The purpose of this study was to investigate the differences and similarities in the crime journalism of the two swedish newspapers Aftonbladet and Dagens Nyheter. Both general similarities and differences and those that concern the gender of the victim and perpetrator were investigated. I also looked at which type of actor that was given most room to speak in the articles. The theoretical perspectives and previous research that were used in this study was agenda setting, framing, news evaluation, journalistic rules, studies about gender in news media and studies about crime journalism. The methods that were used was a quantitative content analysis and critical linguistic. The study was conducted on a selection of 200 articles (100 from each newspaper) for the quantitative content analysis and 8 articles for the critical discourse analysis. The study focused on five different types of crime: assault, rape, murder, robbery and attempted murder. The study showed several similarities between the two newspapers One was that murder for example was the by far most covered type of crime in both Dagens Nyheter and Aftonbladet. The main differences concerned what was prioritized in the newspaper's news evaluation. The main differences that were found were between articles about male and female victims and perpetrators. Women were always framed as victims while men almost completely disappeared in the text if the perpetrator was female. Male perpetrators were also framed as ruthless and dangerous to a larger extent than female perpetrators.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T18:22:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Angela Kim Arahata.pdf: 294638 bytes, checksum: 345ca81f4501e863477b3a1dd005f2aa (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-06-02 / The aim of this study is to examine how implicit persuasion and argumentation occurr in editorials published in the newspaper Folha de S. Paulo regarding texture: its formation through the textual modes, verification of how assessment is built, analysis of rhetorical devices and application of Toulmin s rhetorical model of argumentation. I analyze three editorials published between August and September 2010, during the months that preceded the presidential election. Because of their social relevance, texts that addressed the candidacy of Rousseff were chosen. The analysis of the editorial is organized into four parts. First text structure is classified using representational modes proposed by Reynolds (2000). Secondly, I analyze personnel (evaluative) and interactional function (roles and mode), as proposed by Halliday (1994), Martin (2000) and Thompson and Thetela (1995). Thirdly, I analyze the use of rhetorical devices like voices (WAUGH, 1995), intersubjectivity (KÄRKKÄINEN, 2006), dog whistle politics (COFFIN; O HALLORAN, 2006) and smuggling of information (LUCHJENBROERS; ALDRIDGE, 2007). Lastly, I analyze the subfunctions of argument (REYNOLDS, 2000) and validation of the arguments (TOULMIN, 1958). Besides these authors, directly related to methodology, I use as reference Kitis and Milapides (1997), about crypto-argumentation, Fowler (1987) on critical linguistics, among others. The editorial analysis showed that ASSERTIONS do not arise at the beginning of the text. In general, the first few paragraphs have PREDICTION and HYPOTHESISING. Also, the arguments rely on the descriptions and narratives and voices. Modalized and implicit evaluations are quite frequent, often under the form of smuggling of information and dog whistle and associated with the phenomenon of logogenesis to build negative Appreciations or Judgements / O objetivo do presente estudo é examinar de que forma se dá a persuasão implícita e a argumentação em editoriais publicados no jornal Folha de S. Paulo no que diz respeito à textura: sua constituição através dos modos textuais, verificação de como é feita a avaliação, análise de recursos retóricos utilizados com vistas à persuasão e aplicação da Teoria de Toulmin à garantia oferecida aos argumentos. Analiso três editoriais publicados entre agosto e setembro de 2010, nos meses que antecederam as eleições presidenciais. Por sua relevância social, foram escolhidos textos que tratassem da candidatura de Dilma Rousseff. A análise dos editoriais está organizada em quatro partes. Em primeiro lugar, trato da estrutura textual utilizando os modos representacionais propostos por Reynolds (2000). Em segundo lugar, analiso as funções pessoal (Avaliatividade) e interacional (papéis e modalidade), conforme proposto por Halliday (1994), Martin (2000) e Thompson e Thetela (1995). Em terceiro lugar, analiso a utilização de recursos retóricos como vozes (WAUGH, 1995), intersubjetividade (KÄRKKÄINEN, 2006), política do apito do cão (COFFIN; O HALLORAN, 2006) e contrabando de informação (LUCHJENBROERS; ALDRIDGE, 2007). E, por último, analiso as subfunções do argumento (VESTERGAARD, 2000) e a validação dos argumentos (TOULMIN, 1958). Além destes autores, diretamente ligados à metodologia adotada, adoto como referência Kitis e Milapides (1997), sobre crypto-argumentação; Fowler (1987), sobre linguística crítica, entre outros. A análise dos editoriais mostrou que o argumento incisivo (DECLARAÇÃO) não surge no início do texto. Em geral, os primeiros parágrafos apresentam HIPÓTESE e PREVISÃO. Os argumentos, além disso, apoiam-se nas descrições e narrações e em vozes. As avaliações modalizadas e implícitas são bastante frequentes, assumindo muitas vezes a forma de contrabando de informação e apito do cão e associados ao fenômeno da logogênese para construir Apreciações ou Julgamentos negativos

The Authorities attitudes towards Gypsies have been characterized by prejudice for a long time. This has lead to the relief actions of the Authorities being formed by discriminating acts. In purpose of eliminating the discrimination of the Gypsies, the Delegation for Gypsy matters formulated a strategy for solving this problem in the report “Gypsy rights – a strategy for Gypsies in Sweden”. Despite the goodwill of the Authorities this report has been criticized by Gypsies in Sweden.   In the investigation of the derivation of this criticism the aim of this essay is to look at how the Authorities attitude towards Gypsies is shown in this report and how it affects the creation of their ethos. This analysis is made with a Critical Linguistic Analysis and the Stasis Theory.    The result showed that the Delegation for Gypsy matters dissociate themselves from the former attitudes that characterized the Authorities view of Gypsies. Through this move they try to show solidarity with them. Despite this equality aim it is possible to make note of an authoritative touch that imply a view of a society where the power is distributed from the top to the bottom. Even the picture of the Gypsies as a weak group can be noted. / Myndigheters attityder har länge varit präglade av fördomar när det gäller romer. Detta har medfört att deras hjälpinsatser för att förbättra romernas situation har präglats av diskriminerande åtgärder. I syfte att komma bort från den diskriminerande behandlingen av romerna utformade Delegationen för romska frågor en strategi för hur detta problem kunde lösas. Detta nya betänkande har dock fått kritik från romer i Sverige. För att undersöka vad denna kritik beror på är syftet med den här uppsatsen att undersöka hur myndigheters attityder gentemot romer kommer till uttryck i betänkandet samt hur detta påverkar skapandet av myndigheternas ethos. Detta görs genom en kritisk lingvistisk analys av textens verbprocesser, negationer och passivkonstruktioner. Detta resultat kopplas sedan till statusläran. Resultatet som framkommit ur analyserna är att Delegationen för romska frågor tydligt tar avstånd från myndigheternas tidigare attityder och förhållningssätt. Genom detta försöker de istället solidarisera sig med romerna. Trots denna strävan efter jämlikhet går det att uttyda auktoritära drag som antyder en samhällssyn där styrandet sker uppifrån och ned. Även drag av romer som en svag grupp går att utläsa.

Employable humanists. A qualitative study on humanist students' views on employability. The crisis of the humanities is a controversial debate in the media and within academic settings. Because of lack of request for humanists in the labor market, the question of humanistic skills and employability is becoming increasingly important. The concept of employability importance not only echoes within the economic discussions, but also on everyday agenda in the academic world and takes a large part in the communication between the university and the students. It is therefore important to get answers to the question whether there is conformity in the interpretation of this concept between the university and the students. The aim of this desk study is to examine how the concept of employability has its significance in the academic communication and how the responsibility for employability is portrayed. This is done by studying how the concept of employability is formed and how the responsibilities outlined in texts from Career Center at the University of Umeå, and by comparing study results with the students' perceptions of the concept of employability and responsibility. The study has a qualitative disposition and consists of two main methods: qualitative interviews with focus groups to explore students' views, and critical linguistic analysis of texts with a focus on metaphor analysis and syntax analysis which are also supplemented by the multimodal text analysis. Results of this study indicate that the concept of employability takes a central part of the university’s communication. There are many common starting points in the interpretation of the concept and the responsibility between the university and students. Both the Career Center at Umeå University and students believe that actual knowledge, skills, experience as well as network forms the meaning of the concept of employability, and has a big importance in the student’s position on the job market. However, because the students look at the use of the concept of employability in the texts as acceptance to the social ideological perception of the individual as objects, there is some criticism of the use of the term employability in the university’s communications.