Aim: The purpose of this study is to investigate if Sweden's public service radio channel, Sveriges Radio, coverage of the Black lives matter movement was framed and/or affected by whiteness. They received internal criticism for their lack of knowledge of the subject and that they had too few employees that were in the minority groups.Theoretical Framework: The theories used in this study are the framing theory and thetheory of whiteness. Those theories will help us see how the coverage was performed, if it was framed to fit a certain agenda and if a supposed lack of diversity among the journalists could affect the reporting. Method: To further analyze how the Swedish public service, radio channel Dagens Eko reports Black lives matter in Sweden. By doing qualitative research we can answer how the news media has been following the movement and answer the critique they have received about the lack of diversity and knowledge in their reports.The result of this study proves the radio channel Dagens Eko has had an objective view on covering the Black lives matter movement. Viewing over hundred of their radio reports on both the movement and the death of George Floyd we have found that there are no tendencies of racist or insensitive reports from the radio channel.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:miun-40964 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Creators | Jemtelius, Filip, Färnsveden, André |
| Publisher | Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap, Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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