In writing the history of the modernising of Sweden in the middle of the 19th century, the liberal editor and publisher Lars Johan Hierta has gotten a prominent role. His newspaper Aftonbladet founded in 1830 has become a symbol for the new classical liberal free press. One aspect of Hierta as a political figure that has been largely overlooked wit...
The purpose of this study was to analyze how two of Sweden’s largest digital newspapers with different political origins, Aftonbladet, independent Social Democrat, and Expressen, independent Liberal, reported on politics and the various parties (Socialdemokraterna and Liberalerna) in connection with the Swedish parliamentary elections 2022. The st...
This thesis aimed to find out how gang violence had been reported in the Swedish newspapers Dagens Nyheter and Aftonbladet between 2010-2021 and if there had been any changes during the selected time period. The articles for the thesis were chosen through a probability sample technique called systematic sample. There were around 8000 articles in to...
The purpose of this study is to investigate how the Swedish evening papers portrayed and framed the conflict between the police, football clubs and their fans. The conflict in question arose already in 2019 with drastic regulations from the police against clubs and fans to prevent violence, pyrotechnics and other illegal activities. The method tha...
The aim of this study was to illustrate how a female murder victim is portrayed in local and evening press journalism. This was investigated through a critical discourse analysis that compares Kristianstadsbladet's and Aftonbladet's news reporting in connection with the murder of Emilia Lundberg in November 2019. With a total of 23 articles from Kr...
The world of football has changed dramatically in recent years. At present the game has developed into something more than just a ball and a pitch, and the political aspects of football can not be underestimated. In terms of audience football is the biggest sport in the world, and the attention that the huge tournaments bring has become of major in...
This qualitative study examines how Swedish evening press constructs protests against the COVID Certificate in France in their news articles. During the new coronavirus, various protests are taking place around the world. An example of a massive protest against the COVID Certificate is the major protests in France, that took place in July 2021. Fra...
Syftet med studien är att med hjälp av en kritisk diskursanalys (CDA) analysera hur svensk nyhetsmedia år 2020 konstruerar övervikt och viktnedgång samt hur maktstrukturer kommer till uttryck i samband med detta. Teorierna som används är representationsteorin, stigmatiseringsteorin och biopolitik. Som metod i studien används kritisk diskursanalys f...
Syftet med denna C-uppsats är att undersöka förändringen av brottsrapporteringen mellan två svenska tidningar från två olika tidsperioder. För att uppnå syftet har vi valt att utgå från två uppmärksammade brottsfall, Jeanette Johansson 1969 och Lisa Holm 2015. Undersökningen genomförs med hjälp av en kvalitativ textanalys och med utgångspunkt i med...
