Study title

Children's Media Barometer 2010

Dataset ID Number

FSD3069

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3069

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Finnish Society on Media Education

Abstract

The barometer was collected as part of a research project funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture of Finland and it aimed to investigate children's media use and their relationship with the media in the year 2010. The data were collected from families that had children aged 0-8, and the parents of the children responded to the survey. In the survey, media include television, the Internet, digital games, mobile phone, the radio and music, and print media.

The respondents were asked how well they knew the media contents their children used, how important they regarded different things when selecting content for their children, and which media devices their children had access to at home. The respondents were asked whether their children used different media (television and films, the Internet, digital games, mobile phone, radio and music, and print media), in which format / on which device and how often, and what kind of content they accessed using each medium. For digital media, additional questions charted whether there were rules in place regarding the use of each medium in the family, and who accompanied the children when they used the media. Opinions were charted on age restrictions/ratings and child protection from harmful content on TV, films, the Internet and digital games. Finally, the respondents were asked how often they had noticed effects or changes in their children caused by the use of media (e.g. the child wanted to have a product seen in the media, the child acted restlessly or aggressively after media use, the child learned foreign language through media).

Background variables included the respondent's role (mother/stepmother, father/stepfather, other guardian), age, education, region, and type of neighbourhood of residence as well as the number of guardians in the household, and ages and genders of children. In addition, there were background variables charting information on the child on whose behalf the parent responded, which included the child's year of birth, gender, special characteristics that affect media use (e.g. disability), whether the child had a room of his/her own, and the child's reading and writing level.

Keywords

children; digital games; internet; internet use; mass media exposure; mass media use; media literacy; mobile communication; news; reading (activity); television

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Information society (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Children (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Time use (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Children's Media Barometers

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

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

Data Collector

• Webmie Oy

Data Producers

• Finnish Society on Media Education
• Mannerheim League for Child Welfare
• University of Tampere
• University of Jyväskylä

Time Period Covered

2010

Collection Dates

2010-11 – 2010-12

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Parents of children aged 0-8 living in mainland Finland

Time Method

Longitudinal

Sampling Procedure

Information not available

The sampling was conducted on the level of regions. The data were collected as a mail survey from the parents of children aged 0-8. Responses were received from a total of 743 families.

Collection Mode

Self-administered questionnaire: Paper

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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

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Data Version

2.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

Variables q35_a and q35_e have identical question wording. This study description is based on the information found in the report of the study.

The archived data are missing the following variables: q20_i, q41_b, q41_c and q57. In addition, the data are missing the following open-ended variables q1_1, q3_1, q5_1, q13_1_1, q13_2_1, q20_i_1, q25_e_1, q39_m_1, q43_1, q44_e_1, q47_i_1, q50_g_1 and q54_l_1.

Weighting

There is a weight variable (paino) in the data, which was used to weight the data to correspond to the geographical distribution of the population aged 0-8.

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

Finnish Society on Media Education: Children's Media Barometer 2010 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-07-24). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3069

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

Lasten mediabarometri 2010: 0-8-vuotiaiden lasten mediankäyttö Suomessa (2011) [verkkodokumentti]. Toim. Kotilainen, Sirkku. Helsinki: Mediakasvatusseura. Mediakasvatusseuran julkaisuja 1/2011. http://www.mediakasvatus.fi/publications/ISBN978-952-99964-6-9.pdf [viitattu 13.11.2015]

Related Publications

Lasten mediabarometri 2010: 0-8-vuotiaiden lasten mediankäyttö Suomessa (2011) [verkkodokumentti]. Toim. Kotilainen, Sirkku. Helsinki: Mediakasvatusseura. Mediakasvatusseuran julkaisuja 1/2011. http://www.mediakasvatus.fi/publications/ISBN978-952-99964-6-9.pdf [viitattu 13.11.2015]

Children's media barometer 2010. The use of media among 0-8-year-olds in Finland. An English Summary of the Original Finnish Report (2011). Ed. Kotilainen, Sirkku. Helsinki: Finnish Society on Media Education.

Suoninen, Annikka (2011). Lasten mediabarometri 2010. Vanhempien mielipiteet lasten mediankäytöstä [verkkodokumentti]. Helsinki: Mediakasvatusseura. Mediakasvatusseuran julkaisuja 2/2011. http://www.mediakasvatus.fi/publications/ISBN978-952-99964-9-0.pdf [viitattu 13.11.2015]