This study aims to examine how the murder of women by a male perpetrator as a result of domestic violence is covered and framed in Swedish news articles. The chosen time period isthe months that followed the Swedish governments new plan consisting of 40 paragraphs to combat and prevent mens violence against women that was presented on the 16th of June 2021. The study also aims to examine if the journalists behind the articles contextualize the murders as a part of a structural societal problem and if the articles include any references to political measures and responsibility generally, and to the swedish governments new plan specifically. The study is based on a qualitative content analysis influenced by framing theory. Our findings indicate that it is more common to frame the murders with an episodic, rather than a thematic, discourse. Very few of the articles that were analyzed contained any references to political measures. None of the articles contained any reference to the government's plan to combat and prevent mens violence against women. This study concludes that investigative journalism is not as common as one may think, and suggests further research into the way journalists actively frame news.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-469941 |
| Date | January 2021 |
| Creators | Löfström, Sylvester, Boson, Tilda |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för informatik och media |
| 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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