<p><strong>Abstract</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Essay in political science, C-level, by Patrik Larsson, autumn semester 2007.</strong></p><p><strong>Tutor: Susan Marton</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>The battle over the agenda-</strong></p><p><strong>Can media be regarded as an individual political actor?</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The purpose of this essay is to study to what extent media can be regarded to function as an individual political actor. In other words, do the media have more power over the political agenda than the politicians and do the media influence how the politicians make their decisions.</p><p> </p><p>This research is a case study and to be able to complete the intention of this study I have used Maxwell McCombs and Donald Shaws theory, the agenda-setting theory. From this theory I have used four aspects to analyse my material which has consisted of editorials from a Swedish newspaper, interpellations and debates that belong to the interpellations. The aspect I have worked with are, <em>how the problem is defined, who is responsible for the problem, what values and which solutions are expressed</em>.  I have used a qualitative text analysis as my methodological approach which means that the results of my study are my interpretation of the material.</p><p> </p><p>My conclusions are that the media in this case shouldn’t be regarded as an individual political actor because there is no tendency that shows that the media has influenced the government in their decisions concerning the real-estate tax. This means that the media doesn’t have more power over the political agenda. There are tendencies that show a connection between the media and the opposition, so there is possibility that the media can influence the political agenda by making the questions appear on the political agenda which means that the media have the power to influence the political agenda rather than the power over it.</p>

Den svenska regeringen med handelsministern i spetsen lanserade år 2010 en vision om att fördubbla Sveriges export fram till år 2015. Visionen omfattade bland annat att öka exporten från små svenska företag. Exporten från svenska företag har trots regeringens satsning med bland annat olika exportfrämjande projekt inte ökat. För att utreda varför regeringen inte lyckats i sin satsning har vi studerat ett av regeringens exportfrämjande projekt Innovative Sweden som drivits av Svenska Institutet under perioden 2011 till 2013. Studien är analyserad dels ur ett företagsekonomiskt perspektiv, genom att utvärdera resultatet av tre företags medverkan i främjandeprojektet, och dels utifrån ett nätverksperspektiv; hur projektet påverkat företagen i deras etablering av utländska affärsrelationer för potentiell export.Syftet med uppsatsen är att ur ett nätverksperspektiv utreda huruvida främjandeprojektet bidragit till exportstöd eller inte för de svenska företagen. Som verktyg har vi analyserat företagens resultat utifrån faktorer som kan påverka företags internationella etablering av affärsrelationer hämtade från teorier inom nätverk vid internationalisering. Det empiriska materialet analyserades sedan utifrån det teoretiska ramverket.Undersökningen visar att ett politiskt främjandeprojekt kan fungera som stöd i företags sökande efter etablering av utländska affärsrelationer och export. Två av tre företag fick kontakt med relevanta affärsaktörer, varav ett fick igenom affärer för export. Utifrån den teorietiska modellen gynnades företagen av främjandeprojektet genom att de erhöll ett ökat förtroende från närvarande intressenter och det skapades möjligheter till export och internationella affärskontakter.

Abstract   Essay in political science, C-level, by Patrik Larsson, autumn semester 2007. Tutor: Susan Marton   The battle over the agenda- Can media be regarded as an individual political actor?   The purpose of this essay is to study to what extent media can be regarded to function as an individual political actor. In other words, do the media have more power over the political agenda than the politicians and do the media influence how the politicians make their decisions.   This research is a case study and to be able to complete the intention of this study I have used Maxwell McCombs and Donald Shaws theory, the agenda-setting theory. From this theory I have used four aspects to analyse my material which has consisted of editorials from a Swedish newspaper, interpellations and debates that belong to the interpellations. The aspect I have worked with are, how the problem is defined, who is responsible for the problem, what values and which solutions are expressed.  I have used a qualitative text analysis as my methodological approach which means that the results of my study are my interpretation of the material.   My conclusions are that the media in this case shouldn’t be regarded as an individual political actor because there is no tendency that shows that the media has influenced the government in their decisions concerning the real-estate tax. This means that the media doesn’t have more power over the political agenda. There are tendencies that show a connection between the media and the opposition, so there is possibility that the media can influence the political agenda by making the questions appear on the political agenda which means that the media have the power to influence the political agenda rather than the power over it.