Browsing Doctoral Theses / Doktorsavhandlingar Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikation by Title
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FASHIONABLE POLITICS The discursive construction of ethical consumerism in corporate communications, news media, and social media
(2018-09-14)This thesis investigates the discursive construction of ethical consumerism – a notion that encompasses both ‘conscious’ consumption choices and responsible’ corporate activities – in mediated discourses about fashion and ... -
Företags ansvar/Marknadens retorik. En analys av företags strategiska kommunikationsarbete
(2008-09-11)The aim of this study is to analyse what rhetoric of responsibility Swedish corporations presents and the structural determinants fur such presentations. Corporate identity is the managerial use of rhetoric and other ... -
#InFlux. Journalists’ adoption of social media and journalists’ social roles
(2019-08-16)#InFlux investigates journalists’ adoption of social media and social network sites (SNS) from the theoretical perspective of journalistic roles. It shows how the social roles of journalists are situated along the axes of ... -
Journalism in Transition. The professional Identity of Swedish Journalists
(2010-02-12)Is journalism going through ‘de-professionalization’ or is it just entering a new phase – taking a different shape? And what is the meaning of professional ideals such as scrutiny and autonomy in these processes? In my ... -
Journalister och deras publik. Förhållningssätt bland svenska journalister
(2009-10-05)Journalists and their audience aims to explore and explain journalists´ approach to the audience. Fulfilling the normative assignment as advocates of the audience usually means balancing between professional ideals and ... -
Katastrofens öga. En studie av journalisters arbete på olycksplats // The Eye of the Disaster - A Study of Journalists' Work at Accident Scenes and Disaster Sites
(2008-09-04)The thesis is an occupation study that combines perspective and theory from mainly journalism and crisis psychology. It covers journalists (reporters and photographers) - a work group with a professional mission in an ... -
Media Echo Chambers: Selective Exposure and Confirmation Bias in Media Use, and its Consequences for Political Polarization
(2020-12-17)The new digital media landscape has created a high-choice media environment that has made it easier for people to find news and information that support their political beliefs and attitudes, and avoid news and information ... -
News Publishers’ Innovation of Practices Amid Platform Dominance
(2023-08-30)To news publishers, digital platform companies (or “platforms”) such as Google and Meta present both benefits and risks. Platforms offer publishers certain functionalities and services that may be beneficial, but they have ... -
Otrygghetens landskap. En kartläggning av otryggheten i stadsrummet och en analys av bakomliggande orsaker, med fokus på mediernas roll
(2010-01-08)The aims of the dissertation are to explore and map the fear and insecurity in urban public spaces and to analyse the underlying causes behind the sensations of fear and insecurity in these spaces, with focus on the role ... -
The Personalisation of Swedish Politics. Party Leaders in the Election Coverage 1979-2010.
(2012-11-22)In The Personalisation of Swedish Politics: Party Leaders in the Election Coverage 1979-2010, the question of whether Swedish news media focus increasingly on the party leaders is thoroughly examined. All in all, five ... -
The Practice of Newspaper Ownership: Fifty Years of Control and Influence in the Swedish Local Press
(2012-05-28)This dissertation deals with a perennial theme in both public and academic debate: how ownership is exercised in the news media. It does so by exploring the main agency through which ownership control is expected to be ... -
The private life of a nation in crisis: A study on the politics in / of Greek television fiction
(2018-10-24)The private life of a nation in crisis offers in-depth studies of the fictional reconstruction and negotiation of moments of heightened societal tension that take place throughout the life of a nation. Its constituent ... -
Transforming Audiences. Patterns of Individualization in Television Viewing
(2009-12-11)TRANSFORMING AUDIENCES is an enquiry into Patterns of Individualization in Television Viewing. Central to the enquiry being performed is the linkage between television, as technological and cultural form, and television ... -
Under the influence? Understanding media’s coverage of opinion polls and their effects on citizens and politicians
(2021-01-14)News media’s use of horse race polls is a defining feature of contemporary political reporting. This thesis investigates how the news media use these opinion polls and how this coverage can influence two of the most central ... -
Us Versus Them and the Role of the Media. The Influence of Media on Attitudes Toward Migration in Europe
(2021-11-02)During the last decade, migration has become one of the most salient and politicized issues in Europe, and even more so during and after the sharp rise in immigration in 2015. This issue appears to have consolidated a ... -
Voices in the arena: A Participation-Centred Study of Multivocal Risk and Crisis Communication
(2023-06-12)Contemporary risk and crisis communication take place in a complex multiplatform and multivocal environment, where numerous social media foster and facilitate online participation. Lay social media users are thus able to ... -
What’s the Use of a Free Media? The Role of Media in Curbing Corruption and Promoting Quality of Government.
(2013-11-15)Free media have traditionally been seen as vital to democratization and economic development. International actors, such as UN, the World Bank, the EU, Transparency International, the OECD and the research field in its ...