Hyperlocals Matter: Prioritising Politics When Others Don’t

Figures & data

Table 1. Main topics.

Main topic	Percentage total per topic (%)	Percentage off-election (%)	Percentage on-election (%)
Politics/election	20	7	33
Crime	14	17	12
Infrastructure/transport/population	12	14	9
Culture/entertainment	11	12	11
Accidents/disasters	10	9	12
Business/economy	10	13	8
Sports	6	8	5
Leisure/lifestyle	5	5	4
Environment/climate	3	4	3
Social issues	3	4	2
Health care	2	4	1
Education	2	2	2
Weather	1	1	0
Immigration	0	0	0
Media	0	0	0
Not possible to determine	0	0	0

Note: N = 1008.

Table 2. Top 3 main topics according to media density.

Media density	Top 3 main topics	Percentage of articles (%)
Low	Politics	26
	Culture/entertainment	17
	Infrastructure	14
Medium	Crime	24
	Politics	15
	Accidents/disasters	15
High	Politics	18
	Crime	16
	Culture/entertainment	13

Note: N = 1008.

Table 3. Number of political articles according to media density off- and on-election.

Media density	Total	Off-election	On-election
Low	88	17	71
Medium	51	5	46
High	59	12	47

Note: N = 198.

Table 4. Dominant political party in political articles.

Political party	Number of articles (percentage of total)	Number of articles off-election	Number of articles on-election
No party in the article	52 (26%)	8	44
Not possible to determine	48 (24%)	1	47
Social Democrats	37 (19%)	12	25
Moderate Party	16 (8%)	3	13
Liberals	11 (6%)	5	6
Sweden Democrats	9 (5%)	0	9
Christian Democrats	7 (4%)	2	5
Local party	6 (3%)	0	6
Green Party	5 (3%)	2	3
Left Party	4 (2%)	0	4
Centre Party	3 (2%)	1	2
Total	198 (100%)	34	164

Note: N = 198.

Table 5. Main sources in political articles.

Main source	Total	Off-election	On-election
Politician/political party	100	19	81
Journalist/media	25	1	24
No source	24	7	17
Authority	19	7	12
Organisation	16	0	16
Corporation/business	8	0	8
Inhabitant	6	0	6
Expert	0	0	0
Anonymous	0	0	0
Total	198	34	164

Note: N = 198.