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    HUR FÖRHÅLLER SIG EUROPAPARLAMENTET TILL DESINFORMATION?
    (2023-03-01) Weissglas, Jacob; Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; University of Gothenburg/Department of Political Science
    The phenomenon of disinformation has become a more salient issue in recent years, so far however, both Europe and the EU have been somewhat spared from this compared to, for example, the US. However, this does not mean that Europe will continue to be untouched from this harmful phenomenon. Therefore, this study examines attitudes of seven different political groups in the European Parliament to disinformation. The aim of the paper is to clarify the attitude of the political groups towards disinformation. It is a qualitative method used, more specifically a content analysis. For the essay to be as objective as possible, all the material is taken from each party group's website. A significant part of the previous research concludes that far-right parties both spread and deny disinformation. The results of the paper are largely in line with the findings of previous research. This means that in the case of the paper, the ID party group's approach to disinformation differs greatly from the other party groups. It should also be added that there are both large and small differences between the other party groups' approach to disinformation, which may complicate measures to counteract disinformation in the future.
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    MAINTAINING LEGITIMACY IN A DIGITAL AGE A Case Study of Offside Press AB
    (2025-06-24) Weissglas, Jacob; Lamaj, Klito; Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi; Department of Applied Information Technology
    This paper investigates how journalistic organizations maintain legitimacy in a digitalization era using Offside Press AB and its three publications: Offside, Filter, and Skriva as the case study and explores how legitimacy is maintained through various strategies to respond to digitalization. Drawing on Suddaby et al.’s (2017) framework, the study identifies three key legitimacy strategies: conforming, decoupling, and performing and examines how these unfold across secondary themes such as shifting content from analog to digital, employing standard revenue models, interacting closer with the audience, establishing their niche, resisting time pressure to prioritize storytelling rather than speed and levaranging AI for data gathering and illustrations. A qualitative methodology was employed, using semi-structured interviews and a Gioia-informed (Gioia et al., 2013) coding process to analyse empirical findings. The findings suggest that legitimacy is a dynamic and multi-layered resource: organizations simultaneously align with institutional norms (e.g., digital formats and subscription models), resist dominant digital pressures (e.g., platform-driven speed), and selectively adopt innovations to signal relevance. The study contributes to legitimacy theory by highlighting how these strategies operate and are shaped by both technological and cultural shifts. Lastly, it adds to the Information Systems literature by emphasizing how legitimacy is negotiated in relation to digital tools and platform logic.