Opinions of right-wing and left-wing mass-media on the policy of the Kingdom of Sweden in the field of arms trade (based on materials from Dagens Nyheter and Aftonbladet)
Velichko, Elizaveta (2021)
Velichko, Elizaveta
2021
Johtamisen ja talouden tiedekunta - Faculty of Management and Business
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2021-05-25
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Nowadays, the world arms trade market is growing every year, as is the number of players on it. Many countries are engaged in arms export, although the list of the largest exporting countries has not changed for many years. Even though Sweden has never entered the top five, the country has firmly established itself in the list of the top twenty exporters, being an active participant in the market.
The aim of this study is to identify differences in coverage of the topic of arms exports in newspapers with different political pressures. Through content analysis, this study highlights the salient features of Swedish arms exports from two of Sweden's largest newspapers, Aftonbladet and Dagens Nyheter.
Mass media, in particular newspapers, have played an important role in the life of Swedish society. With the rise in the popularity of social media and the rise in digitalization, the popularity of newspapers has somewhat diminished, but online newspapers are still one of the main sources of information. For this reason, of all types of media, it was newspapers that were selected for analysis. To carry out this analysis, based on the formed criteria, we selected arrays of articles for 2015 from both newspapers.
This study contributes to the existing knowledge about the role of the media in Swedish society, as well as expands knowledge about the peculiarities of coverage of controversial political topics in Swedish newspapers of different orientations.
In the future, in order to understand whether the Swedish press influences the policy pursued by the state, future research can be conducted as a case study, based on the data obtained in the course of this study.
The aim of this study is to identify differences in coverage of the topic of arms exports in newspapers with different political pressures. Through content analysis, this study highlights the salient features of Swedish arms exports from two of Sweden's largest newspapers, Aftonbladet and Dagens Nyheter.
Mass media, in particular newspapers, have played an important role in the life of Swedish society. With the rise in the popularity of social media and the rise in digitalization, the popularity of newspapers has somewhat diminished, but online newspapers are still one of the main sources of information. For this reason, of all types of media, it was newspapers that were selected for analysis. To carry out this analysis, based on the formed criteria, we selected arrays of articles for 2015 from both newspapers.
This study contributes to the existing knowledge about the role of the media in Swedish society, as well as expands knowledge about the peculiarities of coverage of controversial political topics in Swedish newspapers of different orientations.
In the future, in order to understand whether the Swedish press influences the policy pursued by the state, future research can be conducted as a case study, based on the data obtained in the course of this study.