Journalists' questions during the Public Health Agency of Sweden's press conferences during the corona pandemic 2020
https://doi.org/10.5878/9hks-7g79
This dataset contains questions/turn-takings asked by journalists during the Public Health Agency of Sweden's press conferences during the corona pandemic throughout 2020, as well as during personal interviews with government representatives (mainly the Public Health Agency) on Aftonbladet's web TV and on Sveriges Television's live TV broadcasts. The purpose was to investigate the proportion of journalists' questions that were critical. The data is collected through a quantitative content analysis coded by hand by an individual coder. A total of 1,215 questions / turn-takings (with 26 variables) were asked by journalists, collected during the period 2020-03-06 to 2020-12-29.
The dataset contains raw data, R scripts with comments and plotted graphs. Refer to the documentation file README.pdf (Swedish) for descriptions of individual files.
Citation and access
Citation and access
Data access level:
Creator/Principal investigator(s):
Research principal:
Data contains personal data:
No
Citation:
Language:
Method and outcome
Method and outcome
Unit of analysis:
Population:
Public Health Agency of Sweden's press conferences
Time method:
Sampling procedure:
Description of sampling:
The sample includes all of Public Health Agency of Sweden's press conferences during the time period.
Time period(s) investigated:
Variables:
26
Number of individuals/objects:
1215
Data collection - Content coding
Data collection - Content coding
Mode of collection:
Content coding
Time period(s) for data collection:
2020-03-06 - 2020-12-29
Source of the data:
- Communications: Public
- Communications
Geographic coverage
Geographic coverage
Geographic location:
Administrative information
Administrative information
Responsible department/unit:
Department of Journalism, Media and Communication
Funding
Funding
Funding agency:
- Institutet för mediestudier
Topic and keywords
Topic and keywords
CESSDA Topic Classification:
Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2025:
Relations
Relations
Publications
Publications
Citation:
Dahlgren, P. M. (2021). Ställde journalisterna kritiska frågor under Folkhälsomyndighetens presskonferenser? I L. Truedson & B. Johansson (Red.), Journalistik i coronans tid (s. 45–72). Institutet för mediestudier. https://mediestudier.se/publikationer/journalistik-i-coronans-tidOpens in a new tab
ISBN:
9789198498288
Metadata
Metadata
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