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Diversity of Perspectives: Source diversity in Swedish print media coverage of the Israel-Palestine war

Rydberg Lidbo, Sixten LU (2025) STVK02 20251
Department of Political Science
Abstract
This thesis examines source diversity in Swedish print media’s coverage of the 2023–2024 Israel-Palestine war, analyzing four major newspapers: Dagens Nyheter (DN), Svenska Dagbladet (SvD), Aftonbladet, and Expressen. By employing a quantitative content analysis, the frequency of Israeli and Palestinian sources is studied and compared across the newspapers. The findings reveal a significant difference in source usage, with Israeli sources cited more frequently than Palestinian sources. Some variation is observed between newspapers in their source usage but the hypothesised influence of political orientation on source selection is limited. The results highlight the challenges of balanced conflict reporting
and emphasize the need for a... (More)
This thesis examines source diversity in Swedish print media’s coverage of the 2023–2024 Israel-Palestine war, analyzing four major newspapers: Dagens Nyheter (DN), Svenska Dagbladet (SvD), Aftonbladet, and Expressen. By employing a quantitative content analysis, the frequency of Israeli and Palestinian sources is studied and compared across the newspapers. The findings reveal a significant difference in source usage, with Israeli sources cited more frequently than Palestinian sources. Some variation is observed between newspapers in their source usage but the hypothesised influence of political orientation on source selection is limited. The results highlight the challenges of balanced conflict reporting
and emphasize the need for a deeper understanding of the mechanisms influencing foreign news coverage. (Less)
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author
Rydberg Lidbo, Sixten LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK02 20251
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Israel-Palestine conflict, Source diversity, conflict reporting, foreign news coverage
language
English
id
9186270
date added to LUP
2025-08-08 13:34:42
date last changed
2025-08-08 13:34:42
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  abstract     = {{This thesis examines source diversity in Swedish print media’s coverage of the 2023–2024 Israel-Palestine war, analyzing four major newspapers: Dagens Nyheter (DN), Svenska Dagbladet (SvD), Aftonbladet, and Expressen. By employing a quantitative content analysis, the frequency of Israeli and Palestinian sources is studied and compared across the newspapers. The findings reveal a significant difference in source usage, with Israeli sources cited more frequently than Palestinian sources. Some variation is observed between newspapers in their source usage but the hypothesised influence of political orientation on source selection is limited. The results highlight the challenges of balanced conflict reporting 
and emphasize the need for a deeper understanding of the mechanisms influencing foreign news coverage.}},
  author       = {{Rydberg Lidbo, Sixten}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Diversity of Perspectives: Source diversity in Swedish print media coverage of the Israel-Palestine war}},
  year         = {{2025}},
}