”Wir schaffen das!” - En jämförande studie av tysk och svensk rikstäckande dagspress under flyktingkrisen 2015

Abstract

Title: “Wir schaffen das!” – A comparative analysis of German and Swedish nationwide press during the refugee crisis in 2015. Authors: Emil Salmaso and John Falkirk Subject: Undergraduate research paper in journalism studies, Dept. of journalism, media and communication (JMG) Gothenburg University Term: Spring 2016 Supervisor: Mathias A. Färdigh, JMG, Gothenburg University Pages/words: 47/24571 Purpose: To examine differences between Swedish and German nationwide press in the coverage of political leaders during the refugee crisis in 2015. Method: Qualitative text analysis Procedure: In-depth analysis of ten newspaper articles, five from the German paper Süddeutsche Zeitung and five from the Swedish paper Dagens Nyheter. Results: The results broadly correspond with earlier comparative findings about media culture and systems. Dagens Nyheter was both critically investigative and analytical, which puts them in-between a liberal Anglo-Saxon and a North European democratic-corporative tradition. Süddeutsche Zeitung appeared not to have the same aim as the Swedish paper regarding impartiality and a critical point of view, putting them closer to a pluralistic and partisan tradition.