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Tabloidiseringstendenser

This is a master study that are achieved by a quantitative content analysis of two Swedish newspapers, Aftonbladet (tabloid), Jönköping-Posten (broadsheet). In order to examine how or if the editorial content is influenced by tabloidization tendencies over time. (from 1950 to 1990). After researching former studies on the subject, this master’s study uses tabloid theory that included Range, Form and Style, a concept from the authors Shelly McLachlan and Peter Golding. The conclusion of the master’s study are that tabloidization tendencies exist and expand in the editorial content of the two newspapers between 1950 and 1990, before the major industry crisis occurred which forced several newspapers to change formats from broadsheet to tabloid. The study shows that the tabloid tendencies are higher in Aftonbladet (tabloid) then Jönköpings-Posten (broadsheet). However over time you can see how the tabloid tendencies spread in both of the newspapers.

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Kommunikation i forskarbloggar

Title (Swedish) Kommunikation i forskarbloggar – En motivationsstudie bland forskare vid Göteborgs universitet Title (English) Communication in research blogs – A motivational study among researchers at the University of Gothenburg Author Maike Mohlin Tutor Annika Bergström Constituent Information department of the University of Gothenburg (Informationsenheten vid Göteborgs universitet) Course Master thesis in media and communications at the institution for journalism, media and communication at the University of Gothenburg Term Spring 2013 Pages/ word count 77/ 32211 words Objective To examine why researchers at the University of Gothenburg chose to blog in their role as a researcher Method Exploratory analysis of qualitative, semi-structured interviews Material Eleven interviews with blogging researchers from different fields at the University of Gothenburg, material gathered in spring 2012 Main results In the context of research communication blogs play an essential role for researchers for directly communicating with the public. A strong motivation for researchers to blog is that they can represent and create an image of themselves. Also the blog is used in several ways as a tool in the researchers’ daily work. Despite the fact that there are disadvantages with blogging, the researchers in the study find that it brings along far more advantages than disadvantages, which is why they keep blogging.

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Communicating in unfamiliar territories

Title: Communicating in unfamiliar territories – A qualitative study of developing a sustainable online communication strategy for UD Trucks in Asia Author: Andreas Rosén 840301-5558 Semester: Spring 2011 Tutor: Annika Bergström Number of pages: 77 (six appendixes) Purpose: The purpose of this study is to create a sustainable online communication strategy Methodology: The methodology used in this thesis is qualitative and quantitative. Key words: Integrated market communication (IMC), B2B communication in Asia, social network sites (SNS) Key findings: In this thesis I have presented a suggestion how a Japanese truck brand should work online. My research indicates that there are some areas that need more attention than others. One of my key findings indicates that UD Trucks has working accordingly to a crisis communication theory from 1963. In order to change this I have suggested numerous steps that I believe are necessary to take and as a result, integrated market communication (IMC), should be utilized and acknowledged for all online marketing activities.

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Köp med hjärtat!

Titel Köp med hjärtat! Författare Liza Olsson Kurs Examensarbete (kort master) i medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap Termin Vårterminen 2013 Handledare Orla Vigsø Sidantal, ord 85 sidor 39 065 ord Syfte Syftet är att ta reda på hur Fairtrade Sverige presenterar sig själva Metod Retorisk analys Material Tre annonser ur en reklamkampanj för Fairtrade Sverige, tre producentberättelser från Fairtrade Sveriges webbsida och tre intervjuer med tre Fairtrade ambassadörer. Totalt nio texter. Huvudresultat Huvudresultatet visar att Fairtrade Sverige som organisation inte vill stå i rampljuset utan väljer att kommunicera via produktmärkningen Fairtrade-märkt. De vill skapa uppmärksamhet kring märkningen och få konsumenter att bli medvetna om den och se den som ett alternativ. De vill dock inte tvinga konsumenterna att köpa Fairtrade-märkta varor utan organisationen förlitar sig på kundens egen moral och etik. Genom ambassadörerna (Fairtrade Fan Club) vill organisationen inspirera konsumenterna att göra ett etiskt val när de handlar. Märkningen ska ses som det enda tänkbara alternativet när konsumenten handlar. Det handlar återigen inte om att moralisera utan att lita på kundens goda omdöme och att hen vet vad som är rätt och fel. Fairtrade Sverige är istället en inspirationskälla för konsumentens engagemang. Organisationen kommer med fakta över den rådande situationen i de fattiga delarna av världen och hur konsumenten kan bidra till en positiv förändring.Genom producenterna och odlarna vill organisationen ett omdöme om sig som en räddande ängel som hjälper odlarna att bli självständiga. Producenterna ska inte ses som offer enligt Fairtrade Sverige. Istället är de hårt arbetande och hängivna människor som enbart vill få rättvist betalt för de varor de producerar och odlar och genom det få bättre livsvillkor.

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Spela ni, så tittar vi

Title You play, we’ll watch – a study about e-sport consumption and community Author Simon Karlsson Semester Spring 2012 Tutor Malin Sveningsson Number of pages 67 (1 appendix) Aim The study aims to explore the motivations and needs behind e-sport consumption and the possible identity construction it entails. Method Qualitative methods: interviews and participant observations. Material Ten interviews with individuals from the barcraft community in Gothenburg, Sweden. Ethnography studies from four locations in total for the e-sport tournament GBG E-sport Open: three from qualifiers and one from the finals. Main results E-sport consumption proved to fill a variety of needs. Affective: To be entertained and experience emotional satisfaction. Social integrative: to connect with friends and other viewers. This proved also to enhance the affective need. Cognitive: better understanding of the game, which then later can be used while playing to enhance ones rank within the ladder. Tension release: to relax from a stressful day. E-sport consumption is preferably done with friends. This consumption with others also leads to a sense of belonging and identity. Outsiders might have a negative opinion about e-sports which also binds the consumers closer together and forms a subculture.

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Grönt med personalen

Title Greenlighted employees – The internal value of Schenker’s environmental work. Author David Fridner. Course Master thesis in Science of Media and Communication. Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Gothenburg. Semester Spring semester 2009. Tutor Professor Monika Djerf-Pierre. Number of pages 55 (appendix 23). Aim The aim is to study the internal value of Schenker’s environmental work. Method Qualitative and quantitative method. Material 20 interviews from four workgroups: managers (4), sales (5), customer-services (4) and truck drivers (7). 148 websurveys from two workgroups: sales (106) and customer-services (42). Main result Schenker is perceived as an environmentally friendly enterprise. Much due to the fact that the company’s impact on nature only has little to do with how the staff evaluate its “greenness”. The study reveals a customer oriented organizational culture focused on profitability. The environmental project ought to be designed with that in mind.

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Den användarskapade elden

Title The User Created Fire – Risks and Opportunities with Crisis Communication in Social Network Sites Author Charbel Sader Course Master Thesis in Media‐ and Communication Studies, Department of Journalism and Communication, University of Gothenburg Semester Spring semester of 2013 Tutor Nicklas Håkansson Number of pages 75 Purpose To find a deeper understanding of the digital media’s role in Swedish society in relation to crisis communication. Method Qualitative approach using focus group interviews Material Semi structured focus group interviews with a total of 18 participants in five groups. The focus group sessions were made during February, March and April 2012. Main results The main findings in this study are that users expect the communication flow in social network sites (SNS) during a crisis is to be a shortcut to information without a detour through organizations or traditional media. Although we find personal gratification, like interpersonal communication, quick information and sharing feelings and experience with others by using SNS during a crisis, users also tend to be hesitant about the credibility of the shared information. Alongside the user created content, we look to professional media experts and organizations as a guarantee for the veracity of the shared information. Users are at the same time increasingly disappointed when mainstream media in several cases has used social network sites as the main source for their news about various crisis situations conveying false images and rumors rather than facts.

Terror 2.0

Abstract Title: Terrorism 2.0 – A study on the terror attack in Stockholm 2010 Author: Jiwar Roshan Tutor: Tomas Andersson Odén Course: Master thesis in Science of Media Communication, Department of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Gothenburg Word count: 24 808 Key words: Terrorism, Islamism, context, media, police. Main results: The study has shown that Islamic terrorism in a Swedish context is strongly influenced by the international context on the subject and also the 9/11 attacks. The suicide bomber embodies Islamic terrorism by his act and therefore the communication on him and the terror attack in itself is powerfully linked. Both these facts are central in the context patterns when the event is communicated by Swedish media. The reporting and the communication in a Swedish context are not based on racism, though the study can show patterns of polarization between “Us and Them”. The communication on the terror attack in a Swedish context also reflects many internal issues on the subject, both the historical ones and the contemporary ones.

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White Supremacy

Title White Supremacy – A study of Racial Representation in Brazilian Television News Media Author Malin Håkansson Teles Course Master Thesis in Media- and Communication Studies, Department of Journalism and Communication, University of Gothenburg Semester Spring semester of 2013 Tutor Malin Sveningson Number of pages 58 Purpose To examine how different races are represented in the television news program Jornal Nacional Method Quantitative content analysis and qualitative content analysis Material 52 episodes (one per week) of the Brazilian television news program Jornal Nacional, between 05.04.2012 and 01.04.2013. Main results Whites are gravely overrepresented as a race, while Browns are underrepresented and Blacks are marginally underrepresented (compared to the real population). Asians and Indigenous have statistically uncertain results. Whites tend to be represented in contexts and roles associated with power. Blacks and Browns however, tend to be represented in contexts and roles not associated with power. We can also note that certain roles appear to have a stronger connection to Offenders are associated with Browns and Blacks while Law Defenders are associated with Whites.

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EN STUDIE I MÄNNISKORS UPPFATTNINGAR OM BROTT

Abstract Titel EN STUDIE I MÄNNISKORS UPPFATTNINGAR OM BROTT Författare Gunes Suberoglu Kurs Examensarbete (master) i medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap Termin Vårtermin 2013 Handledare Marie Grusell Sidantal, ord 80, 35113 Syfte Syftet är att undersöka människors uppfattningar om brott i två stadsdelar. Ett ytterligare syfte är att redogöra för om människor själva föreställer sig att brottsrapporteringar har någon betydelse för dessa. Metod Kvalitativa, semistrukturerade respondentintervjuer. Material Respondentintervjuer med tretton personer, varav sju personer som bor i stadsdelen Centrum och sex personer som bor i stadsdelen Örgryte. Huvudresultat De huvudsakliga resultaten visar att respondenterna uppfattar ödsliga samt platser där ett stort antal människor befinner sig i som osäkra. Respondenterna uppfattar det även som att förorter är mer osäkra. Respondenterna har en bild av att yngre män är mer benägna att begå våldsbrott än andra grupper i samhället. Det empiriska materialet visar att respondenterna i både stadsdelarna uppger att de inte har läst om eller tittat på någon brottsrapportering som har skett i just det området de bor i. Samtliga respondenter anser att de känner sig trygga i det området de bor i. Respondenter som bor i stadsdelen Centrum uppfattar det som att de tar till sig brottsrapporteringar som handlar om det lilla området de bor i. Respondenterna i Centrum anser att brottsrapporteringar som handlar om andra områden inom stadsdelen (speciellt kärnan i stadsdelen) inte är någon otrygghets faktor för dem. Studien visar även att respondenterna uppfattar det som att brottsrapporteringar till viss del validerar och bekräftar sina uppfattningar. Studien visar även att respondenterna uppfattar det som att när de läser om eller tittar på en brottsrapportering så tar de inte till sig sådana brottsrapporteringar som handlar om avlägsna platser. En förekommande uppfattning är att de våldsbrottsrapporteringar som inte sker i den omedelbara närheten, inte har någon betydelse för respondenternas uppfattningar om brott och upplevda oro och trygghet. Undersökningen visar att respondenterna i olika åldrar, kön och bostadsområde har varierande uppfattningar om brottsfyllda platser, personer som begår brott och personer som blir utsatta för brott. Majoriteten av de kvinnliga respondenterna i undersökningen har den bilden att de löper störst risk för att bli utsatta för våldtäkt. Majoriteten av de manliga respondenterna har den bilden av att de löper störst risk för misshandel och rån. Studien visar även att ingen av samtliga respondenterna i både stadsdelarna har rädsla för att bli utsatta för brott som de upplever att begränsar dem i sina vardagliga och sociala liv. Nyckelord Brott, uppfattningar om brott, rädsla för brott, brottsrapporteringar, förstärkning