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Att förstå medias påverkan på affektiv polarisering i USA

Möller, Marcus LU (2021) STVK02 20211
Department of Political Science
Abstract
America has become more and more politically polarized the last couple of years. The polarization has become such a problem that people talk about two different Americas, one liberal America and one conversative. This polarization has caused people to only read partisan media that people already agree with and reinforces existing beliefs, increasing the already existing polarization. The increasing polarization has caused political opponents to dislike and/or mistrust each other more, a phenomenon called affective polarization. This paper studies this partisan media on a deeper level to understand how partisan media can potentially increase affective polarization in its readers and affective polarizations increased levels the last couple... (More)
America has become more and more politically polarized the last couple of years. The polarization has become such a problem that people talk about two different Americas, one liberal America and one conversative. This polarization has caused people to only read partisan media that people already agree with and reinforces existing beliefs, increasing the already existing polarization. The increasing polarization has caused political opponents to dislike and/or mistrust each other more, a phenomenon called affective polarization. This paper studies this partisan media on a deeper level to understand how partisan media can potentially increase affective polarization in its readers and affective polarizations increased levels the last couple of years. This paper has chosen to study Fox News opinion articles on the three last presidents inaugurations and first hundred days using a content analysis, to get a deeper understanding how partisan media can increase affective polarization. The results are that there has been an increase in more hostile rhetoric since Obama presidency and that Fox News has great potential to polarize its readers. Using a more antagonistic rhetoric against its political opponents to enhance their own social group and discredit their opponents, creating more division and polarization in the process. (Less)
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author
Möller, Marcus LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK02 20211
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
polarisering, media, FOX News, amerikansk politik, affektiv polarisering
language
Swedish
id
9045172
date added to LUP
2021-07-06 12:04:41
date last changed
2021-07-06 12:04:41
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  abstract     = {{America has become more and more politically polarized the last couple of years. The polarization has become such a problem that people talk about two different Americas, one liberal America and one conversative. This polarization has caused people to only read partisan media that people already agree with and reinforces existing beliefs, increasing the already existing polarization. The increasing polarization has caused political opponents to dislike and/or mistrust each other more, a phenomenon called affective polarization. This paper studies this partisan media on a deeper level to understand how partisan media can potentially increase affective polarization in its readers and affective polarizations increased levels the last couple of years. This paper has chosen to study Fox News opinion articles on the three last presidents inaugurations and first hundred days using a content analysis, to get a deeper understanding how partisan media can increase affective polarization. The results are that there has been an increase in more hostile rhetoric since Obama presidency and that Fox News has great potential to polarize its readers. Using a more antagonistic rhetoric against its political opponents to enhance their own social group and discredit their opponents, creating more division and polarization in the process.}},
  author       = {{Möller, Marcus}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Att förstå medias påverkan på affektiv polarisering i USA}},
  year         = {{2021}},
}