<p>In the Swedish general election of 2006, the citizens were faced with the fact that there were two parties that called themselves a <em>“workers´ party”</em>. It was not just the Social-Democratic Party, which we usually identify as a traditional workers´ party, it was also the Moderate Coalition Party, which we usually identify as a traditional conservative party, which during this suffrage also called them self the<em> </em>“<em>new</em> moderates”. The central and the main election pledge for the<em> new</em> moderates took its standpoint in the idea that everybody should have a job. This was also the main reason why they called them self a <em>workers´ party</em>. But is that enough for illustrating a party as a <em>workers´ party,</em> considering for example, that it should be in every parties obligation and responsibility to contribute to a policy that is shaped in a way, that as far as possible conduce to that every single member of the society has a job.</p><p>Are there perhaps other values and recommendations to take in consider justifying the use of the epithet <em>“workers´ party</em>”, other than the idea that everybody should have a job? The purpose with this essay is to describe, compare and analyse four newspapers, as they have a key role as spokesmen for political parties’ opinions to the citizens, and how they framed these two parties as <em>workers´ parties. </em>For this purpose I have used and analyzed <em>Aftonbladet, Dala-Demokraten,</em> (social-democratic) and <em>Svenska Dagbladet</em> and <em>Norrköpings Tidningar</em> (conservative) by using a theory called the <em>framing theory</em>. This theory focus on how media select some aspects of a perceived reality, and make them more salient in their published communicating text, with the purpose to promote a particular point of view instead of others.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:hik-1374 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Creators | Vendegren, Håkan |
| Publisher | University of Kalmar, School of Human Sciences |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
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