The purpose of this paper is to examine how the Greeks in connection with the crisis in Greece is portrayed in Swedish newspapers, as well as the second generation Greeks in Sweden experiencing and interpreting the portraying and how it affects their everyday lives. The idea is to create an understanding of what happens when ethnic aspects is being portrayed in the media and how it is perceived and interpreted by second generation immigrants, and what this might mean for the impact of their daily life. The study is based, therefore on the following questions; how are the Greeks in connection with the crisis in Greece being portrayed in Swedish newspapers? How does second generations Greeks in Sweden perceive and interpret the portraying, and how it affects their everyday lives? The study's basic methodological approach is qualitative text analysis and qualitative interviews. Qualitative text analysis is to bring out the essential content through careful reading of the text parts and the context in which it is included. In text analysis, one can distinguish two main types of questions, namely questions relating to systematize the content of the texts, and those relating to critically examine the contents of the texts. This study also embodies the qualitative interviews to further answer the study's purpose and issues. Through qualitative interviews, the researcher insight into the events and the social world in which the interviewee present themselves in. By combining these two approaches, through the systematic text analysis clarify the given structure of the actors in one way or another which is important in the current economic crisis in Greece, but also in the portraying of it. The newspapers stigmatize second generation Greeks through discourse that is created, and the stereotypical notion that usually can be misinterpreted among its readers. The portraying and the stereotypical notions stigmatizes second generation Greeks because they interpret it as incompatible with reality and experiencing it all as strenuous, and the emotions of anger, irritation and sadness.

Att åldras är ofrånkomligt, ändå finns det i samhället en negativ attityd om åldrande och en begränsad kunskap om vad ålderism är. Det finns därför en nödvändighet att studera ålderism och olika perspektiv på åldrande i socialt arbete. Den här studien är en kvalitativ intervjustudie som undersöker äldres uppfattning om ålderism genom äldres attityder om ålderdom och hur äldre bemöts utifrån sin ålder. Studiens empiri har samlats in genom sex enskilda intervjuer, varav tre kvinnor och tre män. Urvalet för studien är personer över 65 år som är medlem i en äldreförening. Materialet har sedan analyserats med en tematisk analys tillsammans med tidigare forskning och begreppen ålderism, stigma och stereotypisering. Slutsatserna som kunde dras av studien är att äldre som är friska och har ett bra socialt nätverk har en ökad chans till välbefinnande i sitt åldrande. Samtidigt så visar studien på att det finns en utbredd ålderism i samhället som de äldre märker av på olika sätt, men som inte är hindrande för ett gott liv. Studien bidrar till att öka förståelsen om ålderism och ge perspektiv på hur det är att åldras i dagens samhälle. / Aging is inevitable, yet in society there is a negative attitude about aging and a lack of knowledge about what ageism is. There is therefore a need to study ageism and perspectives on aging in social work. This study is a qualitative interview study that examines elderly's perception of ageism through their attitudes about aging and how the elderly are treated based on their age. The empirical data has been collected through six individual interviews, with three women and three men. The sample for the study is people over 65 years old who are members of an elderly association. The material has been analyzed with a thematic analysis along with previous research and the theories of ageism, stigma and stereotyping. The conclusions that could be drawn from the study are that elderly people who are healthy and have a good social network have an increased chance of well-being in their old age. At the same time, the study shows that there is widespread ageism in society, which the elderly notice in different ways, but is not an obstacle for a good life. The study contributes to increasing understanding of ageism and provides perspective on aging in today's society.