Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur medier kan användas och integreras i skolan för att främja elevers lärande utifrån ett pedagogiskt perspektiv. Följande frågor vägledde undersökningen: Vilken roll anser pedagoger att medier har i lärandeprocessen hos elever? Hur integrerar pedagoger medier i sin undervisning för att erbjuda möjligheter för eleverna till att utveckla sitt lärande? Metoden i undersökningen grundar sig på kvalitativa intervjuer med sex pedagoger på tre olika skolor i låg- och mellanstadiet, från två olika kommuner i södra Sverige. De slutsatser som kan dras utifrån vår undersökning är att de intervjuade pedagogerna anser att medierna har en viktig roll i lärandeprocessen hos elever och att medier används och integreras i alla ämnen för att främja elevernas lärande, samt att användandet av medier i undervisningen verkligen erbjuder möjligheter för eleverna till att utveckla sitt lärande.

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur medier kan användas och integreras i skolan för att främja elevers lärande utifrån ett pedagogiskt perspektiv. Följande frågor vägledde undersökningen: Vilken roll anser pedagoger att medier har i lärandeprocessen hos elever? Hur integrerar pedagoger medier i sin undervisning för att erbjuda möjligheter för eleverna till att utveckla sitt lärande? Metoden i undersökningen grundar sig på kvalitativa intervjuer med sex pedagoger på tre olika skolor i låg- och mellanstadiet, från två olika kommuner i södra Sverige.De slutsatser som kan dras utifrån vår undersökning är att de intervjuade pedagogerna anser att medierna har en viktig roll i lärandeprocessen hos elever och att medier används och integreras i alla ämnen för att främja elevernas lärande, samt att användandet av medier i undervisningen verkligen erbjuder möjligheter för eleverna till att utveckla sitt lärande.

2012 was the year when the podcast had a breakthrough in Sweden. As media corporatehouses developed, they adopted new forms to mediate journalistic material, whereas the podcasts was one of them. The podcast has had a rather informal reputation in Sweden in contrary to The United States and Great Britain, where it holds a higher sense of prestige and professionalism. It is therefore relevant to investigate what happens when media corporatehouses i Sweden embraces the podcast through themes such as tabloidization, commercialism, convergence and divergence. We chose to investigate the content of the podcast in the tabloid press Aftonbladet, and in the serious press, Dagens Nyheter. We also compared the two to see if there is a difference in content when it comes to journalistic principles. Through a qualitative method we analyzed the podcasts with a framework consisting of different themes. By using a directed content analysis, we assumed from certain theories whilst staying open minded against unexpected themes. We discovered that while the podcast could be a form of journalism, it is a new way of mediating it. Podcasts from both newspapers were mainly commercialized and consisting of  “soft news” as the journalists assumed a personal role. The form itself allows the content to be subjective and informal, whilst providing a forum for public debate, to inform and investigate. Although, most podcasts did not provide that. We believe that the podcast possibly will develop into a more professional product in Sweden, just as the blog in recent years, when adopted by media corporations.

Title: ”It’s about mental factors” – Examining how a “winner’s mentality” is portrayed in Swedish sports mediaThis essay aims to explore what the Swedish sports media means when it discusses the term of a “winner’s mentality”, through a discourse analysis. More specifically this essay studies how the language in nine different sports papers in Sweden construes the meaning of the word by combining it with different signs and through the use of metaphors, a commonly used linguistic trick in Sportugese. The articles selected for analysis were all published in a one month span between the 8th of December 2016 and the 8th of January 2017. This particular period of time was selected because it included the 2017 World Juniors in ice hockey, a tournament in which the Swedes have placed fourth three years in a row, and which sparked a debate in the Swedish sports press about the team’s “winner’s mentality”.The study found five major themes within the sports journalistic discourse. A major aspect was focusing on the athlete´s psychology, their self-confidence and their will to win. This closely resembles the discourse in popular psychology, more specifically self-help texts where the readers are encouraged to change through active will. Another major theme was that of a winning record. According to the sports press, if an athlete or a team wins more often than not than that proves they possess a “winner’s mentality” and helps them win in the future as well. The essay also found differences in “winner´s mentality” based on a cultural aspect. Swede’s ability to win was downplayed while Americans were praised for their unusually strong mental abilities. This is also found in Swedish self-help texts and might indicate a much larger discourse in national identity at work. The two last themes identified were the importance of experience, and also that a “winner´s mentality” could be affected by a large amount of external factors.Overall the study found that the discourse was in disagreement within itself. A “winner´s mentality” could mean plenty of different things, and in some cases actively opposes itself. Another finding was that the sports press rarely reflects on the meaning of the term and instead mostly uses it as a rhetoric weapon or to make a point across. This raises the question whether or not the term has an actual use within sports terminology and debate if it can be interpreted in many different ways.