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Self-mediatisation and the format of Swedish parliamentary speeches: Speech length and political slogans, 1920–2019 Cover

Self-mediatisation and the format of Swedish parliamentary speeches: Speech length and political slogans, 1920–2019

Nordicom Review
Volume 45 (2024): Issue 2 (June 2024)
By: Johan JarlbrinkORCID and  Fredrik Mohammadi NorénORCID  
Open Access
|Sep 2024

Figures & Tables

FIGURE 1

A stamp issued to celebrate the 50th birthday of public service broadcasting in Sweden, 1974Comments: It is hard to see who is standing and speaking at the Riksdag [Swedish parliament] rostrum; rather, the postage stamp (issued in 1974) is focused on the television camera. Indeed, the medium seems to have been the message.Source: published with permission from PostNord Frimärken.
A stamp issued to celebrate the 50th birthday of public service broadcasting in Sweden, 1974Comments: It is hard to see who is standing and speaking at the Riksdag [Swedish parliament] rostrum; rather, the postage stamp (issued in 1974) is focused on the television camera. Indeed, the medium seems to have been the message.Source: published with permission from PostNord Frimärken.

FIGURE 2

Average speech length and total number of speechesComments: N = 805,365. The blue trendline shows the average length of all annotated speeches in our dataset (based on the total word count for every speech divided by the total number of speeches for each year), and the red trendline displays the total number of annotated speeches in the Swedish parliament.
Average speech length and total number of speechesComments: N = 805,365. The blue trendline shows the average length of all annotated speeches in our dataset (based on the total word count for every speech divided by the total number of speeches for each year), and the red trendline displays the total number of annotated speeches in the Swedish parliament.

FIGURE 3

Total number of speeches for different categories of speech lengthComments: N = 793,893.
Total number of speeches for different categories of speech lengthComments: N = 793,893.

FIGURE 4

Normalised number of speeches for different categories of speech lengthComments: N = 793,893. The normalisation is based on the number of speeches in each category per year divided by the total number of speeches in the same year.
Normalised number of speeches for different categories of speech lengthComments: N = 793,893. The normalisation is based on the number of speeches in each category per year divided by the total number of speeches in the same year.

FIGURE 5

Normalised frequency of political slogans per decade, 1960–2019Comments: N =11,820. The normalisation is based on the total number of slogan-like phrases divided by all speeches for a party during a decade. V = Left Party; S = Social Democratic Party; MP = Green Party; C = Centre Party; L = Liberals; M = Moderate Party; KD = Christian Democrats; SD = Sweden Democrats.
Normalised frequency of political slogans per decade, 1960–2019Comments: N =11,820. The normalisation is based on the total number of slogan-like phrases divided by all speeches for a party during a decade. V = Left Party; S = Social Democratic Party; MP = Green Party; C = Centre Party; L = Liberals; M = Moderate Party; KD = Christian Democrats; SD = Sweden Democrats.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2024-0019 | Journal eISSN: 2001-5119 | Journal ISSN: 1403-1108
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Language: English
Page range: 195 - 216
Published on: Sep 20, 2024
Published by: University of Gothenburg Nordicom
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 2 issues per year
Keywords:
media logic,
mediatisation,
parliamentary speeches,
Swedish politics,
political slogans
Related subjects:
Social sciences,
Communication science,
Public and political communication,
Mass communication

© 2024 Johan Jarlbrink, Fredrik Mohammadi Norén, published by University of Gothenburg Nordicom
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