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Bra och dåliga offer: i nyheternas och rättsväsendets världar?

Arnetz, Oskar LU (2018) RÄSK02 20181
Department of Sociology of Law
Abstract
This paper revolves around two case studies. The purpose is to show how victims with different backgrounds are presented by Swedish news organizations. An analyze of twenty-nine news articles from two Swedish news sources, SVT (Swedish Television) and Expressen is done. The study used qualitive content analysis as a method. This method uses meaningful units, coding, categorization and thematization. The analysis was made on manifest level and I found three categories with six subcategories. Manifest means the obvious visible message with the text. The theoretical framework is based on Nils Christie’s theory regarding “ideal victims”. The results show that news articles regarding a case where the victim has a criminal background is more... (More)
This paper revolves around two case studies. The purpose is to show how victims with different backgrounds are presented by Swedish news organizations. An analyze of twenty-nine news articles from two Swedish news sources, SVT (Swedish Television) and Expressen is done. The study used qualitive content analysis as a method. This method uses meaningful units, coding, categorization and thematization. The analysis was made on manifest level and I found three categories with six subcategories. Manifest means the obvious visible message with the text. The theoretical framework is based on Nils Christie’s theory regarding “ideal victims”. The results show that news articles regarding a case where the victim has a criminal background is more likely to show less information that could make the reader sympathize with the victim. At the same time no negative or shameful information shown for victims with no criminal background. Both cases show that news articles will contain various elements to send a message about gang-violence threating innocent people. (Less)
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author
Arnetz, Oskar LU
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organization
course
RÄSK02 20181
year
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M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Swedish media, victim blame, victim representation, Swedish news
language
Swedish
id
8957865
date added to LUP
2018-09-18 15:58:02
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2018-09-18 15:58:02
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  abstract     = {{This paper revolves around two case studies. The purpose is to show how victims with different backgrounds are presented by Swedish news organizations. An analyze of twenty-nine news articles from two Swedish news sources, SVT (Swedish Television) and Expressen is done. The study used qualitive content analysis as a method. This method uses meaningful units, coding, categorization and thematization. The analysis was made on manifest level and I found three categories with six subcategories. Manifest means the obvious visible message with the text. The theoretical framework is based on Nils Christie’s theory regarding “ideal victims”. The results show that news articles regarding a case where the victim has a criminal background is more likely to show less information that could make the reader sympathize with the victim. At the same time no negative or shameful information shown for victims with no criminal background. Both cases show that news articles will contain various elements to send a message about gang-violence threating innocent people.}},
  author       = {{Arnetz, Oskar}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Bra och dåliga offer: i nyheternas och rättsväsendets världar?}},
  year         = {{2018}},
}