Stoppa FRA-Lagen - En argumentationsanalys av bloggsfärens påverkan på Riksdagsdebatte den 17 juni 2008
(2009) STVK01 20091Department of Political Science
- Abstract
- This paper takes its starting point with the enormous public attention that blogs got in 2008 regarding the “FRA” debate. In the media there is a consensus that the blogs influenced the parliamentary debate concerning the new law proposal. This essay intends to investigate the bearing of this consensus by comparing the debate in the blog sphere and the debate in the parliament and searching for similarities.
The study is divided into three parts. The first part is an argument analysis of the blog sphere and its main arguments and statements are noted. The results from this first part are then developed into an analysis tool. With this tool the parliament debate is examined and compared with the results from the first analysis. The last... (More) - This paper takes its starting point with the enormous public attention that blogs got in 2008 regarding the “FRA” debate. In the media there is a consensus that the blogs influenced the parliamentary debate concerning the new law proposal. This essay intends to investigate the bearing of this consensus by comparing the debate in the blog sphere and the debate in the parliament and searching for similarities.
The study is divided into three parts. The first part is an argument analysis of the blog sphere and its main arguments and statements are noted. The results from this first part are then developed into an analysis tool. With this tool the parliament debate is examined and compared with the results from the first analysis. The last part of the study is a qualitative comparison on a number of arguments from both the blog sphere and the parliament debate. This is meant to intensify the study. The result from the study shows strong similarities between what was debated and how it was debated. In addition the study shows a difference of how much and how the opposition parties and the government parties are using the argument from the blog sphere. (Less)
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abstract = {{This paper takes its starting point with the enormous public attention that blogs got in 2008 regarding the “FRA” debate. In the media there is a consensus that the blogs influenced the parliamentary debate concerning the new law proposal. This essay intends to investigate the bearing of this consensus by comparing the debate in the blog sphere and the debate in the parliament and searching for similarities.
The study is divided into three parts. The first part is an argument analysis of the blog sphere and its main arguments and statements are noted. The results from this first part are then developed into an analysis tool. With this tool the parliament debate is examined and compared with the results from the first analysis. The last part of the study is a qualitative comparison on a number of arguments from both the blog sphere and the parliament debate. This is meant to intensify the study. The result from the study shows strong similarities between what was debated and how it was debated. In addition the study shows a difference of how much and how the opposition parties and the government parties are using the argument from the blog sphere.}},
author = {{Rohman, Peter}},
language = {{swe}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Stoppa FRA-Lagen - En argumentationsanalys av bloggsfärens påverkan på Riksdagsdebatte den 17 juni 2008}},
year = {{2009}},
}