Hemlöshetens utanförskap och ansvar : En kritisk diskursanalys om hemlösa och hemlöshet i medietexter

The aim of this study was to examine discourses of homelessness and how they were represented in Swedish news media. A total of 28 articles from various newspapers were analysed in the study. Eight of the articles were published 1994/1995 and 20 articles were published 2014/2015. Critical discourse...

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Main Author: Svensson, Amanda
Format: Others
Language:Swedish
Published: Stockholms universitet, Institutionen för socialt arbete - Socialhögskolan 2015
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Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-127584
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Summary:The aim of this study was to examine discourses of homelessness and how they were represented in Swedish news media. A total of 28 articles from various newspapers were analysed in the study. Eight of the articles were published 1994/1995 and 20 articles were published 2014/2015. Critical discourse analysis was chosen to be the theoretical and methodological framework of this study. The analysis indicates that there are four main discourses that can be seen in the news media regarding homelessness: alienation, homelessness, housing and responsibility.