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“Det är särskilt farligt för unga att röka cannabis eftersom hjärnan inte har hunnit växa färdigt“

Petersson, Jessica LU and Gonzalez, Joanna LU (2023) SOPB63 20231
School of Social Work
Abstract
The aim of this study is to investigate how newspaper articles from the Swedish newspaper Expressen have presented cannabis in the years 1992 and 2022. The objective was to compare the coverage between these years. After applying selection criteria and random selection, 70 articles were chosen for analysis. The method on which this work is based is qualitative text analysis. The content from the articles as well as previous research was analyzed using the theories of social constructivism and the framing theory. By analyzing newspaper articles from Expressen, we found that there were more similarities than differences between the portrayal of cannabis in 1992 and 2022. The most frequent depiction of cannabis and cannabis use is that of... (More)
The aim of this study is to investigate how newspaper articles from the Swedish newspaper Expressen have presented cannabis in the years 1992 and 2022. The objective was to compare the coverage between these years. After applying selection criteria and random selection, 70 articles were chosen for analysis. The method on which this work is based is qualitative text analysis. The content from the articles as well as previous research was analyzed using the theories of social constructivism and the framing theory. By analyzing newspaper articles from Expressen, we found that there were more similarities than differences between the portrayal of cannabis in 1992 and 2022. The most frequent depiction of cannabis and cannabis use is that of cannabis being a harmful substance. A commonly occurring portrayal in both years was the portrayal of cannabis as a gateway to harder drugs and other crimes. (Less)
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author
Petersson, Jessica LU and Gonzalez, Joanna LU
supervisor
organization
course
SOPB63 20231
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Cannabis, Marijuana, Hashish, Legalization, Addiction, Social Construction, Framing Theory, Sweden, Media, Discourse
language
Swedish
id
9135756
date added to LUP
2023-09-01 08:58:17
date last changed
2023-09-01 08:58:17
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  abstract     = {{The aim of this study is to investigate how newspaper articles from the Swedish newspaper Expressen have presented cannabis in the years 1992 and 2022. The objective was to compare the coverage between these years. After applying selection criteria and random selection, 70 articles were chosen for analysis. The method on which this work is based is qualitative text analysis. The content from the articles as well as previous research was analyzed using the theories of social constructivism and the framing theory. By analyzing newspaper articles from Expressen, we found that there were more similarities than differences between the portrayal of cannabis in 1992 and 2022. The most frequent depiction of cannabis and cannabis use is that of cannabis being a harmful substance. A commonly occurring portrayal in both years was the portrayal of cannabis as a gateway to harder drugs and other crimes.}},
  author       = {{Petersson, Jessica and Gonzalez, Joanna}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{“Det är särskilt farligt för unga att röka cannabis eftersom hjärnan inte har hunnit växa färdigt“}},
  year         = {{2023}},
}