Study title

Karelian Media Survey 2000

Dataset ID Number

FSD1291

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1291

Data Type

Quantitative

Authors

• Nordenstreng, Kaarle (University of Tampere. Department of Journalism and Mass Communication)
• Pietiläinen, Jukka (University of Tampere. Department of Journalism and Mass Communication)

Abstract

The survey charted the consumption of and attitudes towards the mass media in Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, Russia. It also queried on which channels people use to obtain information. Firstly, the respondents were asked about their habits of reading newspapers. They were asked how often they read different newspapers and how they obtained them. Opinions on preferred newspaper choices were probed. The respondents also evaluated which newspapers usually contained incorrect information and which ones had correct information. Local (Karelian) and national (Russian) newspapers were treated as separate variable groups. The respondents were asked what kind of topics or sections they preferred reading. Different alternatives included politics, economy, entertainment and letters to the editor. The frequency of listening to radio and watching television was examined.

Attitudes towards mass media in general were charted. First, the respondents were asked what they thought the primary purpose of mass media was. They were presented with a set of attitudinal statements about journalists. The respondents were also asked how interested they were in following political news and which information sources they used to follow different kinds of news (political and economic). Opinions on the reliability of the mass media in reporting on these issues were probed. The respondents assessed whether local media were dependent on the authorities of the city and the Republic, and what kind of influence the media had on citizens in general. They were also asked whether the contents of publications should be controlled and whether they were going to vote in the next presidential elections (2000). Those who intended to vote were asked to state their candidate of choice.

Background variables included gender, age, level of education, household size, nationality, employment status, industry of employment, income of one member of the household, financial circumstances of the household in general and district of the town.

Keywords

censorship; freedom of the press; information sources; journalism; mass media; mass media exposure; mass media use; news; newspaper press; politics; presidential elections; radio listening; television viewing; trust

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Media (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Series

Individual datasets

Distributor

Finnish Social Science Data Archive

Access

The dataset is (B) available for research, teaching and study.

Data Collector

• Klementev, Evgeni (Karelian Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences)
• Kozhanov, Aleksandr (Karelian Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences)

Data Producers

• Academy of Finland

Time Period Covered

2000

Collection Dates

2000-02-04 – 2000-02-28

Nation

Russia

Geographical Coverage

Russia, Petrozavodsk

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

People aged 18 and over living in Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Probability: Stratified: Proportional

The survey was based on quota sampling with the sample size being 508 persons. It was adjusted on the basis of age and gender, corresponding with the population in Petrozavodsk (according to the Karelian Statistics Committee in 1998).

Interviews were conducted in six different districts of Petrozavodsk (Drevlyanka - Perevalka, Golikovka-Zareka, Kukkovka, Klyuchevaya, Oktyabrskii - 5th poselok, Centre). In each district approximately 84-86 persons were interviewed of 4-6 streets (with 6-15 blocks of flats). The samples of each district were adjusted to correspond with the population in Petrozavodsk.

Collection Mode

Face-to-face interview

Research Instrument

Structured questionnaire

Data File Language

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Number of Cases and Variables

109 variables and 508 cases.

Data Version

2.0

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

Persons aged 50 and over were slightly overrepresented and persons aged between 30 and 49 were underrepresented. The proportion of over 50-year-olds is 42.9% and persons aged between 30 and 49 is 31.4%, when those proportions in Petrozavodsk's population were 46% and 34% in 1997. Different nationalities are relatively well represented in the data.

In the survey, levels of education are based on Russian classification. The highest level of education corresponds with senior secondary school and middle, specialised/general education with vocational school. 40% of respondents had completed their higher education entirely or partly, when according to the 1991 census only 12% of urban population in Karelia (15-year-olds) belonged to that category. Level of education has apparently been understood differently in the survey sample and in the census or highly educated people are overrepresented in the data.

Questions on voting behaviour and candidate choice in the presidential elections corresponded well with the results of the elections, but supporters of the communist candidates Zyuganov and Tuleev were underrepresented and supporters of Yavlinskii were overrepresented.

Weighting

There are no weight variables in the data.

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Bibliographical Citation

Nordenstreng, Kaarle (University of Tampere) & Pietiläinen, Jukka (University of Tampere): Karelian Media Survey 2000 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2018-07-24). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1291

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Disclaimer

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Related Materials

Pietiläinen, Jukka (2002). The Regional Newspaper in Post-Soviet Russia : Society, Press and Journalism in the Republic of Karelia 1985-2001. Tampere : Tampere University Press.

Related Publications

Pietiläinen, Jukka (2002). The Regional Newspaper in Post-Soviet Russia: Society, Press and Journalism in the Republic of Karelia 1985-2001. Tampere: Tampere University Press.

Pietiläinen, Jukka (2003). Media Audiences in a Russian Province. Nordicom Information 25(3), 31-39.

Pietiläinen, Jukka (2003). Media Audiences in a Russian Province. Nordicom Review 24(1), 79-87.

Pietiläinen, Jukka (2003). Sanomalehdistö ja lehtiä lukeva yleisö Karjalan tasavallassa. Idäntutkimus 10(2), 18-27.