Ordinary People on Television: A longitudinal study of Swedish Television, 1982–2011

Figures & Tables

	1982	1992	2002	2011
Public service TV	100	39	17	31
Commercial TV	0	61	83	69
Total	100	100	100	100
n =	33	96	166	196

	1982	1992	2002	2011
Advice	27	12	19	28
Quiz/game	24	66	22	21
Debate/talk	49	22	11	10
Reality	0	0	48	41
Total	100	100	100	100
n =	33	96	166	196

	1982	1992	2002	2011
Ordinary people	2.6	5.7	10	8.2
Women	0.73	2.95	4.60	4.07
Men	1.88	2.71	4.54	3.96
n =	33	95	165	194

Period	Channel	Cycle 1 Number	Cycle 2 Number
1982	SVT1	283	18
	SVT2	271	15

Total:		554	33
1992	SVT1	355	12
	SVT2	289	25
	TV4	317	58
	Nordic	219	0 *

Total:		1 181	95
2002	SVT1	167	19
	SVT2	190	9
	TV3	146	51
	TV4	435	48
	Kanal5	141	38

Total:		1 529	165
2011	SVT1	309	33
	SVT2	355	27
	TV3	192	33
	TV4	401	82
	Kanal5	193	19

Total:		1450	194

Total 1982–2011		4 714	487

	1982	1992	2002	2011
*Public Service*
Ordinary TV	6	6	5	10
News/Current affairs	21	23	37	48
Other	73	71	58	42
Total	100	100	100	100
n =	554	644	610	664
*Commercial*
Ordinary TV	–	11	17	25
News/Current affairs	–	25	32	29
Other	–	64	52	47
Total	–	100	101	101
n =		537	919	786

	1982	1992	2002	2011
Ordinary TV	6	8	12	18
Other	94	92	88	82
Total	100	100	100	100
n =	554	1 181	1 529	1 450