Study title

One-Day Media Diaries 2001

Dataset ID Number

FSD1306

Persistent identifier

urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1306

Data Type

Qualitative

Authors

• Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE). Audience Research
• University of Jyväskylä. Research Centre for Contemporary Culture
• Finnish Literature Society (SKS). Folklore Archives

Abstract

The data consist of media diaries of Finnish citizens on 29 November 2001. The participants were asked, for instance, what they had watched, listened to or read on that day. Requests for media diaries were broadcasted on public broadcaster YLE's television and radio channels, text television, and published in 30 Finnish newspapers. The goal was to find out what kind of a role various media played in the research participants' lives, whether media content aroused discussion at home or at work, and whether media use is a private or social experience. The data comprise 751 diaries.

The dataset is only available in Finnish.

Keywords

advertising; book use; internet; mass media; mass media exposure; mass media use; media literacy; press; radio (joukkoviestimet); television

Topic Classification

• Social sciences (Fields of Science Classification)
• Humanities (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

• Ruohomaa, Erja (Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE). Audience Research)
• Nirkko, Juha (Finnish Literature Society (SKS). Folklore Archives)
• Eskola, Katarina (University of Jyväskylä. Research Centre for Contemporary Culture)

Time Period Covered

2001-11-29

Collection Dates

2001-11-30 – 2001-12-23

Nation

Finland

Geographical Coverage

Finland

Analysis/Observation Unit Type

Individual

Universe

Finns willing and able to participate in the study

Time Method

Cross-section

Sampling Procedure

Non-probability: Availability

The invitation to participate in the study was targeted at all Finns, but there was no aim to achieve a statistically representative sample.

Collection Mode

Self-administered writings and/or diaries

Research Instrument

Data collection guidelines: Self-administered writings guide

Data Files

HTML file (4600 KB) and RTF file (5800 KB). The data comprise media diaries of 550 private persons and 728 school pupils as well as 310 media diaries sent as email messages and 510 diaries sent as email attachments. The digital data archived at the FSD consist of 751 diaries.

Data File Language

The data files of this dataset are available in the following languages: Finnish.

Qualitative data are available in their original language only and are not translated.

Data Version

2.0

Related Datasets

FSD3607 Role of Media in Everyday Life and One Day Media Diaries 2021

Completeness of Data and Restrictions

The data were saved in text files without formatting in ISO 8859-1 Ascii characters. HTML and RTF files of the data were created at the FSD.

The archived data is missing most of the diaries received from schools. Approximately a hundred diaries deemed too short (e.g. emails of only a few words) were removed from the data as well as 24 other diaries unsuited for research purposes. Original media diaries in paper format are archived in the Folklore Archives of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS) (a total of 2,899 pages).

Citation Requirement

The data and its creators shall be cited in all publications and presentations for which the data have been used. The bibliographic citation may be in the form suggested by the archive or in the form required by the publication.

Bibliographical Citation

Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE) & University of Jyväskylä & Finnish Literature Society (SKS): One-Day Media Diaries 2001 [dataset]. Version 2.0 (2009-06-15). Finnish Social Science Data Archive [distributor]. https://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:fsd:T-FSD1306

Deposit Requirement

Notify FSD of all publications where you have used the data by sending the citation information to user-services.fsd@tuni.fi.

Special Terms and Conditions for Access

The data may contain identifiers that have not been anonymised (e.g. person names, information on place of residence, names of work places and such). When publishing quotations from the data, users need to consider very carefully in each specific case what information needs to be removed or altered according to research ethical guidelines.

Disclaimer

The original data creators and the archive bear no responsibility for any results or interpretations arising from the reuse of the data.

Related Publications

Ruohomaa, Erja (2002). Yksi päivä mediaa 29.11.2001. Päiväkirjat tutkimuksen kohteina. Helsinki: YLE Yleisötutkimus. Tutkimuksia; 1/2002.

Panula, Tuula (2005). Lehden lukemisella ja aamukahvilla se päivä alkaa. Tutkimus median asemasta suomalaisen arjessa. Pro gradu -tutkielma. Kulttuurien tutkimuksen laitos/Folkloristiikka. Helsingin yliopisto.

Niemelä, Raimo (2006). Ikääntyneiden informaatiokäyttäytyminen. Laadullinen tutkimus arkielämän informaatiokäytännöistä ja toimintaan aktivoitumisesta. Oulu: Oulun yliopisto. Acta Universitatis Ouluensis Humaniora; B74.

Kytömäki, Juha & Nirkko, Juha & Suoninen, Annikka (2003). Yksi päivä mediaa. SKS, Kansanelämän kuvauksia; 63. Tampere.

Alasuutari, Pertti (2006). Median arkikäyttö ja julkinen ohjelmatoiminta. Yhteiskuntapolitiikka 71(4), 361-372.