New Course, New Discourse, New Racism?: Right-Wing Alternative Media in Sweden
2019 (Engelska)Självständigt arbete på grundnivå (kandidatexamen), 10 poäng / 15 hp
Studentuppsats (Examensarbete)
Abstract [en]
Like elsewhere in Europe, the tides of nationalist right-wing rhetoric in Sweden have become instrumental in generating a wave of anti-liberal and anti-immigration sentiments in politics and media. In particular, one branch of right-wing alternative media has become a breeding ground for normalizing such rhetoric. Does the anti-immigration stance in such media disguise racist inclinations? In this thesis we examine the discourse of three right-wing alternative media sites in Sweden to explore the possible employment of different types of racism in their articles. By taking the constructivist viewpoint and adopting the post-colonial conceptions of the 'Self' and the 'Other', racist discourse was analyzed and characterized as either biological or cultural. From these two theories, we derived concepts concerning descriptions of contemporary and ideal Swedish society that will be used as further indicators of racist discourses. In this single case study, 94 articles from Fria Tider, Nya Tider, and Samhällsnytt were analyzed on the topics of immigration, integration and crime through a qualitative content analysis. The results show that most of the articles contain cultural racist discourse.
Ort, förlag, år, upplaga, sidor
2019. , s. 62
Nyckelord [en]
right-wing alternative media, post-colonial theory, biological racism, cultural racism, nationalism, qualitative content analysis.
Nationell ämneskategori
Statsvetenskap
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hv:diva-14113Lokalt ID: EIS501OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hv-14113DiVA, id: diva2:1337712
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Statsvetenskap
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Internationella programmet för politik och ekonomi
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