As the need for action to tackle climate change grows, it has been stated that the corona pandemic mightconstitute a political opportunity for social movement organisations to advocate societal transformation. Thisthesis investigates the issue by answering if and how the young climate movement organization Fridays ForFuture Sweden has changed their framing of the climate crisis after the outbreak of Covid-19. Through aninductive frame analysis based on the collective action frames of Benford and Snow and applied on social mediaposts by the youth movement, the results show that a change in framing indeed has taken place. The mainfindings include how Fridays For Future Sweden has increased and dispersed their framing activity, intensifiedtheir use of a crisis frame and decreased the emphasis they put on intergenerational injustice. The studytherefore contributes empirically with an example of how a social movement organisation adapts to the politicalopportunities arising with the Covid-19 pandemic.

La dimension politique des réseaux d’économie solidaire est généralement abordée sous l’angle des relations avec l’État, délaissant les relations avec les mouvements sociaux. Notre thèse repose sur le postulat selon lequel l’une des caractéristiques majeures des réseaux d’économie solidaire tient à la recherche d’un changement social, cette recherche se traduisant par des actions orientées tant vers les adhérents que vers les institutions en place. De là découlent des liens forts avec les mouvements sociaux. Nous prenons comme objet d’étude deux types d’associations, Artisans du Monde et les Associations pour le Maintien de l’Agriculture Paysanne (AMAP), dont le point commun est d’établir des échanges économiques entre producteurs et consommateurs dans un but d’entraide. L’apparition de ces deux associations dans des contextes spécifiques marque un renouvellement des pratiques de consommation. L’objectif principal de notre thèse est alors d’étudier l’évolution des répertoires d’interprétation de ces deux associations au cours du temps. Cette évolution est saisie comme le résultat de leur inscription dans un réseau dense d’interactions. La thèse s’organise en trois parties. La première partie présente les outils conceptuels développés par la sociologie des mouvements sociaux en vue de choisir ceux qui nous semblent pertinents pour l’étude des liens entre les mouvements sociaux et les réseaux d’économie solidaire. Elle s’achève par la proposition d’un cadre théorique original adapté à notre objet. La deuxième partie et la troisième partie visent à mettre à l'épreuve du terrain ce cadre théorique à travers l'étude de deux cas : Artisans du Monde et les AMAP. Les outils conceptuels développés par la sociologie des mouvements sociaux s’avèrent pertinents pour l’étude des associations choisies, et en particulier les concepts de répertoire d’interprétation et de réseau. Nous montrons ainsi que les emprunts de cadres d’action collective entre réseaux d’économie solidaire et organisations du mouvement social sont des processus fréquents qui loin de se limiter à la phase d’émergence se poursuivent au cours de leur développement ultérieur. Les deux associations étudiées recourent, en effet, à tout un ensemble de pratiques et d’énoncés discursifs provenant des interactions propres au réseau dans lequel elles se trouvent insérées. Enfin, les concepts de cadrage diagnostique et pronostique se révèlent être des outils analytiques essentiels pour saisir les composantes de l'identité collective des associations étudiées. / The political dimension of solidarity economy networks is generally discussed interms of relations with the state, neglecting relations with social movements. Our dissertation aims to highlight those links with social movements by showing how the conceptual tools developed for the study of solidarity based initiative can be enhanced by the use of the concepts of sociology of social movements. More precisely, the main purpose is to study the repertoire of interpretations in the case of two solidarity initiatives to show how they have undergone profound renewal due to the interactions with social movements. The conceptual tools used in the sociology of social movements are found to be relevant for the study of solidarity initiatives, and in particular, the concepts of repertoire of interpretations, of collective identity, and of network. We have shown in both of the cases studied that the exchanges of frames or of types of action are common, reinforcing the need for further studies in this direction. The concepts of diagnostic frames and prognostic frames are also useful conceptual tools to understand how a situation perceived as unjust is constructed. They are also relevant for the understanding of the elaboration of the definition of proposals for action. The formation of a collective identity is studied as the result of this process of elaboration of diagnostic frames and prognostic frames. Far from being limited to their economic activities, the two solidarity initiatives studied here develop political activities that only the interactions produced in a specific network can explain. This dissertation focuses on two associations : Artisans du Monde and Associations pour le Maintien de l’Agriculture Paysanne. Both of them conduct economic activities with anobjective of mutual aid. Furthermore, these two associations share a political aim that can be observed through the claims about unjust situations drawn into the public sphere. The dissertation is organized in three parts. The first part highlights the conceptual tools used in the sociology of social movement sociology in order to choose the more relevant ones regarding our study of solidarity initiatives. This part also proposes a theoretical framework. The second and third parts focus on the two associations mentioned above.

The objective of this work is to survey the media picture of volunteering as provided to the public by the two Czech media - the most read quality paper in the Czech Republic Mladá fronta DNES and the professional electronic monthly Svět neziskovek. The survey consists of analysis of articles published in the respective media in 2011 for which the framing method (also called frame analysis) was used. With regard to the complexity of the phenomenon of volunteering, this work uses the theoretical concept of three paradigms (perspectives) as established by C. Rochester. These three paradigms (civil society paradigm, non-profit paradigm, volunteering as serious leisure) are identified in the articles, surveyed and mutually compared and subsequently the overall picture of volunteering as provided by the media is compiled. Quantitative evaluation of certain parameters related to volunteering within the articles (the field of voluntary activities, organizational context, age of volunteers and so forth) is also a part of this work.

"Representation of the environment in Russian and Czech press" This diploma thesis deals with the representation of the environment in the Russian and Czech press. For my research I chose two news weekly papers: Respekt and Argumenty a fakta issued between the years 2007-2011. Quantitative content analysis and qualitative frame analysis were used for data processing. The theoretical part describes the development of the media, their influence on society, mechanism of news construction (agenda setting, news values, objectivity, bias, access to news, work with sources), the development and state of the Czech and Russian media, concepts of nature and the development of environmental reporting. In the practical part I found out how the environment and nature are viewed and interpreted by these printed media in the content of their messages. Key words: environment; nature; media; representation; agenda-setting; content analysis; frame analysis; framing; weekly magazíne; Respekt; Argumenty a fakta

This thesis studies how the state owned news agency the RIA Novosti (РИА Новости) covered the protests, named Euromaidan. Timely the paper is limited with the end of November, 2013 and the end of February, 2014. The first part of the thesis focuses on the theoretical approaches about interdependences between the audience and the media. The next chapter covers concisely the principles and the essence of agenda setting and framing, also such concepts as frames and their functions are analyzed. In the methodological part the criteria and the scope of analysis are set up. After the methodological part the analytical part goes which focuses on the separate frames, which were constructed by the RIA Novosti. In the last chapter the conclusions were made unveiling, how the theoretical inputs and empirical outputs are correlated, and which Euromaidan's attributes were transmitted the most.

This thesis, New Psychoactive Substances in British Drug Policy Discourse addresses new psychoactive substances (NPS) in drug policy discourse in Great Britain between 2000-2014. It focuses on the identification of individual frames and aims to understand the different perspectives NPS can be framed in The theoretical framework of this thesis is based on the idea of social constructivism and Frame Theory. On this basis, the thesis identifies individual sponsors, the general characteristics of the problem, the injured party, the public policy implications and the value base. It identifies four frames which are present in the discourse. The first, called Fragmented, does not perceive NPS as a comprehensive problem, but as individually occurring substances. The second frame the Prohibitionist wishes to tackle the issue of NPS using new tools of prohibition. The third one, the Regulatory frame is strongly polarized towards the previous frame and wants to solve the NPS issue by creating a legally regulated market for psychoactive substances. The last, Wicked frame, perceives NPS as an unstructured problem, therefore it cannot be solved by one measure. This frame favors an expert debate and evidence in order to find the optimal solution. The thesis puts the issue into context and focuses on NPS...

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Despite their sudden growth in popularity, the role-playing actual-play podcasts have either been ignored or grouped with the genre of audio drama in prior scholarly works. Examination using frame analysis shows, however, that these podcasts are distinct in their engagement of the audience on multiple, simultaneous levels; levels which correspond with well-known media genres such as Documentary, Fiction, and Game Play. Each frame has its own layer of identities, conduct, and avenue for appealing to audiences just as these genres have their own distinct appeals. Through the combinations of these frames, familiar tropes and techniques such as Short-Form Improv and Campbell's monomyth are broadened and challenged, and identities become entangled in this post-modern medium. Delineating the features of these frames and exploring their interactions and interconnectivity not only helps to distinguish the actual-play podcast as its own distinct podcast genre, but also highlights the potential for using such frames or frame analysis in other media forms.

This thesis explores constructions of meaning, or frames, surrounding the policy of women’s hours in public debates and municipal settings, using newspaper articles and municipal documents as main empirical sources. Departing from the puzzle of how women’s hours are depicted as both gender equitable and gender inequitable in the debate, the thesis draws on previous research of how gender equality and multiculturalism relates to each other, potentially producing tensions in policymaking and discourse. Although Sweden has often been noted for its exceptionality in both dimensions, research suggests that multiculturalism has lost its favorable status in Sweden. To understand the impact framing may have on institutions, analysis is grounded feminist discursive institutionalism. The analysis is realized in two steps. First, the analysis identifies four frames, two supporting and two opposing, most prominently used to construct and depict women’s hours in public debate. Second, the analysis zooms in on the three municipalities Västerås, Haninge and Västervik, exploring the relationship between framing and outcomes. The thesis finds that the frames of women’s hours are often involved in culturalist language, depicting women’s hours as a Muslim policy, or, implicitly, depicting women’s hours as a gender equal policy by connecting it to other women than Muslim. In relation to institutional outcomes, the thesis finds that if the policy is constructed in a Muslim-culturalist language - that is, diagnosed as a Muslim practice - it leads to disapproval. If the policy is constructed as a gender equal policy beneficial to “all” women, it seems more accessible to keep. In line with previous research, the findings are suggestive of how the idea of multiculturalism as a problem seems to have become salient while gender equality remains a highly attractive master frame, contributing to how the policy of women’s hours is adopted only if successfully connected to other groups of women than Muslim.

The dissertation called 'Framing of Mental Illness in Selected Media Outputs Focused on Destigmatization' explores how the documentary series 'Life Behind the Wall', online documentary series 'You are not alone', an audio documentary series 'My therapy' communicate the theme of mental health. The work aims to find out how selected journalistic projects framed the issue of mental illness. The theoretical part of the work first deals with mental illness, the concept of stigma and the role of the media in its transmission. It also focuses on destigmatization and defining the most important destigmatization approaches. The next part presents the theoretical basis of concepts such as the influence of the media, agenda-setting and framing. The analytical part presents 10 frameworks, which have been identified using the method of grounded theory. The results are summarized in a discussion, where found frameworks and their limits are being evaluated and compared with best practices based on manuals for journalists and professional publications on mental illness.