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Popular fiction 1984-1985

https://doi.org/10.5878/h5wj-7265
Interviews have been made with persons who have visited shops for used popular fiction. The first interview contains questions on reading, other media habits and some background factors. After this the interviewed person was given the task to read a special book with popular fiction and after this to be interviewed again. As thanks for participation the interviewed person received ten books, six of them popular fiction. After some time a follow-up interview was made over telephone where among other things was asked which of the ten books had been read and what the opinion of them was.
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Creator/​Principal investigator(s):

  • Gunnar Hansson - University of Gothenburg - Department of Comparative Literature
  • Arne Fredholm - University of Gothenburg - Department of Comparative Literature

Research principal:

Data contains personal data:

No

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Method and outcome

Unit of analysis:

Population:

Individuals visiting shops for used popular fiction

Time method:

Time period(s) investigated:

Variables:

300

Number of individuals/​objects:

96

Data format/​data structure:

Data collection Face-to-face interview

Mode of collection:

Face-to-face interview

Time period(s) for data collection:

1984 - 1985

Data collector:

  • University of Gothenburg, Department of Comparative Literature

Source of the data:

  • Population group

Geographic coverage

Geographic location:

Administrative information

Responsible department/​unit:

Department of Comparative Literature

Funding

Funding agency:

  • Swedish Council for Research in the Humanitie and Social Sciences

Topic and keywords

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Publications

Citation:

Hansson, G. (1987) Läsning av populärfiktion. In Carlsson, U. (ed.), Forskning om populärkultur, Göteborg: NORDICOM-Sverige.

Citation:

Hansson, G. (1990) Not a day without a book. On the reading of popular fiction. SPIEL: Siegener Periodicum zur Internationalen Empirischen Literaturwissenschaft, Jg. 9.

Citation:

Hansson, G. (1988) Inte en dag utan en bok. Om läsning av populärfiktion, Linköping Studies in Arts and Science 30. Linköping: Tema Kommunikation. ISBN: 9178703999

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  • ISBN:

    9789178703999

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