The aim of the study was to examine how two young female victims was represented in Swedish commercial news press, if and how their relations to the perpetrator would affect their representation and what similarities and differences there were in the representation between the two. We examined the coverage of Lisa Holm, who was murdered by a stranger, and Tova Moberg, who was murdered by her abusing ex- boyfriend. The method used was a critical discourse analysis. We searched for different discourse themes in a total of twelve news articles from Aftonbladet and Expressen. We analyzed the themes and came to the conclusion that the murder victims were represented very much alike, well-liked, ambitious and good-hearted. The main difference is that Tova Moberg was not represented as innocent as Lisa Holm by the journalism because of her relationship with her ex-boyfriend. The journalism partly blamed Tova Moberg for not preventing her own death since she was aware of the danger. We found that as soon as any kind of relations between the victim and perpetrator was mentioned the victim’s status as an ideal victim decreased.

Denna studie syftar till att undersöka den lokala dimensionen av kriminaljournalistik genom att jämföra gestaltningen av brott, brottsoffer och förövare mellan nationell press och lokalpress. Undersökningen omfattar rapporteringen kring fallet Lisa Holm och fallet Arbogakvinnan och bygger på en kvalitativ innehållsanalys av totalt 126 webbartiklar från Expressen , Aftonbladet , Skaraborgs Allehanda och Bärgslagsbladet/Arboga tidning . Utgångspunkten för studien är gestaltningsteorin som bland annat har definierats av medieforskaren Adam Shehata. Uppsatsen innefattar en tolkande analys av gestaltningen av brott, brottsoffer och förövare i kvällspress respektive lokalpress. Studien visar att lokaltidningar rapporterar betydligt mindre om brott och olyckor än vad kvällstidningar gör, vilket är tvärt emot tidigare forskning. Studien visar även att lokala anknytningar sällan förekommer i lokalpressen men får stort fokus i kvällspressen. Studien visar även att kvällspressen fokuserar mer på närhet, och tar läsaren närmare händelsernas centrum, till skillnad från lokalpressen.

The aim of the study is to examine how the evening newspaper Aftonbladet portrays the murder victim Lisa Holm and her killer Nerijus Bilevicius, and how these portrayals are related to Nils Christie's theory about the ideal victim. The central questions investigated are: How are the victim and the perpetrator portrayed by the evening newspaper Aftonbladet, and how does Aftonbladet's portrayal relate to the theory of the ideal victim? To examine the research questions, a deductive thematic analysis was conducted. Before commencing the analysis, five themes were found based on Christie's theoretical framework, which served as the foundation for the analysis. The selection analyzed consisted of 48 chosen articles all written by Aftonbladet. The result of the analysis shows how Lisa is portrayed as "the girl" - a young and vulnerable individual, described as happy, shy, and goal-oriented. At the time of the crime, she was engaged in a respectable project, she had finished her work shift, and was on her way home. It is emphasized that the location of the crime, her workplace, cannot be blamed. The analysis also indicates that Lisa and Nerijus Bilevicius had no prior relationship, signifying that the perpetrator was unknown to the victim.  Nerijus, the perpetrator, is portrayed as large and malevolent, aligning with the idealized image of an offender. Despite a few positive descriptions from relatives, the negative descriptions prevail. The analysis of Aftonbladet's portrayal of Lisa Holm and Nerijus Bilevicius demonstrates a close alignment with Christie's model of the ideal victim and the ideal offender, fulfilling all five criteria outlined by Christie. These findings underscore how Aftonbladet's representation of Lisa and Nerijus resonates with the idealized image of a victim and perpetrator according to Christie's theory, emphasizing the media's impact on the public perception of crime victims and offenders. This case serves as an illustration, according to the perfect ideal victim. The results suggest that Aftonbladet portrays Lisa as the ideal victim and Nerijus as the ideal offender according to Christie's model. It emphasizes how media portrayal can influence our general perception of crime victims and offenders.

The aim of the study was to examine how two newspapers covered the murder of Lisa Holm. The questions examined were: How are Lisa Holm, the perpetrator and the local community represented and what are the differences and similarities between the local news paper, Skaraborgs Allehanda, and the tabloid, Aftonbladet?  We made a discourse analysis of 13 news articles from six different time periodes. The result shows that the victim is represented as an innocent, young girl who is described as good, happy and perfect. The local news paper represents her as a part of the local community and the tabloid is highlighting attributes that people can identify with. The perpetrator is represented as an evil and callous foreign in both newspapers, but Aftonbladet also represents him as a usual person. Skaraborgs Allehanda focus on his guilt of the murder. The local community is represented as a certain group with common emotions who is also the light in the darkness. They share the grief and help each other to process it. The tabloid focus on highlighting the geografic closeness between the people in the articles and the murder. In Aftonbladet, the local community is also described as a dangerous place. Our study shows that the distance between the newspaper and the crime scene affect the representations of the people involved.

Problemformulering och syfte: Den 17-åriga flickan Lisa Holms försvinnande den 7 juni 2015 var ett fall som gavs enorm publicitet i svensk media och denna nyhetshändelse engagerade hela Sverige. Den stora uppmärksamhet som dramatiska händelser väcker i svensk media kan förklaras av att en händelses sensationella karaktär har inverkan på nyhetsvärdet. Konkurrensen mellan medier och jakten efter att fånga publikens uppmärksamhet gör att de använder sig av olika journalistiska grepp och berättartekniker när de rapporterar om stora dramatiska händelser. Syftet med den här studien har varit att, utifrån fallet Lisa Holm, se hur tre svenska tidningar använder sig av medielogik, samt hur de gestaltar och berättar narrativt om en dramatisk händelse i nyhetsrapporteringen. Metod och material: Med narrativ innehållsanalys och teorierna medielogik, gestaltning och framing narrative och våra frågeställningar har vi undersökt nyhetsrapporteringen om fallet Lisa Holm i tidningarna Nya Lidköpings-tidningen, Aftonbladet och Dagens Nyheter från 9 juni till 15 juni 2015. Till hjälp i arbetet att analysera artiklarna från respektive tidning har vi använt oss av en frågemall från Anna Johanssons bok Narrativ teori och metod – med livsberättelsen i fokus. Huvudresultat: Medielogikens journalistiska grepp är mest framträdande i Aftonbladet. Alla tre tidningarna har dock ett stort fokus på personliga berättelser. Det finns skillnader i hur Aftonbladet, NLT och DN väljer att gestalta fallet, men berättelsens poäng blir densamma för alla tre tidningar. Narrativt berättande och dramaturgi ser vi exempel på genom hur de tre tidningarna presenterar berättelsens händelseförlopp och uppbyggnad.