Vi och “svenskarna”. En kvantitativ innehållsanalys av hur grupptillhörigheter påverkar skildringar i högeralternativa medier
Abstract
This thesis aims to determine if there is a difference in how right-wing alternative media
portrays perpetrators and victims based on their ethnicity, and how this potential difference
manifests itself. The study’s framework is based on theories surrounding news selection,
agenda setting, and framing. It is also grounded in previous research on discursive
discrimination, the press ethical system, alternative media, crime reporting, and crime
statistics.
The thesis is based on a quantitative analysis of articles from the three most used right-wing
alternative media outlets in Sweden: Nyheter Idag, Fria Tider, and Samhällsnytt. 999 articles
from the last five years were analyzed, which equals approximately eighteen percent of the
total number of articles related to our search word, “crime”.
The results show that the studied right-wing alternative media outlets much more frequently
reported on perpetrators depicted as foreign, with the most commonly depicted ethnicities
being Middle Eastern, African and Asian. They also reported more often about foreign
victims than Swedish victims, although the difference was not as pronounced as with the
perpetrators. The articles that depicted the perpetrator or victim as foreign often contained
judgemental language, and some commented on the perpetrator’s or victim's skin
colour/ethnicity and/or religious/cultural affiliation.
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Date
2024-03-01Author
Jansson, Holly
Nymann, Rebecca
Sarkar, Linnea
Keywords
Right-wing alternative media, crime reporting, news selection, agenda setting, framing
Series/Report no.
KH23-9
Language
swe