”Hon har inte alla besticken i lådan” En kritisk diskursanalys av hur kvinnliga respektive manliga mördare framställs i Veckans Brott

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Abstract Title: ”Hon har inte alla besticken i lådan” – En kritisk diskursanalys av hur kvinnliga respektive manliga mördare framställs i Veckans Brott Author: Sofie Furusäter & Mikaela Söderberg Subject: Undergraduate research paper in Journalism studies, Dept. Of Journalism, media and communication (JMG) Gothenburg University Term: Spring 2017 Supervisor: Marina Ghersetti, JMG Gothenburg Pages/words: 38/15648, excluding appendix and reference-list Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to examine how the Swedish television program Veckans Brott portraits female and male murderers. Method: Critical Discourse Analysis Procedure: 10 cases (within 14 episodes) were analyzed through Critical discourse analysis. Results: Our analysis show some differences between the portrayal of the male and female offenders in the Swedish television program Veckans Brott. Key words: Crime, gender, media, murderer, Veckans Brott, narratology, discourse analysis, norm Nyckelord: Brottslighet, genus, medier, mördare, Veckans Brott, narratologi, diskursanalys, norm