuvonen, Aleksi & Louhija, Kimmo (2015). Ilmastokeskustelun muutosdynamiikka. Futura 34(3): 67-78.

Kangas, Hanna-Liisa & Lyytimäki Jari (2020). Luontoa vaivaa viestintävaje. Teoksessa: Mattila Hanna (toim.) Elämän verkko. Luonnon monimuotoisuutta edistämässä. Gaudeamus, Helsinki. Ss. 233-247.

Lyytimäki, Jari & Kangas, Hanna-Liisa & Mervaala, Erkki & Vikström, Suvi (2020). Muted by a crisis? COVID-19 and the long-term evolution of climate change newspaper coverage. Sustainability 12(20): 8575. https://doi.org/10.3390/su12208575

Lyytimäki, Jari (2020). Ilmastonmuutos isosti otsikoissa - kirittääkö uutisointi kestävyysmurrokseen? Yhteiskuntapolitiikka 85(2): 191-196. http://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2020040110035