Data for article: Representations of changing weather conditions and outdoor work in the Swedish media: Legitimization of a risk discourse.
Data files
Data files
Citation and access
Citation and access
Data access level:
Creator/Principal investigator(s):
Research principal:
Principal's reference number:
- KM 5.1-51-22
Data contains personal data:
No
Citation:
Language:
Method and outcome
Method and outcome
Unit of analysis:
Population:
Subjects of the research are media representations available in the database retriever.se (Mediearkivet).
Time method:
Sampling procedure:
Description of sampling:
A strategic selection that focused on texts that not only briefly mentioned weather, climate and/or outdoor work, but had these or one of these as important themes. This selection resulted in 72 texts (including deleted duplicates).
Time period(s) investigated:
Number of individuals/objects:
72
Data format/data structure:
Data collection - Compilation/Synthesis
Data collection - Compilation/Synthesis
Mode of collection:
Compilation/Synthesis
Description of the mode of collection:
The material consists of media material downloaded from the database retriever.se (Mediearkivet). The retriever.se database enables searches in 4071 different Swedish media from 1945 onwards (printed media, online media, radio and TV, and podcasts). Keywords used: Klimatförändringar AND utomhusarbete, storm AND utomhusarbete, nederbörd AND utomhusarbete, klimat AND utomhusarbete, kyla AND utomhusarbete och värme AND utomhusarbete. If translated into English: climate change AND outdoor work, storm AND outdoor work, precipitation (rain and snow) AND outdoor work, climate AND outdoor work, cold AND outdoor work, heat AND outdoor work. Search on all sources and all dates, 1945-2024. Number of hits: 2, 7, 11, 72, 118 and 125 respectively (total 335). Most hits were from 2010 onwards.
Time period(s) for data collection:
2023-01-01 - 2024-09-30
Data collector:
- Umeå University
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Sample size:
72
Source of the data:
- Communications: Public
- Communications
Instrument
Instrument
Name:
retriever.se (Mediearkivet)
Type:
Other
Description of the instrument:
The retriever.se database enables searches in 4071 different Swedish media from 1945 onwards (printed media, online media, radio and TV, and podcasts).
Geographic coverage
Geographic coverage
Geographic location:
Geographic description:
The retriever.se database enables searches in 4071 different Swedish media from 1945 onwards (printed media, online media, radio and TV, and podcasts).
Highest geographic unit:
Country
Administrative information
Administrative information
Responsible department/unit:
Department for culture and media studies
Contributor(s):
- Jenny Lönnroth - Umeå University - Department of culture and media studies
Ethics Review:
Swedish Ethical Review Authority - 2023-01215-01
Funding
Funding
Funding agency:
Award number:
2022-01841_Formas
Award title:
Inconspicuous adaption to climate changes in vulnerable occupations. An ethnographic study
Funding information:
Climate change with strong winds, extensive rainfall and prolonged heat waves represent an increasing challenge for many occupational groups. Construction workers, road workers and care staff are particularly vulnerable groups. This study focuses on the significance of climate change for these occupational groups. The purpose is to investigate the informal climate adaptation that characterizes everyday professional practice. More specifically, the purpose is to explore how professionals’ climate adaptation takes place through the development of new or changed working practices. The purpose is also to investigate how knowledge produced within the project can be implemented in concrete measures for climate adaptation.The study is motivated by the fact that Sweden is late in terms of climate adaptation of the labor market. There is also a lack of knowledge about the importance of informal, everyday experiences of climate adaptation in working life, and of the importance of social and cultural categories for experiences of climate change. According to the present project, this can be understood in terms of cross-cutting challenges between a formal (decision-making) and an informal (everyday) level, as well as between different perspectives on knowledge. The work with climate adaptations of the labor market needs to learn more from concrete professional experiences of climate change, and to consider what gender, ethnicity and age mean for how professionals handle these changes.
