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Biden, Trump och spelet om politiken : en undersökning av rapporteringen kring det amerikanska valet 2020

Pihl, Erik LU and Alm, Hugo LU (2021) JOUK10 20202
Journalism
Abstract
This essay will examine the portrayal of Donald Trump and Joe Biden in two swedish
newspapers during four weeks preceding the 2020 US presidential election. In the first part of the essay, a wide range of news articles from Aftonbladet and Dagens Nyheter will be examined to determine how often the candidates are featured in the articles, to what extent the articles are centered around them and whether or not they are portrayed positively, negatively or neutrally. Furthermore, it will examine what journalistic frames are employed to depict the candidates and the election.
In the second part of the essay ten articles will be closely analysed and discussed through a textual analysis. The choice of words and phrases will be scrutinised to... (More)
This essay will examine the portrayal of Donald Trump and Joe Biden in two swedish
newspapers during four weeks preceding the 2020 US presidential election. In the first part of the essay, a wide range of news articles from Aftonbladet and Dagens Nyheter will be examined to determine how often the candidates are featured in the articles, to what extent the articles are centered around them and whether or not they are portrayed positively, negatively or neutrally. Furthermore, it will examine what journalistic frames are employed to depict the candidates and the election.
In the second part of the essay ten articles will be closely analysed and discussed through a textual analysis. The choice of words and phrases will be scrutinised to consider how these frames are constructed. This analysis, as well as the analysis in the first part, will
lean heavily on a wide range of t heoretical frameworks including writings on mediatization and frames. The analyses will lead to conclusions about the growing mediatization, the more frequent use of journalistic frames and the portrayal of the two candidates.
Our research questions are:
- How was Donald Trump and Joe Biden portrayed in Dagens Nyheter and
Aftonbladet?
- What differences can be seen in the portrayals of the two candidates?
- What effects of mediatization can be identified in the chosen articles? (Less)
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author
Pihl, Erik LU and Alm, Hugo LU
supervisor
organization
course
JOUK10 20202
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Journalism, US politics, US election, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, mediatization, framing
language
Swedish
id
9034892
date added to LUP
2021-01-25 15:33:44
date last changed
2021-01-25 15:33:44
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  abstract     = {{This essay will examine the portrayal of Donald Trump and Joe Biden in two swedish
newspapers during four weeks preceding the 2020 US presidential election. In the first part of the essay, a wide range of news articles from Aftonbladet and Dagens Nyheter will be examined to determine how often the candidates are featured in the articles, to what extent the articles are centered around them and whether or not they are portrayed positively, negatively or neutrally. Furthermore, it will examine what journalistic frames are employed to depict the candidates and the election.
In the second part of the essay ten articles will be closely analysed and discussed through a textual analysis. The choice of words and phrases will be scrutinised to consider how these frames are constructed. This analysis, as well as the analysis in the first part, will
lean heavily on a wide range of t heoretical frameworks including writings on mediatization and frames. The analyses will lead to conclusions about the growing mediatization, the more frequent use of journalistic frames and the portrayal of the two candidates.
Our research questions are:
- How was Donald Trump and Joe Biden portrayed in Dagens Nyheter and
Aftonbladet?
- What differences can be seen in the portrayals of the two candidates?
- What effects of mediatization can be identified in the chosen articles?}},
  author       = {{Pihl, Erik and Alm, Hugo}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Biden, Trump och spelet om politiken : en undersökning av rapporteringen kring det amerikanska valet 2020}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}