Study title

Cultural Distinctions, Generations and Change 1960-2010: Coverage in European Newspaper Articles

Dataset ID Number

FSD3385

Persistent identifiers

https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3385
https://doi.org/10.60686/t-fsd3385

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Purhonen, Semi (University of Helsinki)
• Heikkilä, Riie (University of Helsinki)
• Lauronen, Tina (University of Helsinki)

Abstract

This study consists of data on articles in the culture sections of the following leading daily newspapers: Helsingin Sanomat (Finland), Dagens Nyheter (Sweden), The Guardian (Great Britain), Le Monde (France), ABC (1960-1975)/El país (1976-2010) (Spain) and Milliyet (Turkey). The articles were published between the years 1960 and 2010. The data were collected as part of the Cultural Distinctions, Generations and Change: A Comparative Study of Five European Countries, 1960-2010 (CUDIGE) project, which examined cross-national differences in cultural distinctions and their temporal changes in six different European countries. The project received funding from the Kone Foundation (2013-2016), University of Helsinki (2013-2015) and Academy of Finland (2013-2018, project numbers 291619 and 309181). In addition to this study, dataset FSD3386 Cultural Distinctions, Generations and Change 1960-2010: Coverage in European Newspaper Issues contains aggregate data where individual newspaper issues were studied.

Extensive information on the variables and data collection can be found in the background information file bgF3385_eng.pdf. The data include information on what newspaper the article was published in, publication date, total number of pages in the newspaper issue and its culture section and the page number of the article. Information on other features of the articles, such as the type of the article, its location on the newspaper page and the size and contents of pictures in the article, is also included in the data. Additionally, the data include the name and gender (based on the name) of the writer of the article as well as whether the article included a picture of the writer.

Next, the data contain information on the cultural area of the article, divided into the subgenres of dance, literature and music. If the article concerned a specific artist, information on the country of origin of the artist as well as the time horizon (historical/classic - future) of the event/artist/performer was collected. Finally, information on the narrative features of the articles was collected, for example, whether the article was written in first person, included explicit judgements on the piece of art treated in the article, and included explicit references to money or other economic indicators, politics or generations.

Keywords

arts; cultural life; cultural research; mass culture; mass media; news; newspaper press

Topic Classification

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

• Purhonen, Semi (University of Helsinki)
• Heikkilä, Riie (University of Helsinki)
• Lauronen, Tina (University of Helsinki)

Time Period Covered

• 1960
• 1970
• 1980
• 1990
• 2000
• 2010

Collection Dates

2013-03-01 – 2014-06-01

Nation

Finland, Great Britain, France, Sweden, Spain, Turkey

Geographical Coverage

Finland, Great Britain, France, Sweden, Spain, Turkey

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Media unit: Text

Universe

Articles in the culture sections of the following newspapers: El País (previously ABC), The Guardian, Dagens Nyheter, Helsingin Sanomat, Le Monde, Milliyet (excluding advertisements and other commercial content)

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Stratified

The articles were collected from the culture sections of newspapers. Advertisements and other commercial content were not included in the data. The sample was formed so that the calendar year was divided into three four-month periods and all days of the week from Monday to Sunday were randomly drawn for each period. 21 issues of each newspaper were included in the sample per year (3x7), with the exception of The Guardian and Le Monde which are not published every weekday. For The Guardian and Le Monde, 18 issues were drawn for the sample per year (3x6). Similarly, 18 issues per year were drawn for the ABC newspaper, later named El País, until the 1980s. After the year 1990 the newspaper began publishing every weekday and subsequently 21 issues of the newspaper were drawn per year for the sample.

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: English.

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

Number of Cases and Variables

57 variables and 13161 cases.

Data Version

1.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

Additional information on the formation of variables is available in the background file (bgF3386_eng.pdf). Please note that variables a_month, a_pages, a_page and a_cul_pn, denoting month of publication, total amount of pages, page number and page number in the culture section respectively, do not include information on the Millyet newspaper. Information on the Millyet newspaper is available in variable a_file.

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

Purhonen, Semi (University of Helsinki) & Heikkilä, Riie (University of Helsinki) & Lauronen, Tina (University of Helsinki): Cultural Distinctions, Generations and Change 1960-2010: Coverage in European Newspaper Articles [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2020-09-30). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3385

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

FSD3386 Cultural Distinctions, Generations and Change 1960-2010: Coverage in European Newspaper Issues

Related Publications

Fernandez Rodriguez, Carlos J.; Heikkilä, Riie ja Purhonen, Semi (2018) Hacia una mayor apertura cultural? Un analisis de la cobertura de articulos sobre musica en la prensa de referencia de cinco paises europeos (1960-2010). Revista Internacional de Sociologia 76(2): e092.

Heikkilä, Riie ja Gronow, Jukka (2018) Stability and change in the style and standards of European newspapers' arts reviews, 1960-2010. Journalism Practice 12(5): 624-639.

Heikkilä, Riie; Lauronen, Tina ja Purhonen, Semi (2018) The crisis of cultural journalism revisited: The space and place of culture in quality European newspapers from 1960 to 2010. European Journal of Cultural Studies 21(6): 669-686.

Lauronen, Tina; Heikkilä, Riie ja Purhonen, Semi (2019) Cultural globalization on the printed page: Stability and change in the proportion of foreign cultural products in European quality newspapers, 1960-2010. Acta Sociologica 62(2): 211-227.

Purhonen, Semi; Heikkilä, Riie ja Karademir Hazir, Irmak (2017) The grand opening? The transformation of the content of culture sections in European newspapers, 1960-2010. Poetics: Journal of Empirical Research on Culture, the Media and the Arts 62: 29-42.

Purhonen, Semi; Heikkilä, Riie; Karademir Hazir, Irmak; Lauronen, Tina; Fernandez Rodriguez, Carlos J. ja Gronow, Jukka (2019) Enter Culture, Exit Arts? The Transformation of Cultural Hierarchies in European Newspaper Culture Sections, 1960-2010. London and New York: Routledge.

Purhonen, Semi; Lauronen, Tina ja Heikkilä, Riie (2015) Into the great wide open? A comparative study of the contents of newspaper culture sections in the UK and Finland, 1970-2010. Research on Finnish Society 8: 5-8.

Purhonen, Semi; Lauronen, Tina ja Heikkilä, Riie (2019) Between legitimization and popularization: The rise and reception of U.S. cultural products in culture sections of quality European newspapers, 1960-2010. American Journal of Cultural Sociology 7(3): 382-411. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41290-018-0064-z