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Gärningspersonen ur ett genusperspektiv - En kvalitativ dokumentanalys kring medias framställning av män och kvinnor

Holm, Nora LU and Olofsson, Nicole LU (2022) SOPA63 20221
School of Social Work
Abstract
The aim of this study was to analyze how media presents individuals who commit crimes, where we analyzed if the presentation of the criminal differs, depending on the sex of the perpetrator. The used theories to investigate our questions was framing theory and Judith Butlers gender theory. By using qualitative content analysis, our material from different newspapers could be analyzed and coded. This led us to three different themes; "the perpetrator in the private and public", "the perpetrator in context to other people" and "the good and evil perpetrator". When we combined the analysis of our themes, previous research and our theories we found that the media present perpetrators differently depending on the sex of the perpetrator. The... (More)
The aim of this study was to analyze how media presents individuals who commit crimes, where we analyzed if the presentation of the criminal differs, depending on the sex of the perpetrator. The used theories to investigate our questions was framing theory and Judith Butlers gender theory. By using qualitative content analysis, our material from different newspapers could be analyzed and coded. This led us to three different themes; "the perpetrator in the private and public", "the perpetrator in context to other people" and "the good and evil perpetrator". When we combined the analysis of our themes, previous research and our theories we found that the media present perpetrators differently depending on the sex of the perpetrator. The male perpetrators were mostly presented as the dangerous perpetrator and a criminal on his own, while the female perpetrators and their crimes were minimized and described in relation to the other. This led us to the conclusion that the media's presentation produces and reproduces existing gender norms, which can affect the readers views and opinions. (Less)
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author
Holm, Nora LU and Olofsson, Nicole LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOPA63 20221
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
perpetrator, gender, media, crime
language
Swedish
id
9087410
date added to LUP
2022-06-13 17:01:09
date last changed
2022-06-13 17:01:09
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  abstract     = {{The aim of this study was to analyze how media presents individuals who commit crimes, where we analyzed if the presentation of the criminal differs, depending on the sex of the perpetrator. The used theories to investigate our questions was framing theory and Judith Butlers gender theory. By using qualitative content analysis, our material from different newspapers could be analyzed and coded. This led us to three different themes; "the perpetrator in the private and public", "the perpetrator in context to other people" and "the good and evil perpetrator". When we combined the analysis of our themes, previous research and our theories we found that the media present perpetrators differently depending on the sex of the perpetrator. The male perpetrators were mostly presented as the dangerous perpetrator and a criminal on his own, while the female perpetrators and their crimes were minimized and described in relation to the other. This led us to the conclusion that the media's presentation produces and reproduces existing gender norms, which can affect the readers views and opinions.}},
  author       = {{Holm, Nora and Olofsson, Nicole}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Gärningspersonen ur ett genusperspektiv - En kvalitativ dokumentanalys kring medias framställning av män och kvinnor}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}