”Han kommer alltid att ha kvar stämpeln” : En enkätstudie om förtroendet för de svenska medierna efter #metoo

• Main Authors: Carlsson, Ola, Ranäng, Tobias
• Format: Others
• Language: Swedish
• Published: Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för medier och journalistik (MJ) 2020
• Subjects: Martin Timell; Swedish journalism; name publications; survey study; suspected offenders; suspected rapist; aquitted of charge; confidence; trust; mass media; crime journalism; Humanities and the Arts; Humaniora och konst
• Online Access: http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-91176

The aim of this bachelor thesis was to examine how the reader perceived the media's reporting during #metoo, and if the reader’s trust in Swedish journalism was affected after publishing the names of suspected offenders.  The research questions examined were: How did readers perceive the Swedish media coverage of #metoo? Has the general confidence in Swedish journalism been affected after #metoo? How do the readers perceive Martin Timell today, after he was acquitted of crime? Do the readers think that the name publication of suspected offenders during #metoo was justified?  We used a survey study to investigate our selected research questions. 214 participators took the survey and responded to 9 questions. The image of Martin Timell that was framed in the media in autumn 2017 generally remains, and despite Timell's acquittal of accusations, the reader perceives him as guilty.