Dags- och kvällspressens framställningar av hemlöshetens orsaker – En kvalitativ innehållsanalys av fyra tidskrifter
(2013) SOPA63 20131School of Social Work
- Abstract
- The aim of this study was to see how some of Sweden’s leading newspapers explained the
causes of homelessness. The study reveals a variety of explanations to homelessness
told by the newspapers. To do so the method of content analysis has been used, this is
a method to reveal categories and themes in the subjected material.
This study also tries to discuss how medias explanations to homelessness can affect the
publics opinions about the phenomena. To do so I have used a theory about the second level
agenda-setting, which is a theory which tries to explain how media can affect the
public opinion about a given phenomena. The theory of claims-making, which also is applied
to this study tries to explain how
media can construct social... (More) - The aim of this study was to see how some of Sweden’s leading newspapers explained the
causes of homelessness. The study reveals a variety of explanations to homelessness
told by the newspapers. To do so the method of content analysis has been used, this is
a method to reveal categories and themes in the subjected material.
This study also tries to discuss how medias explanations to homelessness can affect the
publics opinions about the phenomena. To do so I have used a theory about the second level
agenda-setting, which is a theory which tries to explain how media can affect the
public opinion about a given phenomena. The theory of claims-making, which also is applied
to this study tries to explain how
media can construct social problems by addressing them as such. This study as I have
implicated above
have a cunstructionistic standpoint, and tries to examine the explanations to homelessness in a
constructive context. In short this study revealed that Swedish newspapers in some way can
influence the public opinion about homelessness and that the current research not always
correlate with the newspapers writings. (Less)
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- author
- Senniksen, Christian LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- SOPA63 20131
- year
- 2013
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- claims-making, agenda-setting, constructionism, Homelessness, social problem
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 4019053
- date added to LUP
- 2013-09-06 13:46:38
- date last changed
- 2013-09-06 13:46:38
@misc{4019053, abstract = {{The aim of this study was to see how some of Sweden’s leading newspapers explained the causes of homelessness. The study reveals a variety of explanations to homelessness told by the newspapers. To do so the method of content analysis has been used, this is a method to reveal categories and themes in the subjected material. This study also tries to discuss how medias explanations to homelessness can affect the publics opinions about the phenomena. To do so I have used a theory about the second level agenda-setting, which is a theory which tries to explain how media can affect the public opinion about a given phenomena. The theory of claims-making, which also is applied to this study tries to explain how media can construct social problems by addressing them as such. This study as I have implicated above have a cunstructionistic standpoint, and tries to examine the explanations to homelessness in a constructive context. In short this study revealed that Swedish newspapers in some way can influence the public opinion about homelessness and that the current research not always correlate with the newspapers writings.}}, author = {{Senniksen, Christian}}, language = {{swe}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Dags- och kvällspressens framställningar av hemlöshetens orsaker – En kvalitativ innehållsanalys av fyra tidskrifter}}, year = {{2013}}, }