News journalism is a great source of information about things that happen beyond our own reality. The need to take part in news is something that is increasing during a crisis and despite the development of social media and the internet, the traditional media still fulfill a socially important function. Against this background, we believe that it is important to analyze the content of the media in order to gain a greater understanding of what mass communication looks like and what effects it can have. The purpose of the study has therefore been to investigate the framing of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The study examined articles published by the news media Aftonbladet and SVT during the first week of the invasion to investigate the framing of the reporting at an early stage. The study is based on a quantitative method as the purpose has been to investigate how frequently actors, different frames and presentations are used. The framing theory has previously been used to investigate, discuss and analyze the interpretations that are made. This study shows that official sources are most common. This is in line with previous research and is explained by the fact that journalists turn to official sources in times of crisis to get information about what has happened. The results of the study also showed that the episodic presentation was more common in the reporting of the invasion, however, it was more common for the thematic framing to be used in articles about economics. The results thus show that it is more common to report on individual events than to put them in a larger context. There is a certain difference in the use of frameworks where Aftonbladet portrays human interest and morality more than SVT. An increase in the use of these frameworks in Swedish war journalism has been noted.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-113215 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Johansson, Sara, Håkansson, Lydia |
| Publisher | Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för medier och journalistik (MJ) |
| 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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