Aineiston nimi

News Articles about COVID-19 in Helsingin Sanomat, Asahi Shimbun and Dagens Nyheter 2020

Aineistonumero

FSD3723

Pysyvä tunniste

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3723

Aineiston laatu

Kvalitatiivinen aineisto

Tekijät

• Kangas, Kaisa (University of Helsinki)

Sisällön kuvaus

The data consist of news articles about COVID-19 published in the Finnish newspaper Helsingin Sanomat. The articles include medical and scientific information and expert opinions relating to COVID-19 from the first few months of the pandemic. The data also contain a list of similar articles that were published in the newspapers Dagens Nyheter (Sweden) and Asahi Shimbun (Japan). The data were originally collected for the research project 'The politicization of science in the corona news', funded by the Helsingin Sanomat Foundation.

A list of publication and author information for the Helsingin Sanomat news articles compiled by the researcher is also available. It is possible to connect the publication and author information to each article by using the date included in the names of the html files. The names of the html files begin with FSD's dataset ID.

The dataset is only available in Finnish.

Asiasanat

COVID-19; bacterial and virus diseases; information sources; news; newspapers; specialists

Tieteenala/Aihealue

• Social sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Medical and health sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Natural sciences (OKM:n tieteenalaluokitus)
• Media (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)
• Public health (CESSDAn aihepiiriluokitus)

Sarja

Individual datasets

Jakelija

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Käyttöoikeudet

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

Kerääjät

• Kangas, Kaisa

Rahoittajat

• Helsingin Sanomat Foundation

Ajallinen kattavuus

2020-02-24 – 2020-06-15

Aineistonkeruun ajankohta

2020-02-24 – 2020-06-15

Maa

Finland, Sweden, Japan

Kohdealue

Finland, Sweden, Japan

Havainto/aineistoyksikkötyyppi

Media unit: Text

Event/Process/Activity

Perusjoukko/otos

News articles about COVID-19

Tutkimuksen aikaulottuvuus

Cross-section

Lähdeaineistot

Helsingin Sanomat

Asahi Shimbun

Dagens Nyheter

Havainto/aineistoyksiköiden valinta

Non-probability: Purposive

The researcher collected news articles about COVID-19 from three newspapers: Helsingin Sanomat (HS), Dagens Nyheter (DN) and Asahi Shimbun (AS). The data archived at FSD only contain lists of publication information for the articles published in DN and AS, not the articles themselves. The researcher requested the material from Helsingin Sanomat and received all news articles published between 13 March and 15 June 2020 that included the word 'korona' (corona). 13 March was selected as the starting point of the analysis period as on that date many media outlets reported that the epidemic phase was about to begin. 15 June was selected as the ending point as the state of emergency was lifted on the following day in Finland. From these articles, the researcher selected those that contained scientific information or expert opinions on the virus itself. The articles published in DN (295 articles) were collected following the same criteria between 1 March and 15 June 2020 by using the search function on the newspaper's website to search for the keyword 'corona'. The analysis period for DN begins earlier as the epidemic phase began earlier in Sweden than in Finland. The articles published in AS (638 articles) were collected with a similar keyword search between 24 February and 25 May 2020. Here, the analysis period begins a few days before schools were closed in Japan and ends when the last administrative prefectures lifted the state of emergency. Local and foreign news were excluded from the AS data.

Aineistonkeruun tekniikka

Compilation/Synthesis

Keruuväline tai –ohje

Data collection guidelines: Secondary data collection guide

Aineiston määrä

442 html files (HS articles) and two pdf files (lists of publication information for the DN and AS articles). Another pdf file containing the publication and author information for the HS articles.

Datatiedostojen kieli

Aineisto sisältää datatiedostoja seuraavilla kielillä: suomi.

Kvalitatiiviset aineistot ovat saatavilla vain alkuperäiskielellä, niitä ei käännetä.

Datan versio

1.0

Viittausvaatimus

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.

Malliviittaus

Kangas, Kaisa (University of Helsinki): News Articles about COVID-19 in Helsingin Sanomat, Asahi Shimbun and Dagens Nyheter 2020 [dataset]. Version 1.0 (2023-01-27). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD3723

Julkaisusta tiedottaminen

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

Erityisehdot

Use of the data material is permitted in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Finnish Copyright Act and the copying licence granted by Kopiosto. The data material itself must not be published. Users of the data can quote the material in the manner allowed by the Finnish Copyright Act to the extent required for the purpose. The creator of the material and the source must be cited in published quotations in an appropriate manner.

Varaumat

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

Julkaisut aineistosta

Kangas, Kaisa (2022). "Auki vaiko kiinni? Kouluja koskeva koronakeskustelu Suomen, Ruotsin ja Japanin valtalehdissä". Yhteiskuntapolitiikka 4/2022. https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2022091459079