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US Historical Newspapers Readership Surveys, 1929-1970.
Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Matthew Gentzkow; Jesse Shapiro; Michael Sinkinson
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Project Citation:
Gentzkow, M., Shapiro, J., & Sinkinson, M. (2016). US Historical Newspapers Readership Surveys, 1929-1970. [Data set]. Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]. https://doi.org/10.3886/E1971V2
Project Description
Summary:
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The focus of this data collection was the historical overlap in readership of US daily newspapers in several city markets in the period spanning 1929-1970. These data are obtained from readership surveys conducted by the newspapers themselves or by advertising associations. The data report the average daily readership of groups of daily newspapers in a given city and year.
The sampling is determined by the newspapers or the advertising associations that conducted the readership surveys.
The sampling is determined by the newspapers or the advertising associations that conducted the readership surveys.
Funding Sources:
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National Science Foundation Grant (SES-0617658 and SES-0922342)
Scope of Project
Subject Terms:
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daily readership;
newspapers;
information sources
Geographic Coverage:
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United States
Time Period(s):
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1/1/1929 – 12/31/1970 (1929-01970)
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