A non-hegemonic media event : The funeral of the former Swedish prime minister Karl Staaff in 1915
(2023) In Kriterium 50. p.27-49- Abstract (Swedish)
- In this essay the media depictions of the funeral of the former Swedish prime minister Karl Staaff in 1915 are investigated. It shows that, in a pre-democratic state such as early twentieth-century Sweden, media events did not necessarily voice a hegemonic ideology or harmonious sense of community spirit. Rather, mediated public space, even at the commemoration of a former prime minister, could be imbued with political conflict. Drawing on Nick Couldry’s work on media events, I investigate conflicting media narratives, each playing a decisive part in the struggle for or against democracy in Sweden. I ask how the event and its attendees were represented. In what way was Staaff’s funeral politicized?
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- author
- Holgersson, Ulrika LU
- organization
- alternative title
- En icke-hegemonisk mediehändelse : Den svenske före detta statsministern Karl Staaffs begravning 1915
- publishing date
- 2023-10-25
- type
- Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- mediehändelser, demokrati, Karl Staaff, offentliga begravningar
- host publication
- Expanding Media Histories : Cultural and Material Perspectives - Cultural and Material Perspectives
- series title
- Kriterium
- editor
- Bechmann Pedersen, Sune ; Cronqvist, Marie and Holgersson, Ulrika
- volume
- 50
- pages
- 23 pages
- publisher
- Kriterium / Nordic Academic Press
- ISSN
- 2002-2131
- ISBN
- 978-91-89361-67-6
- 978-91-89361-72-0
- DOI
- 10.21525/kriterium.50.b
- project
- I ljuset av de döda. Konstruktioner av nationella identiteter vid offentliga begravningar i form av mediehändelser i Sverige, 1901-2003
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- af4213b6-ea5d-4661-8b41-605ac1b3c386
- date added to LUP
- 2023-10-10 09:54:01
- date last changed
- 2023-11-23 15:49:40
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