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Utan tak över huvudet : En diskursanalys om hemlöshetens framställning i nyhetstidningar under tidsperioderna 1990-1995 och 2015-2019

Skef, Rascha LU and Andreanidou, Olga LU (2020) SOPA63 20201
School of Social Work
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate how homelessness is described in newspapers
during two different time periods from a social constructivist and discourse theoretical
perspective and then to compare these descriptions. The analyzed material consists of 20 news
articles. 10 of these are from the period 1990-1995, and 10 from 2015 - 2019 from various
newspapers. Based on four different problem components, our material was read and coded
using Håkan Jönson's (2010) analysis scheme. The results showed that the representations of
homelessness in the media were the same during both time periods, but there were some
differences in the representations. The differences that emerged in the material were that the
profile of... (More)
The purpose of this study was to investigate how homelessness is described in newspapers
during two different time periods from a social constructivist and discourse theoretical
perspective and then to compare these descriptions. The analyzed material consists of 20 news
articles. 10 of these are from the period 1990-1995, and 10 from 2015 - 2019 from various
newspapers. Based on four different problem components, our material was read and coded
using Håkan Jönson's (2010) analysis scheme. The results showed that the representations of
homelessness in the media were the same during both time periods, but there were some
differences in the representations. The differences that emerged in the material were that the
profile of homeless people has changed over the years. There were also differences in the emergence of the secondary housing market in relation to the homeless, but also in the growing gap among the
citizens in society. (Less)
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author
Skef, Rascha LU and Andreanidou, Olga LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOPA63 20201
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Keywords: Homeless, Homelessness, newspaper, representation in media, social constructivism.
language
Swedish
id
9027739
date added to LUP
2020-09-01 16:51:40
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2020-09-01 16:51:40
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  abstract     = {{The purpose of this study was to investigate how homelessness is described in newspapers
during two different time periods from a social constructivist and discourse theoretical
perspective and then to compare these descriptions. The analyzed material consists of 20 news
articles. 10 of these are from the period 1990-1995, and 10 from 2015 - 2019 from various
newspapers. Based on four different problem components, our material was read and coded
using Håkan Jönson's (2010) analysis scheme. The results showed that the representations of
homelessness in the media were the same during both time periods, but there were some
differences in the representations. The differences that emerged in the material were that the
profile of homeless people has changed over the years. There were also differences in the emergence of the secondary housing market in relation to the homeless, but also in the growing gap among the
citizens in society.}},
  author       = {{Skef, Rascha and Andreanidou, Olga}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Utan tak över huvudet : En diskursanalys om hemlöshetens framställning i nyhetstidningar under tidsperioderna 1990-1995 och 2015-2019}},
  year         = {{2020}},
}