Content Analysis of Radio and TV Information on the EC, 1972

The data material contains the results of a systematic content analysis of all EC programmes on Danish radio and TV during the period February 1972 to October 1972. In particular, the study examines in what ways the various presenters and debaters (reporters, experts, politicians, etc.) regarded the EC as a means to some, higher, end whenever economic and political, or other EC objectives were discussed. Furthermore, the data illustrate various attitudes to European integration prevalent in 1972. #The unit of observation is an uninterrupted, coherent statement; and the separate programme functions as context unit