The purpose of this study is to illustrate and examine how The National Agency for Education (Skolverket) and its control documents, more specifically the curriculum for lower secondary school (Lgr11), curriculum for upper secondary school (Gy11) and syllabus for civics, answer to the medialization in society in terms of source criticism and source-critical approach. Furthermore, continued research is exploring in what critical ways mediation and medialization of politics can affect young people’s political participation. While political medialization and media consumption are increasing among young people, media selectivity enhance and the number of adolescents that are avoiding news, despite the increasing media consumption, are increasing. The research show that both curriculums and syllabus for civics stresses source-critical approach and political participation, in relation to the mediation and medialization of society. The curriculum for lower secondary school does not mention source criticism as a term but emphasizes in other ways the importance of a source-critical approach to, for example, digital technology and tools. The importance of a common frame of reference for political participation is highlighted as central to the political participation and is identified as threatened by the selectivity of the media together with the mediation and medialization of politics.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-95450 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Creators | Carlsson, Hanna |
| Publisher | Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST) |
| 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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