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Socialtjänsten som en ifrågasatt verksamhet, en kvalitativ studie om hur socialtjänsten framställs i Helsingborgs Dagblad.

Andersson, Saga LU and Rönnvi, Amanda LU (2025) SOPB63 20251
School of Social Work
Abstract
Recently, the media has brought attention to the Adam case, a young boy who was taken into compulsory care by social services in Helsingborg amid false allegations from his mother and other parties. This study aims to analyze how the media frames social services, in this case, and how different parts are given voice in the media coverage. A qualitative content analysis was performed on news articles from the local newspaper Helsingborgs Dagblad. The results show that the media repeatedly frames social services negatively, often portraying them as avoiding responsibility for their actions and being offenders. The study also shows that social services rarely get to speak for themself to the media, partly because of confidentiality that is... (More)
Recently, the media has brought attention to the Adam case, a young boy who was taken into compulsory care by social services in Helsingborg amid false allegations from his mother and other parties. This study aims to analyze how the media frames social services, in this case, and how different parts are given voice in the media coverage. A qualitative content analysis was performed on news articles from the local newspaper Helsingborgs Dagblad. The results show that the media repeatedly frames social services negatively, often portraying them as avoiding responsibility for their actions and being offenders. The study also shows that social services rarely get to speak for themself to the media, partly because of confidentiality that is barely mentioned, so it is mostly others that talk about social services. The study highlights how media framing shapes public perceptions of social work and social services, and shows that the media must create a more balanced framing of the complexity of social work. (Less)
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author
Andersson, Saga LU and Rönnvi, Amanda LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
Social Services as a Questioned Institution: A Qualitative Study on How Social Services Are Portrayed in Helsingborgs Dagblad.
course
SOPB63 20251
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
social services, media framing, child protection, public trust, news media. Socialtjänst, framställning, barnskydd, allmänhetens förtroende, nyhetsmedier, Adam-fallet
language
Swedish
id
9210634
date added to LUP
2025-08-28 16:52:47
date last changed
2025-08-28 16:52:47
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  abstract     = {{Recently, the media has brought attention to the Adam case, a young boy who was taken into compulsory care by social services in Helsingborg amid false allegations from his mother and other parties. This study aims to analyze how the media frames social services, in this case, and how different parts are given voice in the media coverage. A qualitative content analysis was performed on news articles from the local newspaper Helsingborgs Dagblad. The results show that the media repeatedly frames social services negatively, often portraying them as avoiding responsibility for their actions and being offenders. The study also shows that social services rarely get to speak for themself to the media, partly because of confidentiality that is barely mentioned, so it is mostly others that talk about social services. The study highlights how media framing shapes public perceptions of social work and social services, and shows that the media must create a more balanced framing of the complexity of social work.}},
  author       = {{Andersson, Saga and Rönnvi, Amanda}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Socialtjänsten som en ifrågasatt verksamhet, en kvalitativ studie om hur socialtjänsten framställs i Helsingborgs Dagblad.}},
  year         = {{2025}},
}