Limhamnskravallerna - en studie om maktdiskurser kring nyhetsrapportering
(2015) GNVK01 20142Department of Gender Studies
- Abstract
- This study examines how media perceptions of violence in demonstrations uphold status quo, and
perceive conceptions about antifascist demonstrants, as well as the police. The methodological approach
consisted of a case study along with Norman Faircloughs three dimensional model for performing a
critical discourse analysis. The material used in the thesis dwells on seventeen articles from four different
newspapers about a violent demonstration against a swedish racist party on the 23rd of august 2014 in
Limhamn, Malmö, Sweden. In the analysis, it is shown that especially mass media can be seen as having
a great influence on the way in which potentially aggressive demonstrants on the one hand, and violent
police forces on the other,... (More) - This study examines how media perceptions of violence in demonstrations uphold status quo, and
perceive conceptions about antifascist demonstrants, as well as the police. The methodological approach
consisted of a case study along with Norman Faircloughs three dimensional model for performing a
critical discourse analysis. The material used in the thesis dwells on seventeen articles from four different
newspapers about a violent demonstration against a swedish racist party on the 23rd of august 2014 in
Limhamn, Malmö, Sweden. In the analysis, it is shown that especially mass media can be seen as having
a great influence on the way in which potentially aggressive demonstrants on the one hand, and violent
police forces on the other, are treated in public discussions. Demonstrants tend in this debate to be pushed
into exclusion where it can be difficult to be heard, while violent police are pictured as individuals under
pressure. Thereby, this study concludes that media perceptions can be seen as an important method of
public opinion polling, and one of the most important pillars for status quo to maintain. (Less)
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- author
- Berlage, Klara Martina LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- GNVK01 20142
- year
- 2015
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- case study, critical discourse analysis, demonstration, media perception, status quo, violence, police fallstudie, kritisk diskursanalys, mediaframställning, våld, polis
- language
- Swedish
- id
- 5010679
- date added to LUP
- 2015-02-25 13:58:51
- date last changed
- 2020-04-27 14:03:08
@misc{5010679, abstract = {{This study examines how media perceptions of violence in demonstrations uphold status quo, and perceive conceptions about antifascist demonstrants, as well as the police. The methodological approach consisted of a case study along with Norman Faircloughs three dimensional model for performing a critical discourse analysis. The material used in the thesis dwells on seventeen articles from four different newspapers about a violent demonstration against a swedish racist party on the 23rd of august 2014 in Limhamn, Malmö, Sweden. In the analysis, it is shown that especially mass media can be seen as having a great influence on the way in which potentially aggressive demonstrants on the one hand, and violent police forces on the other, are treated in public discussions. Demonstrants tend in this debate to be pushed into exclusion where it can be difficult to be heard, while violent police are pictured as individuals under pressure. Thereby, this study concludes that media perceptions can be seen as an important method of public opinion polling, and one of the most important pillars for status quo to maintain.}}, author = {{Berlage, Klara Martina}}, language = {{swe}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Limhamnskravallerna - en studie om maktdiskurser kring nyhetsrapportering}}, year = {{2015}}, }