<p>Purpose/Aim: The comprehensive purpose is to study how the political journalism is framed, and how the party leaders, with focus on the authority, are constructed in the press.</p><p>Material/Method: Firstly 84 articles articles printed in the swedish newspapers Aftonbladet, Dagens Nyheter and Svenska Dagbladet have been analysed. Secondly, a textual analysis by means of a critical discourse analysis.</p><p>Main results: Media are inclined to frame politics as a game or a strategic race. The partyleaders are ascribed authority in different ways. This ascribed authority can also be deconstructed.</p><p>Key words: Media and politics, party leader, discourse, democracy, framing theory</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:uu-6635 |
| Date | January 2005 |
| Creators | Peterson, Oscar |
| Publisher | Uppsala University, Department of Information Science, Uppsala : Institutionen för informationsvetenskap |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
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