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Item ’…and why are there NGOs? The society is not enough! – a Study of The Public Opinion on Homelessness in Gothenburg’(2011-09-15) Håkansson, Malin; Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik och masskommunikation; Göteborg University/Department of Journalism and Mass CommunicationTitle ’…and why are there NGOs? The society is not enough! – a Study of The Public Opinion on Homelessness in Gothenburg’ Author Malin Håkansson Assigner Göteborgs Stad, Sociala Resursförvaltningen (City of Gothenburg, Department of Social Services) Course (One year‐) Master Thesis in Media‐ and Communication Studies, Department of Journalism and communication, University of Gothenburg Semester Spring semester of 2011 Tutor Monica Löfgren Nilsson Number of pages 47 Purpose To examine the public opinion and the role of the media in the public opinion on homelessness among the citizens of Gothenburg Method Focus groups Material Results from conversations about homelessness in four different focus groups Main results The subject of homelessness appears to be somewhat of a non‐issue to the participants. They think it is important and have a lot of opinions regarding the situation, but at the same time it does not seem to be an issue that they consider in their everyday lives. Regarding definitions of homelessness, the participants mention two different ones: the more spontaneous definition includes people living on the streets (often referred to as drug addicts and alcoholics) and the second one includes people who have a place to stay but they do not have an address of their own. There are also two main views on the work that is being performed on homelessness: That very little is being done and more or less only by NGOs or that quite a lot is being done by the municipality but not enough. It is also mentioned by several participants that they do not know much about the municipal work and more information would be appreciated.Item En beskrivning av det okända. En studie om gestaltningen av Anonymous(2014-09-08) Eriksson, Edwin; Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik och masskommunikation; Göteborg University/Department of Journalism and Mass CommunicationSammanfattning Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att genom en tudelad studie undersöka hur det globala fenomenet Anonymous framställs och gestaltas i svensk nyhetsmedia, jämfört med hur deras aktiva deltagare framställer rörelsen. Utifrån detta syfte konstruerades tre frågeställningar; Hur framställs Anonymous i svensk nyhetsmedia? Hur framställs Anonymous av sina aktiva deltagare? På vilka sätt överensstämmer respektive skiljer sig dessa framställningar åt? Material Då uppsatsen innehåller en tudelad studie består analysmaterialet av två olika material. Det ena materialet består av 28 tidningsartiklar från de fyra största svenska dagstidningarna. Det andra materialet består av tre intervjuer med tre olika personer som identifierar sig som aktiva inom Anonymous. Teori & metod Jag har använt kvalitativ innehållsanalys för att bearbeta de två materialen. Analysen av medietexterna inleds med en ytlig, överblickande analys av det samlade materialet vilket sedan följs av en djupanalys av fyra utvalda texter. Intervjuerna detaljanalyseras utan en inledande övergripande genomgång. Vad gäller teoretisk utgångspunkt så kombineras den kvalitativa innehållsanalysen med gestaltningsteorin Framing theory, varifrån även det operationaliserade analysverktyget har extraherats. Analysen av medietexter visade tre dominerande gestaltningar av Anonymous - ett hot mot Sveriges samhälleliga strukturer och medborgare, en homogen grupp av hackers med ett gemensamt mål, samt att deras politiska och ideologiska motiv till stor del marginaliseras i diskursen. Analysen av intervjuerna visade att respondenterna också ser Anonymous som ett hot, dock enbart mot aktörer som på något sätt förtjänar vedergällning. Vidare beskrivs här Anonymous som en strömning eller arena i vilken en i hög grad heterogen samling människor mobiliserar sig och diskuterar vitt skilda politiska och ideologiska frågor.Item Bilen i tidningen Om hur bilens miljöpåverkan behandlas i dagstidningstext(2009-03-06T06:59:47Z) Fernández, Helena; Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik och masskommunikation; Göteborg University/Department of Journalism and Mass CommunicationTitel Bilen i tidningen. Om hur bilens miljöpåverkan behandlas i dagstidningstext. Författare Helena Fernández Kurs Breddad magisterkurs i medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap vid JMG, Institutionen för journalistik och masskommunikation vid Göteborgs universitet. Termin Vårterminen 2007 Syfte Att beskriva hur Dagens Nyheter under 2006 skrev om bilismens miljöpåverkan. Metod Kvalitativ innehållsanalys Material Ett totalurval av journalistiken om bilismens miljöpåverkan i Dagens Nyheter under 2006, sammanlagt 40 texter. Huvudresultat Den grundsyn som genomsyrar Dagens Nyheters miljöjournalistik är den ekologiska moderniseringen. Klimathotet och koldioxidproblemen nämns i majoriteten av de texter som undersökts, men den bild som förmedlas är sammantaget att läget är under kontroll, och att tekniken hela tiden utvecklar nya lösningar. Den kulturella hegemoni som dominerar ger mycket begränsat utrymme för alternativa sätt att betrakta världen. Verkligheten beskrivs ur bilistens perspektiv och bilbranschens företrädare är de som allra oftast får komma till tals. Bilismens påverkan för miljön för andra än bilister behandlas knappast alls.Item Blogging - a Democratic Movement of Citizen Involvement or a Global Mass Attempt of Communal Self-Absorption? A qualitative study of motivations for blogging(2009-03-06T07:18:37Z) Gombert, Moritz; Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik och masskommunikation; Göteborg University/Department of Journalism and Mass CommunicationTitel: Blogging – a Democratic Movement of Citizen Involvement or a Global Mass Attempt of Communal Self-Absorption? Författare: Moritz Gombert Termin: Påbyggnadskursen, vårterminen 2007 Abstract: Blogging has become a global mass phenomenon with a currently estimated total number of 70 million registered weblogs worldwide. The development of free blog software has tremendously lowered the barriers for mass amateur publishing. This study seeks to investigate the blogging phenomenon. Critiques refer to blogging as a collaborative form of navel gazing with little use to anyone but the self-important author. Others consider blogging an upcoming democratic mass movement of citizen involvement that has the potential to create a more egalitarian form of mass communication. This study comes to the conclusion that the average blogger is motivated to blog by less spectacular and rather mundane social reasons. As a matter of fact the analysis has often suggested the existence of parallels between blogging and offline forms of social interaction. Most of the recent discussion about blogging is focused on the so-called “A-list”. The A-list is a common term used to refer to the most popular weblogs. However the overwhelming majority of blogs are written by the average citizen. From the recently estimated 70 million weblogs worldwide only very few make it on the A-list. It is the private journal blog that represents the essential backbone of the blogosphere. This thesis seeks to illuminate the question of why people maintain weblogs. It is thereby focused on less frequently visited weblogs written by average citizens in journal style. Concerning methodology this thesis employs a qualitative research approach based upon online interviews that were conducted in German speaking countries. Both primary research and secondary research were used in order to illuminate the research subject. The former type of research is embodied by eight qualitative online interviews while the latter type is represented by the technical literature. The results of the interviews were analyzed in the context of the literature research’s findings. The analysis brought to light that bloggers are neither self-important narcissists nor does blogging represent a global movement of democratic self-expression. Rather blogging is motivated by diverse social motives that are rather mundane and unspectacular. For instance, some bloggers used their blogs for emotional relieve while others engaged with blogging to meet new friends or to work on issues of identity. Most of the time community feelings were only described as relevant in cases where the blogger was interacting with his or her “community“.Item Bridging the gap - Analysing the vaccination guide project in Gothenburg during the Covid-19 pandemic: A case of interpersonal risk and crisis communication targeted towards ethnic minority communities(2022-09-01) Ekman, Julia; Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik och masskommunikation; Göteborg University/Department of Journalism and Mass CommunicationThis study analyses the vaccination guide project performed in Gothenburg during the Covid-19 pandemic. The project was launched as a collaboration between the local and regional governing units, city of Gothenburg and region Västra Götaland, in the summer of 2021. The aim of the project was increase Covid-19 vaccination rates in areas of the city where the population experienced vaccine hesitancy and the vaccination rates were particularly low. These low rates have been argued to be a result of e.g. having a low language proficiency as well as experiencing cultural barriers and a low level of trust towards the Swedish society and its institutions. The vaccination guide project to a large extent relied on interpersonal communication efforts, employing and consulting key individuals from the civil society that were to be called vaccination guides. The vaccination guides share the target groups’ ethnic and cultural background as well as their native language. In addition, the vaccination guides in general have a significant trust capital among the target group due to their belonging to the same community. This study is limited to analyse the area of Northeast in Gothenburg and its smaller districts, some of which during autumn of 2021 constituted the least vaccinated areas in Sweden. The analytical purpose of the study is to learn more about interpersonal risk and crisis communication efforts targeted towards ethnic minority communities. Therefore, the overarching research question to guide this study is: How can the vaccination guides reach hard-to-vaccinate immigrant individuals with information about Covid-19 vaccination? This broad question is narrowed down to two more specific research questions that are the following: 1. How does the vaccination guide project and its implementation align with the model procedure established in previous research? 2. How do the vaccination guides perceive the possibilities of reaching hard-tovaccinate immigrant individuals with information about Covid-19 vaccination, and the conditions of success of this communication The central framework of this study is CERC (Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication), that relates to risk, crisis, and health communication. Anchored in research, a model procedure on how to reach hard-to-vaccinate immigrant individuals through interpersonal risk and crisis communication efforts is presented. The empirical material consists of interviews with three employees from the city of Gothenburg and region Västra Götaland as well as four vaccination guides. The interviews were analysed through a qualitative thematic analysis, identifying relevant and interesting themes to answer the research questions. The results of the study show that the vaccination guide project and its implementation to a significant extent has been performed in alignment with the model procedure established in research. The vaccination guides emphasise the importance of their role in terms of reaching hardto- vaccinate immigrant individuals with information about Covid-19 vaccination. They argue that the conditions of success of this communication lies in employing trusted key individuals, such as vaccination guides, thus making linguistic and cultural adaptions. However, the target group’s significant level of distrust towards the Swedish society, and the spreading of misinformation, is considered aggravating conditions for the vaccination guides’ work and the project itself. Nonetheless, it may be concluded that local interpersonal communication efforts, such as the vaccination guide project, can arguably be seen as a crucial step towards bridging the figurative gap between normative Swedish society and ethnic minority communities.Item Brödrafolkens bro Ett byggprojekt i tre norska och tre svenska tidningar(2010-03-05T13:14:10Z) Jalakas, Anders; Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik och masskommunikation; Göteborg University/Department of Journalism and Mass CommunicationTitel: Brödrafolkens bro. Ett byggprojekt i tre norska och tre svenska tidningar Författare: Anders Jalakas Antal sidor: 72 inklusive bilagor, innehållsförteckningar mm Institution och universitet: Institutionen för Journalistik och masskommunikation (JMG) vid Göteborgs Universitet Syfte: Syftet med undersökningen är att undersöka innehållet i nyhetsrapporteringen om Svinesundsbroprojektet i norsk och svensk press samt att undersöka om det finns skillnader mellan svensk och norsk press i rapporteringen om broprojektet. Frågeställningar: Frågeställning A. Vilka delar av Svinesundsbroprojektet beskrivs mest frekvent i norsk respektive svensk press? Hur ser frekvensrangordningen ut i norsk jämfört med svensk press. Frågeställning B. Vilka tema är mest frekventa i nyhetsrapporteringen om Svinesundsbroprojektet i norsk respektive svensk press? Hur ser frekvensrangordningen ut i norsk jämfört med svensk press? Frågeställning C. Med vilken frekvens får olika typer av aktörer komma till tals i nyhetsrapporteringen om Svinesundsbroprojektet i norsk respektive svensk press? Frågeställning D. Vilket lands tidningar har mest korta texter? Frågeställning E. Är nyhetsrapporteringen om Svinesundsbroprojektet i norsk press mer kritisk än svensk? Eller är det möjligen tvärtom? Frågeställning F. Vad fick mest kritisk respektive positiv uppmärksamhet i svensk respektive norsk press? Hypotes: Det finns skillnader i kritisk tendens i nyhetstexter i Sverige och i Norge. Metod: Kvantitativ innehållsanalys Material: 208 texter ur Göteborgs-Posten, Bohusläningen, Strömstads Tidning, Halden Arbeiderblad, Fredrikstad Blad och Aftenposten under perioden 030101–050415. Huvudresultat, syfte: Både norsk och svensk press beskriver, trots att broprojektet omfattar många delar, huvudsakligen själva bygget av den nya bron. Skillnaderna i innehåll mellan respektive länder är små. Skillnaderna kan, vad avser kritisk tendens, förklaras med att en enda norsk tidning avviker från de andra fem undersökta. Troligen kan man inte tala om att det finns andra skillnader i innehåll mellan norsk och svensk press än de som kan förklaras med gängse nyhetsvärderingskriterier; i det här fallet särskilt närhet i rummet. Resultat, hypotes: Hypotesen falsifierades.Item »CAUSA CAFFIER«: FAR-RIGHT CONNECTIONS IN GERMAN POLITICS AND SECURITY AGENCIES - Political Crisis Communication and its Representation in Legacy News Media(2022-09-01) Sontheimer, Merle Frederike; Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik och masskommunikation; Göteborg University/Department of Journalism and Mass CommunicationPurpose: The purpose of this case study is to add to research on crisis communication, accountability, and scandals in evaluating a German state Minister of Interior’s exoneration strategies through their representation in news media. Additionally, it aims to offer insights on German legacy news media’s treatment of a rightwing radicalist crisis and implications of its potential failures. The relevance of this study comes from its timeliness within the German ‘Einzelfall’-crisis, a series of publicized cases of right-wing radicalist affiliations in GED-agencies stylized as singular events, as well as from the lack of existing research on this topic. Theory: Crisis Communication Theory, Image Repair Theory, Critical Discourse Analysis, Discursive News Value Analysis Method: Critical Discourse Analysis, Qualitative Discourse Analysis Result: Media representation of the scandal and crisis stages of this case successfully made ‘Causa Caffier’ a serious public issue. However, the individualization of the reporting–narrowed down just to Caffier–has to be regarded as a failure of journalism to depict structural and systemic issues. In a parallel to historic blind spots surrounding GED-agencies’ (especially the police) entanglements with right-wing radicalist ideology and groups, German legacy news media, for the most part, represented the case as an individual moral transgression (i.e., a scandal) instead of a sign for a systemic crisis.Item Comparing Media Systems Applied in Post-Soviet Countries Political Parallelism and Role of the State in Armenia, Belarus and Russia(2021-09-10) Kocharyan, Elen; Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik och masskommunikation; Göteborg University/Department of Journalism and Mass CommunicationPurpose: The research aims to reveal the media models operating in the selected three post-Soviet countries: Armenia, Belarus, Russia. As the latters have a joint history the thesis seeks to find out the historica, economic and socio-political casual links that have contributed to the development of the current media systems. Theory: The thesis is based on the theoretical framework of Hallin and Manici described in “Comparing Media Systems.” More specifically, to identify the media model(s) and to discover the character of the media-state relationship two of the dimensions proposed by Hallin and Mancini will be further used with a greater emphasis, which are political parallelism and role of the state. Nevertheless, as the dimensions have been designed to be implemented in Western countries, the research also relies on the critiques on the book. Method: The analysis is based on both secondary research and qualitative study conducted within the scope of this particular research. The theory has been designed to be implemented on already existing information. To fill in the gaps in the research, interviews have been carried out with 5 investigative journalists from the selected countries altogether. Result: The analysis has revealed that three of the selected countries share one type of media system. Nevertheless, the media model differs from those proposed by Hallin and Mancini due to historical, economic, socio-political characteristics of the countries.Item Connecting the Dots – Intertextuality and Narrative in LazyTown(2010-08-09) Jonsson, Daniel; Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik och masskommunikation; Göteborg University/Department of Journalism and Mass CommunicationTitle: Connecting the Dots – Intertextuality and Narrative in LazyTown Author: Daniel Jonsson Tutor: Marie Grusell Course: Media and Communication Studies Advanced Level Period: Spring 2010 Summary: The aim of this study is to analyze the intertextual and narrative components of the children’s TV-program LazyTown. This show has become very successful internationally, making it a rewarding subject for this sort of study, as well as the importance that intertextuality plays in the media today. From the previous research included in this analysis it becomes clear that genre plays a big role when conducting a qualitative analysis such as this one, and that one must always keep the intended target audience in mind. Characterization is the part of narrative theory that are in focus in this study. Resultwise it became apparent that there are few specific intertextual allusions, instead the intertextuality lies in the thematic broad strokes; for example what a single episode is about. The characters of LazyTown are defined as various stereotypes; such as the hero, villain, disciple and so on.Item Ett klimat för miljönyheter? Miljöjournalistiken i Rapport 2006(2008-04-23T05:42:59Z) Bremefors, Christoffer; Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik och masskommunikation; Göteborg University/Department of Journalism and Mass CommunicationItem Expertkommentatorer -en kvantitativ innehållsanalys om hur den politiska tolkande journalistiken såg ut ett år innan valet 2006 i Dagens Nyheter, Göteborgs- Posten och Svenska Dagbladet.(2009-03-06T06:55:18Z) Mulumba, Lady-France; Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik och masskommunikation; Göteborg University/Department of Journalism and Mass CommunicationExpertkommentatorer -en kvantitativ innehållsanalys om hur den politiska tolkande journalistiken såg ut ett år innan valet 2006 i Dagens Nyheter, Göteborgs-Posten och Svenska Dagbladet. Författare Lady-France Mulumba Handledare Monica Löfgren-Nilsson Kurs D-uppsats i medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap, påbyggnadskurs Syfte Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka hur den politiska tolkande journalistiken i kommentatorform såg ut i svensk morgonpress år 2005, ett år innan senaste valet. Metod Kvantitativ innehållsanalys Material Materialet består av nummer från tre olika dagstidningar: Dagens Nyheter, Göteborgs-Posten och Svenska Dagbladet. Det består av vad som har skrivits i dessa tidningar under 2005, alltså ett år innan valet. Det totala antalet artiklar uppgår till 348 stycken; 134 från DN, 109 från Svenskan och 105 från GP. Resultat Expertkommentatorerna fokuserade ofta först och främst på valrörelsen i dagspressen år 2005. Frågor gällande politiska beslut och idéfrågor var också viktiga. Dessa journalister fokuserar inte som det förväntas enbart på nutid och det som kommer att hända i framtiden utan också på partipolitiska frågor. Och att dessa frågor kommer mest i samband med kommande händelser. Av de personer/partier som förekommer är det dåvarande statsministern som person och Moderaterna när det gäller politiska partier som är mest framträdande. Dessa värderas oftast som neutrala, ifrågasättande och inkompetenta. Politiker får ibland komma till tals och ibland inte. Expertkommentatorerna använder sig av orsaker för att tolka politiken, liksom av mycket spelgestaltning. De lägger inte så stor vikt på framtidsprognoser och använder sig mycket av konsekvenser för det som kommer att komma. Expertkommentatorerna använder sig av tolkningsmarkörer genom att visa att de bara är tolkandeItem FRAMING OVERTOURISM - A qualitative media analysis of the case of Barcelona between 2016 and 2020(2022-09-19) Sanchez Aran, Adriá; Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik och masskommunikation; Göteborg University/Department of Journalism and Mass CommunicationPurpose: The goal of this dissertation is to contribute to the framing studies by looking at the discussion about overtourism in Barcelona over a period of intense media attention (2016-2020). It also aims to complement the few previous studies on overtourism discourses by providing the first situated account of the debate. As a still recent and under-researched issue, it presents good opportunity to look at the processes of strategic framing involved in configuring the issue. Theory: Framing theory, social constructionism, strategic framing, overtourism literature Method: A qualitative content analysis over a sample of regional news articles was combined with the methodological implications of the constructionist approach to reconstruct the main frames in an inductive way. Result: Three main frames were found —stranger in one’s own home, Devil’s bargain and Law and Order—, each of them endorsed by one of the principal actors in the debate. Framing coalitions and contests were found, providing some evidence of strategic framing. The results challenged several insights presented in studies of the overtourism debate in international forums, suggesting that a situated perspective was indispensable to grasp the issue.Item Från politisk arena till lokal marknadsplats. En studie av innehållet i den borgerliga landsortspressen 1927-2007(2009-03-25T12:09:35Z) Jacobsson, Diana; Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik och masskommunikation; Göteborg University/Department of Journalism and Mass CommunicationTitel: Från politisk arena till lokal marknadsplats: En studie av den borgerliga landsortspressens lokala innehåll 1927-2007 Författare: Diana Jacobsson Kurs: Påbyggnadskursen, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap Handledare: Monika Djerf-Pierre Termin: Vårterminen 2008 Syfte: Studien avser att besvara frågan vad som fokuseras i landsortspressens lokala rapportering och hur utvecklingen rörande det lokala innehållet har sett ut under perioden 1927-2007 Metod: Etnografisk, kvalitativ textanalys Material: De lokala morgontidningarna Barometern, Borås Tidning, Jönköpings-Posten, Nya Wermlands-Tidningen, Sundsvalls Tidning, utgåvan den första onsdagen i februari vart tionde år 1927-2007, nio nummer av varje titel Huvudresultat: De lokala nyheterna i den borgerliga landsortspressen har utvecklats – från att under den första halvan av 1900-talet bestå av korta notiser som befinner sig i skuggan av artiklar som behandlar internationella och nationella händelser – till att tydligt dominera tidningarnas innehåll. Varje tidnings texter är på ett märkbart sätt en produkt av sin tid. Utifrån hur innehållet har förändrats under den undersökta perioden menar jag att tidningarna har gått från att vara ett partipolitiskt organ med ”global” blick och världshändelser i fokus – till att bli en produkt med en uppsjö av oförargliga lokala nyheter som verkar i marknadens tjänst.Item Från vision till illusion. En studie om hur ett utvecklingsprojekt ramats om i medierna(2012-03-19) Vennergrund, Moa; Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik och masskommunikation; Göteborg University/Department of Journalism and Mass CommunicationTitel: Från vision till illusion, en studie om hur ett utvecklingsprojekt ramats om i medierna Författare: Moa Vennergrund Kurs: Examensarbete i medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap, Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikation, Göteborgs Universitet. Termin: Vårterminen 2012 Handledare: Bengt Johansson Sidantal: 53 Syfte: Hur har de lokala medierna omförhandlat och byt ram av Formens hus? Metod: Kvantitativ innehållsanalys och diskursanalys Material: Nerikes Allehanda och Filipstads tidning mellan år 2004-2011. Huvudresultat: En tydlig omramning har gjort av Formens hus i de lokala medierna där en förändring skett i dels tilltalet i artiklarna, dels i vilken bild de lokala tidningarna porträtterar Formens hus och utveckling, dels vilka aktörer som får uttala sig i artiklarna, dels vilka som framställs som aktiva och passiva, och slutligen har studien kunnat visa att det skett en förändring i hur Formens hus representeras. Detta som ett resultat av en maktförskjutning i vilka som uttalar sig i medierna i fallet Formens hus.Item Government Crisis Communication and Politicization - A Cross-National Comparative Study of Communication Frameworks in Democratic Countries During COVID-19(2025-07-01) Zhong, Narong; Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik och masskommunikation; Göteborg University/Department of Journalism and Mass CommunicationAim/research problem: What are the characteristics of politicized framing strategies in government crisis communication during the COVID-19 pandemic across different democratic regimes? Theory: Framing Theory; Democratic Theory Methods: Content Analyses Material: official communication materials from three governments between January 2020 and January 2021 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic (mainly the text manuscripts of press conferences and the written records of press conferences) Results: A comparative analysis of COVID-19 press briefings from the U.S., Germany, and Japan governments show clear differences in crisis communication strategies. In the U.S., communication was highly politicized. Attribution and responsibility frames dominated, combining performance claims with blame-shifting tactics. Communication primarily served campaign goals rather than collaborative governance. Germany, highlighted action frames rooted in institutional discourse. Communication aimed to build consensus and legitimize policy through cooperation, and scientific authority. Japan tends to use affective frame with messaging relied on polite, request-based expressions, emphasizing social trust, public ethics, and emotional resonance. Though less overtly politicized, Japan’s approach built affective legitimacy through empathy and moral responsibility. In short, while all three are democracies, their institutional structures and political cultures shaped distinct pathways for politicization in crisis communication.Item Gränslös kommunikation. Kommunikation i ett globalt företag under förändring(2011-10-07) Borg, Åsa; Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik och masskommunikation; Göteborg University/Department of Journalism and Mass CommunicationTitel Gränslös kommunikation Kommunikationen i ett globalt företag under förändring Författare Åsa Borg Kurs Examensarbete i Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap avancerad nivå Handledare Annika Bergström Termin VT 2011 Syfte Att undersöka hur kommunikationen fungerat i ett globalt företag under förändring. Metod och material Kvantitativ enkätundersökning på ett totalurval av 138 mellanchefer på Volvo Business Services. 83 personer svarade vilket gav en svarsfrekvens på 60 procent Huvudresultat Med hjälp av en webbenkät har jag undersökt hur kommunikationen fungerat i det globala företaget Volvo Business Services under en förändring. Resultaten visade att en stor del av mellancheferna i företaget ansåg att informationen varit tillräcklig men att en betydande del ändå inte var nöjd med kommunikationen som gått ut. De upplevde då svårigheter att svara på frågor från anställda. Det visade sig även att mellancheferna föredrog att få informationen genom andra kanaler än de kanaler de fick. Här syntes det tendenser att de kanalerna som visade sig vara populärast var de som mottagarna inte själva behövde söka upp, utan de som kom direkt till dem. Vidare konstaterades det att kommunikationen över de kulturella gränserna behöver förbättras.Item HOW ALTERNATIVE IS ALTERNATIVE NEWS MEDIA? - Alternative News Media’s Framing of the COVID-19 Vaccine Process(2022-09-19) Fröhlich, Marie; Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik och masskommunikation; Göteborg University/Department of Journalism and Mass CommunicationAlthough research on alternative news media has been growing over the last decade, the focus is still predominantly on the far-right wing alternative media landscape. There is still little knowledge on the differences among different alternative news media and how they are embedded in the overall news media landscape. This thesis sets out to get a better understanding on how alternative news media reported on the COVID-19 vaccination process in Germany and to what extent they might make use of mainstream news media’s mechanisms when reporting on a crisis. Using a dataset of 670 news articles, the thesis aims to provide a comparative analysis among different alternative news media on their news coverage in relation to mainstream news media. Relying on the framing approach by Robert Entman, the present study used a quantitative framing analysis based on the codebook by Semetko and Valkenburg’s news media frames. Adjusting the codebook, it provided a total of seven frames with various subcategories that operationalize the specific frames, actors, context and tone of the news item. The data contains 670 news articles that reported on the vaccination process in Germany from three different alternative news media (Compact, NDS, RT Deutsch) and one mainstream news media (Tagesschau). The content analysis used cross tabulation analyses and chi-square tests to estimate the association between news outlet and frame usage. The results suggest that there are differences regarding the frame use among different alternative news media. One thing in common however, is their high usage of fear and misinformation when it comes to the vaccine as well to possible restrictions that are related to the vaccination. Their high usage of different fear frames underlines the understanding of alternative news media as their own diverse conglomerate that might adapt dominant news frames from mainstream news media to some extent but with a broad range of different connotations and meanings. In that sense, alternative news media might, despite their political diverging perspectives offer generic news stories to some degree. Yet, they cannot be reduced to the assertion as being a homogenous counterpart of mainstream news media. Their different frame use indicates that their political orientation is indeed an important factor to some degree.Item Hur nöjd kan man vara? En kvalitativ undersökning av inställningarna till intern information av anställda på SDF Tynnered(2008-04-23T05:47:10Z) Dakic, Ognjen; Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik och masskommunikation; Göteborg University/Department of Journalism and Mass CommunicationItem "I'LL NEVER DO INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM HERE IN TANZANIA IN MY ENTIRE LIFE" Challenges of press freedom and female journalists in mainland Tanzania(2021-09-10) Kolttola, Mirja; Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik och masskommunikation; Göteborg University/Department of Journalism and Mass CommunicationPurpose: The aim of the study is to reflect the perceived professional identities of female journalists in relation to investigative journalism and how much the legislative restrictions by the state change their perceived possibilities to produce journalism according to their ideals. Theory: Findings are discussed with the theory of social capital by Pierre Bourdieu. In The Forms of Capital (1986), Bourdieu introduces the accumulation of different forms of capital, such as social and cultural capital. Method: The study in hand is based on empirical research and its chosen approach is the concept of social capital by Pierre Bourdieu. Empirical research has been conducted by document collecting, interviewing, and participant observation. The data consists of six semi-structured interviews of educated female journalists. On top of empirical data, publications by the Media Council of Tanzania were collected and analyzed: Press freedom violations register (2016), Compendium of analyzes of media related laws in Tanzania (2020), Challenging the Glass ceiling: Study of Women in the Newsroom in Tanzania (2019), and Gender in Media Policy (2019). The conclusions are based on both the interviews and the document analysis. Result: Women produce and report investigative journalism in Tanzania, and journalists of female gender consider working with it to be possible with their level of competence, but there is a strong sense of self-censorship among the professionals because of the legislation created to hinder journalism. Journalists need to work in favor of the government, or they risk being banned, fined, or imprisoned. The situation above refers to all genders, but female journalists must hold their professionalism to a higher standard to protect themselves from inappropriate demands within and outside newsrooms.Item "I'LL NEVER DO INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM HERE IN TANZANIA IN MY ENTIRE LIFE".Challenges of press freedom and female journalists in mainland Tanzania(2021-09-10) Kolttola, Mirja; Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik och masskommunikation; Göteborg University/Department of Journalism and Mass CommunicationPurpose: The aim of the study is to reflect the perceived professional identities of female journalists in relation to investigative journalism and how much the legislative restrictions by the state change their perceived possibilities to produce journalism according to their ideals. Theory: Findings are discussed with the theory of social capital by Pierre Bourdieu. In The Forms of Capital (1986), Bourdieu introduces the accumulation of different forms of capital, such as social and cultural capital. Method: The study in hand is based on empirical research and its chosen approach is the concept of social capital by Pierre Bourdieu. Empirical research has been conducted by document collecting, interviewing, and participant observation. The data consists of six semi-structured interviews of educated female journalists. On top of empirical data, publications by the Media Council of Tanzania were collected and analyzed: Press freedom violations register (2016), Compendium of analyzes of media related laws in Tanzania (2020), Challenging the Glass ceiling: Study of Women in the Newsroom in Tanzania (2019), and Gender in Media Policy (2019). The conclusions are based on both the interviews and the document analysis. Result: Women produce and report investigative journalism in Tanzania, and journalists of female gender consider working with it to be possible with their level of competence, but there is a strong sense of self-censorship among the professionals because of the legislation created to hinder journalism. Journalists need to work in favor of the government, or they risk being banned, fined, or imprisoned. The situation above refers to all genders, but female journalists must hold their professionalism to a higher standard to protect themselves from inappropriate demands within and outside newsrooms.