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Swedish press council 1916-1987

https://doi.org/10.5878/k30h-4j70
'Swedish Press Council 1916-1987' was part of the research project 'Publicistisk Sed'. The study is based on a review of the archives of the Press Council and the Press Ombudsman. Based on diaries and archived documents for each case, information has been transferred to a code scheme for data processing. The study focuses on the cases that have been received by the Swedish Press Council and the Press Ombudsman during the years 1916 to 1987. This means that all cases received have been coded, regardless of whether they have been formally processed or not. Even cases that have been written off directly have thus been considered part of the work performed. In order to gain some knowledge of the role played by individual newspapers, the name of each newspaper reported has been recorded. This information, together with information on the year and decision in the case, has been collected in a separate file.
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Data files

  • PON1916_1987_anm.sav
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  • PON1916_1987_anm.xlsx
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  • PON1916_1987_tidn.sav
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  • PON1916_1987_tidn.xlsx
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Documentation files

  • PON1916_1987_anm_kb.txt
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  • PON1916_1987_tidn_kb.txt
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Citation and access

Data access level:

Creator/​Principal investigator(s):

  • Lennart Weibull - University of Gothenburg - Department of Journalism Media and Communication
  • Britt Börjeson - University of Gothenburg - Department of Political Science

Research principal:

Data contains personal data:

No

Citation:

Language:

Method and outcome

Unit of analysis:

Population:

Reports to the Swedish Press Council during the period 1916-1987.

Time method:

Sampling procedure:

Description of sampling:

A total of 7,504 reports were received by the Swedish Press Council during the period 1916-1987. The majority were received during the latter part of the period and only 875 cases during the period 1916-1969. A systematic selection over the entire period would therefore result in too little material from the first period. This was solved by a combination of total selection and random selection. All cases received during the period 1916-1969 were coded. Of those received thereafter, every fifth case was coded. The Press Ombudsman's diary of received reports was used as a starting point for the coding. After having established that there was no built-in periodicity in the diary, it was decided to select every fifth case in the order in which they were received. For each year, a "starting number" was determined using a dice.

Time period(s) investigated:

Description of the response rate/​participation rate:

Reports: 40 variables, 2 186 units Newspapers: 13 variables, 2 517 units

Data format/​data structure:

Data collection Content coding

Mode of collection:

Content coding

Description of the mode of collection:

In total, the collected material comprises 2,213 cases, of which 875 were received before 1970 and 1,338 were received during the years 1970 to 1987. A small number (9) in the PO's diary were taken up by, for example, requests for referrals. These numbers were deleted. There are also cases that were received by the PressCouncil's secretary during the years when the board was dormant during the war. 18 of these cases, which were received from the beginning of 1939 to June 1945, were written off en masse by the board when it reconvened. Regardless of what the case was, the PO considered that they had become too old to be processed. These cases have also been deleted from the material. The material used for analysis then left 2,186 cases, of which 857 were received before 1970 and 1,329 thereafter.

Time period(s) for data collection:

1987 - 1990

Source of the data:

  • Registers/Records/Accounts: Administrative
  • Registers/Records/Accounts

Geographic coverage

Geographic location:

Lowest geographic unit:

Country

Highest geographic unit:

Country

Administrative information

Responsible department/​unit:

Journalism Media and Communication JMG

Topic and keywords

CESSDA Topic Classification:

Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2025:

Keywords:

Relations

Obsoletes:

https://doi.org/10.5878/001026Opens in a new tab

Publications

Citation:

Börjesson, B. (1990) Heder och seder - anmälningar till Pressens Opinionsnämnd åren 1916-1987. PM från projektet Publicistisk sed nr 7. Göteborg: Department of Journalism and Mass Communication.

Metadata

Versions

Version:

2

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5878/k30h-4j70Opens in a new tab

  • Data merged:

    Data from Swedish press council 1916-1987 - Reports (version 1.0, 78/000922); Swedish press council 1916-1987 - Reported papers (version 1.0, https://doi.org/10.5878/001026)

Published:

Version:

1.0

DOI:

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Published:

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