This study is an analysis of how people from the former Yugoslavia saw their homeland. The aim is to investigate exiled Yugoslavs’ view of their homeland. The paper will also examine how Yugoslavia contributes to nostalgia. Additionally examine various groups’ of people view of Yugoslavia and the civil war. The source material used in this paper is mainly interviews. The interviewed persons are exiled Yugoslavs who were born between the years 1946-1960. Secondary source material is from literature. First hand literature used to examine Yugoslavia are: New Perspectives on Yugoslavia: Key issues and controversies edited by Dejan Djokic and James Ker-Lindsay, Balkan history: Yugoslavia rise and fall written by Sanimir Resic, Tito: Folkets diktator written by Björn Kumm. Method used in this paper is oral history. Through oral history, exiled Yugoslavs will tell how they experienced the former Yugoslavia. The survey showed that most exile Yugoslavs highlighted how good society, and their lives were back then in Yugoslavia. In addition, the study came to the conclusion that Yugoslavia contributes to nostalgia among exile Yugoslavians. Most of them travel back to their home country during their holidays to recharge both mentally and physically.

In this study we have investigated how local journalists in Kalmar think when they choose their sources to interview. We have also studied several factors that can affect their choices of sources. We have interviewed eight news journalists from the two largest local news papers Barometern and Östran in Kalmar. The journalists were asked about the sources they often use as interview objects. They were supposed to tell about how they think when choosing sources and define which sources they commonly use. There are different factors that can affect the choices and we have narrowed them down to ethics, source critics, credibility, stress, hard production conditions, public and their own interest and if they consider themselves to be individualistic or controlled by the news desks. Furthermore the journalists were asked to characterize what changes they would make when choosing sources in a perfect world. All of the journalists had not reflected prominently on the subject of sources before our research. But most of them could perceive different views. Hence the study became essential for them as well as us. We found various perspectives very interesting. For instance the interviews showed that the journalists frequently use the same sources on account of the limitation of time and number of sources in Kalmar. There is a lack of using intimidating sources which opinions the journalists do not agree with. The personal network of sources is crucial to the reporter in finding important information and relevant interview objects. The reporters in our research are more individualistic than controlled by the news desks. However the news bosses may affect their choices of sources by telling them which sources are credible and worthy to fit in the news papers. Sometimes they even arrange interviews with sources. The journalists seek within themselves to find out what the readers may be interested in. But captivatingly they cannot know for sure what the public will appreciate to read.

Syftet med denna uppsats är att pröva den mer filosofiskt grundade teorin the arousal theory genom empiriska studier. Uppsatsen baseras på en kvalitativ undersökning, bestående av djupintervjuer, avseende huruvida sorglig musik kan framkalla känslan av sorg hos lyssnaren. Intervjupersonerna fick först lyssna på eget valda sorgliga musikaliska stycken. Därefter genomfördes tre semistrukturerade djupintervjuer. Intervjupersonerna fick bland annat svara på frågor gällande den sorliga musikens påverkan, vilka känslor de uppfattade och kände från musiken och om de hade någon personlig association med de valda musikaliska styckena. Resultatet av undersökningen visade att det i huvudsak var lyssnarens personliga associationer som avgjorde i vilken grad lyssnaren kände sorg eller inte. Vilket inte är i linje med the arousal theory, som istället hävdar att den sorg som finns i ett musikaliskt stycke existerar för att framkalla motsvarande känsla hos lyssnaren. Vidare framkom det i djupintervjuerna att intervjupersonerna trots allt påverkades positivt av sorglig musik. De menade även att de kunde uppleva och känna riktig sorg från vissa musikaliska stycken men att det då fanns olika nivåer av sorg, det vill säga, olika grader av styrka i den upplevda känslan. Sorgen som framkallades i intervjupersonerna menade de ofta var en ”skön” sorg, ett sätt att känna att man lever. Vissa sorgliga musikaliska stycken fungerade som ett sätt att kunna minnas och ett skäl att få gråta ut och släppa fram sina känslor.

This thesis examines the representation of interviewees according to apperance and time of apperance in the Swedish children’s news programme Lilla Aktuellt, 1994 and 2014 set out from an intersectional perspective. The thesis therefore examines whom of the interviewees that is over-and underrepresented in the programme, when it comes to the collaboration of the chosen categories: Sex, Age and Ethnicity. As researchers point out that a high frequency in appearance in media means domination and a conception of representing the norm in society this thesis therefore also does examine the superiority and inferiority that occures in the programme both years.   The result of this thesis show that there has been changes in the representation over time. All groups of children have been given a larger amout of space while the representation of all groups of people that don’t follow the ethnical norm, basically hasn’t changed at all. Amongst the different sexes there has been a fairly more even representation over time. The overall results show that there has been a slightly more balanced distribution over time between all of the groups appearances and time of appearances. Therefore not said that there isn’t room for improvement, on the contrary there are still things to be done for a greater representation according to multiplicity and equality in Lilla Aktuellt.   Of all the groups of interviewees in Lilla Aktuellt the people that are “male and not children who follow the ethnical norm” have decreased their visability most over time and are therefore the ones that have decreased their power most. The people that are “female children who don’t follow the ethnical norm” are the ones that have increased their visability most over time thus this means that they are the ones that have increased their power most over time.