A B S T R A C T Title: Democracy- Choice of the people or the voice of media? (Demokrati- Folkets styre eller Mediernas Makt?) Number of pages: 36 Author: Carolina Vallin Tutor: Else Nygren Course: Media and Communication Studies C Period: Autumn term 2006 University: Division of Media and Communication, Department of Information Science, Uppsala University Purpose/Aim: The purpose with this essay is to discuss which influence media has on the democracy. Material/Method: Qualitative explorative research method is used to see how much space the newspaper Dagens Nyheter gave to the parties represented in the parliament, and compare the results with the numbers the parties received in the general election 2006. Main results: This research showed similar results in the survey made of DN and the numbers the parties received in the general election 2006. Media can’t decide how people should vote in a election, but they can influence what citizens think and talk about by having the power to choose which information that shows on the agenda. Key Words: Dagens Nyheter, Agenda setting, Media, Power and Democracy.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-7693 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Creators | Vallin, Carolina |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Medier och kommunikation, Uppsala : Medier och kommunikation |
| 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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