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A non-hegemonic media event : The funeral of the former Swedish prime minister Karl Staaff in 1915

Holgersson, Ulrika LU (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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organization
alternative title
En icke-hegemonisk mediehändelse : Den svenske före detta statsministern Karl Staaffs begravning 1915
publishing date
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
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yes
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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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