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1	Valda verkligheter : En studie av svenska och engelska tidningars konstruerande av verklighet i rapporteringen kring Julian Assange Farneman, Matilda January 2011 (has links) This is an analysis of how the Swedish newspapers Dagens Nyheter and Aftonbladet and the English newspapers The Independent and The Guardian reported about the sexual molestation and rape charges that were alleged against the Wikileaks founder Julian Assange in August 2010. Through a critical discourse analysis, a theme- and proposition analysis and a process analysis this paper aims to investigate how the above mentioned newspapers create reality in their articles. The purpose is to shed light upon with what means the journalists through the inherited structures of the newspaper illustrate actions and events, how they let other people get visible in the text and who is described as responsible for current events. The results of the analysis shows that Aftonbladet uses a relatively large amount of propositions and speech cues to create an image of the reality that is almost explicitly angled. Dagens Nyheter and The Independent claims a higher degree of objectivity and through micro themes with different perspectives and few explicit statements they create a reality with plenty of room for the reader to make her own conclusions. The Guardian creates an image of the world where the Wikileaks is a great force of democracy and where actions are performed by humans as well as by objects and organizations. rhetorical criticism Critical discourse analysis wording propositions theme active actors passive actors created reality Fairclough processanalys tema- och propositionsanalys kritisk diskursanalys konstruerad verklighet media Fairclough Rhetoric Retorik
2	Apologia i offentligheten : En studie av Ola Lindholms retoriska försvar mot Expressens kokainanklagelser Lindquist, Peter January 2011 (has links) On the 12:th of April 2011, the Swedish tabloid magazine Expressen publishes a story, claiming that Ola Lindholm, presenter of critically acclaimed TV-show “Wild Kids” has been suspected and apprehended on cocaine allegations. The serious allegation called for Ola Lindholm to defend himself against the allegations. His only public response was a blog-post where he claimed his innocence, albeit with some reservations. The purpose of this paper is to analyze Lindholm’s rhetorical defense. By applying Benoit’s theory of image restoration, the stasis theory and the rhetorical situation my goal is to find what strategies Lindholm’s defense consists of. The analyses showed that Lindholm used four different kinds of image restoration strategies. The most salient strategies consisted of bolstering and attacking the accuser. By applying a proposition analysis it was possible to find textual themes used to either undermine the tabloid Expressen's credibility or to mitigate his own actions. The results also point out that ethos and image restoration strategies are closely intertwined. defensive discourse apologia face image restoration ethos image recreation apologetic discourse rhetoric rhetorical criticism rhetorical discourse stasis theory rhetorical situation William Benoit Ware & Linkugel Lloyd Bitzer proposition analysis McCroskey image-återskapande retorik statuslära retorisk situation propositionsanalys Rhetoric Retorik

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Valda verkligheter : En studie av svenska och engelska tidningars konstruerande av verklighet i rapporteringen kring Julian Assange

Apologia i offentligheten : En studie av Ola Lindholms retoriska försvar mot Expressens kokainanklagelser