HELLO AFRICA!

Purpose and questions We wanted in our paper to explore how Swedish press covers Africa and to find out the possible reasons why the coverage looks in a specific way and also to find out how people in Africa are being portrayed and the possible consequences of the Swedish media´s description of Africa. Research We have used the central research about attribute agenda setting to look at the consequences of the news being the way they are, and the theories of news evaluation of Galtung and Ruge when looking at what makes the news. We also work with the principle of different gatekeepers which is people in position to decide what makes news.