Tala eller tiga - En kvalitativ studie om självupplevelser av medierapportering

Abstract

The primary purpose of this essay is to study and describe what student’s self experiences of the media coverage of social work. The theoretical perspectives applied to analyse the empirical data are social constructionism, roles, and construction. The method of this study is qualitative and based on ten personal interviews. The material has been analysed by condensed meaning units and three themes have been used, the media coverage of social work, the relationship between social workers and media and the influence media coverage has on the students. The results given from these interviews show that the majority of the interviewed group considers the media coverage of social work as negative. The main reason for this is that they experience that medias only interest is selling the story. They also experience that the media and the public do not consider the positive aspects of social work interesting. Another fascinating result is that the interviewed group has not contemplated the relationship between media and social workers before the interview.