Study title

That's So '80s! Writing Competition 2015

Dataset ID Number

FSD3141

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3141
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3141

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

• Finnish Literature Society (SKS)
• Karonen, Petri (University of Jyväskylä. Department of History and Ethnology)

Abstract

The study charted the memories of Finns who lived their youth in the 1980s with a focus on the music of the time and its effect on everyday life, hobbies and fashion. The participants wrote about where and how they had listened to music, which artists and bands they had liked the most, and what music had meant to them at the time.

There are 60 texts and two images in the dataset. The data collection was conducted by the Niin kasaria ("That's so '80s") research programme of the Department of History and Ethnology at the University of Jyväskylä, Finnish Literature Society and Society of Swedish Literature in Finland.

Background information included age, gender, occupation and place of residence.

The dataset is only available in Finnish.

Keywords

fashion; leisure time activities; listening to music; mass culture; music; musicians; youth; youth culture

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Humanities (Fields of Science Classification)
• Social behaviour and attitudes (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Cultural and national identity (CESSDA Topic Classification)
• Cultural activities and participation (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (C) available only for research including master's theses.

Data Collector

• Finnish Literature Society

Time Period Covered

1980 – 1989

Collection Dates

2015-02-01 – 2015-11-30

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Event/Process/Activity

Media unit: Text

Universe

Finns who lived their youth in the 1980s

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Availability

The invitation to participate in the study was available on the website of the Finnish Literature Society. The writing competition was also advertised in the Kouvolan Sanomat, Kymen Sanomat and Etelä-Saimaa newspapers and on the radio. The research project further promoted the data collection on their own website. Participants were able to deliver their texts by using a form on the website or sending them via post or email.

Collection Mode

Self-administered writings and/or diaries

Research Instrument

Data collection guidelines: Self-administered writings guide

Data Files

60 texts in TXT and PDF file formats, HTML based on the TXT files, and 8 images in JPG file format.

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

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The names of the writers and third persons as well as other direct identifiers and references to external sources were anonymised in the data. The names of third persons were removed or, if recurring, replaced with pseudonyms. Faces of people were concealed in images. Newspaper/magazine articles included in two responses were not archived. Anonymisation done at FSD is marked with double brackets. Background information was collected straight from the online form or, in the case of texts sent by email, from the information mentioned in the texts themselves. The data are available in text file format. Images included in texts were saved as separate files and the respective filename marked at the end of each text. Scanned texts were saved in PDF file format.

The data contain texts whose authors consented for archiving them at FSD (N: 60). The complete dataset was archived at the Finnish Literature Society.

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 Literature Society (SKS) & Karonen, Petri (University of Jyväskylä): That's So '80s! Writing Competition 2015 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2017-06-22). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3141

Deposit Requirement

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

Special Terms and Conditions for Access

The data may contain identifiers that have not been anonymised (e.g. person names, information on place of residence, names of work places and such). When publishing quotations of the data, users need to consider very carefully in each specific case what information needs to be removed or altered according to research ethical guidelines.

Disclaimer

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

FSD has not been informed of any publications related to the data.