The purpose of this master’s thesis is to find out in which ways a group of first generation immigrants use Swedish papers and magazines in a public library and which information needs this group has about Swedish society. One important aspect in this essay is integration of immigrants in the Swedish society as a possible effect of newspaper reading. The method used in this study is qualitative. Data is generated through semi-structured interviews. The immigrants have been represented by eight persons from different ethnic groups. Through a literature survey of earlier research I have presented a background to immigrants’ information needs and possible connections between on the one hand education, employment, gender, duration of their stay in the country and on the other hand on the impact on information needs patterns. The study has two theoretical starting points: Diaz’ integration theory and a modified version of Höglund – Perssons’ model of information use. Of great interest for this essay have been the effects of the information use, especially integration of immigrants in Swedish society. The results of the analyses show that information seeking and information use have had a more profound effect on integration in the language community (kommunikativ integration) than on the social, structural and political integration. The majority of immigrants in the study do not feel integrated in the Swedish society. However we can conclude that this study tends to show that reading and information seeking have effect on some aspects of integration and that the public library has an important role in this process. / Uppsatsnivå: D

Uppsatsens huvudsyfte är att undersöka skillnader i utbildningsförväntningar bland utrikesfödda och infödda svenskar femtonåringar i Sverige. Tidigare studier har visat att utrikesfödda elever har sämre skolprestation än infödda svenskar, men högre ambitioner att satsa vidare på högskola eller universitet än infödda svenskar. Dessutom vill jag studera hur och på vilket sätt femtonåringars utbildningsförväntningar påverkas av föräldrarnas utbildningsnivå och testresultaten i matematik och läsning. En aktuell fråga som har varit av stort intresse i svensk forskning de senaste åren är könsperspektiv och könsrollerna. Detta tar jag upp i uppsatsen genom att studera om det finns skillnader mellan femtonåringars invandrarstatus i effekten av kön på femtonåringars utbildningsförväntningar. Jag har använt mig både av svensk och internationell tidigare forskningsteori samt av ett befintligt datamaterial från Pisa år 2003. Som teoretisk utgångspunkt använder jag mig av humankapital och socialtkapital samt primära och sekundära effekter. Denna kvantitativa uppsats tillvägagångssätt har varit en deduktiv ansats. Den valda metoden för att analysera variablerna har varit frekvenstabeller, enkla korstabeller och korstabeller med flera variabler samt logistisk regressionsanalys, både med och utan interaktion. Resultaten visar att det finns signifikanta skillnader mellan infödda svenskar och utrikesfödda gällande utbildningsförväntningar att ha intentioner att studera vidare på högskolan, där första generationens invandrare har högsta utbildningsförväntningar, följt av andra generationens invandrare. Dessa effekter blir starkare när man inkluderar social bakgrund och testresultat i matematik och läsning.

The main purpose of this study is to gain a better understanding of how first and second generation immigrants from former Yugoslavia experience and precive their national identity. Furthermore to understand differences and similarities between first-generation and second-generation immigrants based on inbetweenship. Previous research has shown that people with one or more cultural backgrunds tend to develop more fluid identity in comparson to people who only have one cultural backgrund. Furthermore, previous research has also shown that people with immigrant background or a multi-ethnic background tend to end up in betweenship, to greater extent. To achieve the study`s purpose and answer the research questions I have chosen to conduct a qualitative interview study based on semi-structured interviews with first and second generation immigrants from former Yugoslavia living in Sweden. The theories used in the study to analyze the result were inbetweenship and national identity as a grounded conceptual definition.  The results showed that first-generation immigrants from former Yugoslavia did not perceive themselves as Swedes, but in all cases referred to their ethnic origin when speaking about their national identity and identity perception. The results also showed that second-generation immigrants partly experienced their identity in similar way. However, second-generation immigrants tended to experience their identity as Swedish and not in relation to their ethnic origin in half of the cases.