A comparative critical discourse analysis of the news coverage of the rape law reform in Sweden and Denmark
(2020) MRSK62 20192Human Rights Studies
- Abstract
- This thesis examines the discourse concerning the consent-based rape law reform in Sweden and Denmark. Sweden implemented the consent-based rape law July 2018 and has since been evaluating the law while the current Danish government promised that the law will change to a consent-based law. I focus on eight Danish articles and eight Swedish news articles in which the consent-based rape law reform is discussed. The articles are chosen from the two newspapers with most online visits in each country; Aftonbladet and Ekstra Bladet. In analysing these articles, the study will use elements from Fairclough’s Critical Discourse Analysis and Entman’s framing theory. The study analyses the use of frames in news media while also analysing the use of... (More)
- This thesis examines the discourse concerning the consent-based rape law reform in Sweden and Denmark. Sweden implemented the consent-based rape law July 2018 and has since been evaluating the law while the current Danish government promised that the law will change to a consent-based law. I focus on eight Danish articles and eight Swedish news articles in which the consent-based rape law reform is discussed. The articles are chosen from the two newspapers with most online visits in each country; Aftonbladet and Ekstra Bladet. In analysing these articles, the study will use elements from Fairclough’s Critical Discourse Analysis and Entman’s framing theory. The study analyses the use of frames in news media while also analysing the use of interactional control, politeness, modality, and word meaning in the chosen news articles. The study specifically focuses on text analysis and an analysis of the social practice in which the orders of discourse, the ideological and political effects of discourse and the social matrix of discourse are studied. I identified the overarching frames in the coverage and found that the interpretation of consent and rape is dynamic and influenced by changing power dynamics. I found that the development in the Swedish legislation and news coverage of the legislation can be seen as a precursor for the Danish development depending on the nature of the law following the publication of this thesis and the political and legal response to the reform. (Less)
- Popular Abstract (Danish)
- Denne afhandling undersøger diskursen omkring den samtykkebaserede voldtægtslovgivning i Sverige og Danmark. I juli 2018 implementerede Sverige en samtykkebaseret voldtægtslov som bliver evalueret løbende. Samtidigt med dette har den nuværende danske regering lovet, at den danske voldtægtslov også bliver ændret til at være samtykkebaseret. Jeg fokuserer på otte danske og svenske nyhedsartikler fra hvert land, hvor den samtykkebaserede voldtægtsreform diskuteres. Artiklerne er valgt ud fra de to aviser i hvert land med flest onlinebesøg; Aftonbladet og Ekstra Bladet. I analysen af disse artikler bruger jeg elementer fra Faircloughs ’Critical Discourse Analysis’ og Entmans ’Framing Theory.’ Jeg analyserer mediers brug af ’framing’,... (More)
- Denne afhandling undersøger diskursen omkring den samtykkebaserede voldtægtslovgivning i Sverige og Danmark. I juli 2018 implementerede Sverige en samtykkebaseret voldtægtslov som bliver evalueret løbende. Samtidigt med dette har den nuværende danske regering lovet, at den danske voldtægtslov også bliver ændret til at være samtykkebaseret. Jeg fokuserer på otte danske og svenske nyhedsartikler fra hvert land, hvor den samtykkebaserede voldtægtsreform diskuteres. Artiklerne er valgt ud fra de to aviser i hvert land med flest onlinebesøg; Aftonbladet og Ekstra Bladet. I analysen af disse artikler bruger jeg elementer fra Faircloughs ’Critical Discourse Analysis’ og Entmans ’Framing Theory.’ Jeg analyserer mediers brug af ’framing’, interaktionskontrol, høflighed, modalitet og ordbetydning i de valgte nyhedsartikler. Analysen er struktureret som en tekstanalyse og en analyse af den sociale praksis. Jeg analyserer diskursordenen, de ideologiske og politiske effekter af diskursen og den sociale matrix af diskurs. Jeg identificerer de overordnede rammer i samfundet og konkluderer, at fortolkningen af samtykke og voldtægt er dynamisk og påvirkes af skiftende magtdynamikker. Jeg konkluderer, at udviklingen i den svenske lovgivning og nyhedsdækning af lovgivningen kan ses som en forløber for den danske udvikling - afhængig af voldtægtslovgivningens udformning og den politiske og juridiske reaktion derpå. (Less)
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- author
- Sørensen-Diercksen, Ida Helene LU
- supervisor
- organization
- alternative title
- En komparativ kritisk diskursanalyse af nyhedsdækningen omkring reform af voldtægtslovgivning i Sverige og Danmark
- course
- MRSK62 20192
- year
- 2020
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Rape, consent, gender equality, news media, critical discourse analysis, framing Voldtægt, samtykke, ligestilling, nyhedsmedier, kritisk diskursanalyse, framing
- language
- English
- id
- 9000862
- date added to LUP
- 2020-03-04 08:36:59
- date last changed
- 2020-03-04 08:36:59
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abstract = {{This thesis examines the discourse concerning the consent-based rape law reform in Sweden and Denmark. Sweden implemented the consent-based rape law July 2018 and has since been evaluating the law while the current Danish government promised that the law will change to a consent-based law. I focus on eight Danish articles and eight Swedish news articles in which the consent-based rape law reform is discussed. The articles are chosen from the two newspapers with most online visits in each country; Aftonbladet and Ekstra Bladet. In analysing these articles, the study will use elements from Fairclough’s Critical Discourse Analysis and Entman’s framing theory. The study analyses the use of frames in news media while also analysing the use of interactional control, politeness, modality, and word meaning in the chosen news articles. The study specifically focuses on text analysis and an analysis of the social practice in which the orders of discourse, the ideological and political effects of discourse and the social matrix of discourse are studied. I identified the overarching frames in the coverage and found that the interpretation of consent and rape is dynamic and influenced by changing power dynamics. I found that the development in the Swedish legislation and news coverage of the legislation can be seen as a precursor for the Danish development depending on the nature of the law following the publication of this thesis and the political and legal response to the reform.}},
author = {{Sørensen-Diercksen, Ida Helene}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{A comparative critical discourse analysis of the news coverage of the rape law reform in Sweden and Denmark}},
year = {{2020}},
}