Ordinary People on Television: A longitudinal study of Swedish Television, 1982–2011
By using a longitudinal design and measuring television content and the occurrence of ordinary television and ‘ordinary’ participants at four different points in time from 1982 to 2011, this study investigates the alleged shift towards ordinariness in the 1990s. Using Sweden as a test case, three re...
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| author | Eriksson Göran Camauër Leonor Lakew Yuliya |
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| description | By using a longitudinal design and measuring television content and the occurrence of ordinary television and ‘ordinary’ participants at four different points in time from 1982 to 2011, this study investigates the alleged shift towards ordinariness in the 1990s. Using Sweden as a test case, three research questions are posed: To what extent did ordinary television programming increase during the 1990s? To what extent did the participation of ordinary people increase as a consequence of this shift? To what extent has public service television adapted to commercial competition through broadcasting more ordinary television? The analysis confirms the alleged shift towards ordinariness. Ordinary television and ordinary participants did increase during the studied era, but a key argument put forward is that this shift occurred gradually and that one should avoid using overdramatic epithets to characterise it. The results also suggest that the public service broadcaster (SVT) also moved towards ordinariness but that this change was modest and occurred later than expected in Sweden. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fa85170d70cf4a4db1fb1fa4e2c7c8a82023-09-02T14:52:39ZengSciendoNordicom Review2001-51192017-12-0138211312910.1515/nor-2017-0392Ordinary People on Television: A longitudinal study of Swedish Television, 1982–2011Eriksson Göran0Camauër Leonor1Lakew Yuliya2Professor, Department of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (HumES), Örebro UniversityAssociate Professor, Department of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (HumES), Örebro UniversityPh.D. Student, Department of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (HumES), Örebro UniversityBy using a longitudinal design and measuring television content and the occurrence of ordinary television and ‘ordinary’ participants at four different points in time from 1982 to 2011, this study investigates the alleged shift towards ordinariness in the 1990s. Using Sweden as a test case, three research questions are posed: To what extent did ordinary television programming increase during the 1990s? To what extent did the participation of ordinary people increase as a consequence of this shift? To what extent has public service television adapted to commercial competition through broadcasting more ordinary television? The analysis confirms the alleged shift towards ordinariness. Ordinary television and ordinary participants did increase during the studied era, but a key argument put forward is that this shift occurred gradually and that one should avoid using overdramatic epithets to characterise it. The results also suggest that the public service broadcaster (SVT) also moved towards ordinariness but that this change was modest and occurred later than expected in Sweden.https://doi.org/10.1515/nor-2017-0392broadcastingcommercial competitiondemocratisationparticipationpublic servicereality televisiontelevision history |
| spellingShingle | Eriksson Göran Camauër Leonor Lakew Yuliya Ordinary People on Television: A longitudinal study of Swedish Television, 1982–2011 Nordicom Review broadcasting commercial competition democratisation participation public service reality television television history |
| title | Ordinary People on Television: A longitudinal study of Swedish Television, 1982–2011 |
| title_full | Ordinary People on Television: A longitudinal study of Swedish Television, 1982–2011 |
| title_fullStr | Ordinary People on Television: A longitudinal study of Swedish Television, 1982–2011 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ordinary People on Television: A longitudinal study of Swedish Television, 1982–2011 |
| title_short | Ordinary People on Television: A longitudinal study of Swedish Television, 1982–2011 |
| title_sort | ordinary people on television a longitudinal study of swedish television 1982 2011 |
| topic | broadcasting commercial competition democratisation participation public service reality television television history |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1515/nor-2017-0392 |
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