Table 1
Amount and share of recycled quotations
| Newspaper | Number of words in recycled quotations | Recycled quotations as shares of the total number of words (per cent) |
|---|---|---|
| Aftonbladet | 2,683 | 21 |
| Dagens Nyheter | 3,158 | 16 |
| Expressen | 2,427 | 16 |
| Svenska Dagbladet | 1,947 | 12 |
| Total/Average | 10,215 | 16 |
[i] Comments: Only quotations attributed to other media or to older articles within the same media are included.
Table 2
Distribution of article types
| Newspaper | Type 1 | Type 2 | Type 3 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aftonbladet | 6 | 12 | 12 | 30 |
| Dagens Nyheter | 9 | 8 | 13 | 30 |
| Expressen | 9 | 6 | 15 | 30 |
| Svenska Dagbladet | 11 | 11 | 8 | 30 |
| Total | 35 (29%) | 37 (31%) | 48 (40%) | 120 |
[i] Comments: Type 1 articles have (almost) no quotations or accounts attributed to other media; type 2 articles have all statements from interviewees in quotations or reports attributed to other media; type 3 articles include a combination of statements from new interviews and quotations or reports attributed to other media.
Table 3
Most used sources of recycled quotations and reports
| Source | DN | SvD | Aftonbladet | Expressen | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dagens Nyheter | – | 13 | 19 | 18 | 50 |
| Svenska Dagbladet | 17 | – | 7 | 12 | 36 |
| TT Nyhetsbyråna | 9 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 33 |
| Sveriges Television | 5 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 25 |
| Sveriges Radio | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 21 |
| Expressen | 8 | 4 | 4 | – | 16 |
| Press releases from the Swedish Academyb | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| Aftonbladet | 5 | 1 | – | 5 | 11 |
| Press releases from the Nobel Foundation | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Press releases from the Swedish Royal Courtb | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Total | 53 | 48 | 61 | 59 | 221 |