This thesis aims to examine the nature of the medial compartment regarding the reporting of problems in conjunction with suburbs. Previous research on discrimination in the media shows that people living in the suburbs considers suburbs being portrayed negatively in the media. They perceive that this has a negative effect on integration which in turn increases the risk of stigmatization. This study strives to contribute to the clarification of whether medias means of reporting around this area can help in the development of problems in suburbs by examining whether there is a reflection of actual political focus in the media or if media only plays a stigmatizing role. The research method used has been quantitative content analysis, making an overview of how much space is given to the different types of reporting. The thesis concludes that the reporting examined in this study did not appear to be of a structurally discriminatory nature, even if that type of reporting occurred.

Bakgrund till denna studie a?r att jag la?nge varit nyfiken pa? var la?rare och elev mo?ts i det arbetssa?tt som bena?mns formativ bedo?mning, men ocksa? var de kanske inte mo?ts. Vidare har jag velat ge ett elevperspektiv pa? formativ bedo?mning, en infallsvinkel jag tycker mig sakna i forskning och debatt. Studiens syfte har varit att underso?ka eventuella skillnader i elevers respektive la?rares uppfattning och upplevelse av formativ bedo?mning och om elever uppfattar den formati- va bedo?mningen pa? det sa?tt la?raren har fo?r avsikt. Studien riktar in sig pa? elever och la?rare i yrkesutbildning fo?r vuxna da?r ba?da grupper genom svar pa? fra?geenka?ter, men a?ven uppfo?ljande intervjuer, fa?tt ge sin bild av hur de sja?lva upplever bedo?mningsarbetet ? men ocksa? hur la?rarna tror eleverna upplever for- mativ bedo?mning. Ba?da grupperna ger uttryck fo?r en ova?ntat samsta?mmig bild av formativ bedo?mning, bilden a?r dessutom o?verva?gande positiv. Vidare ra?der stor samsta?mmighet a?ven mellan grupperna i synen pa? va?rdet av formativ bedo?mning. Det enskilda omra?de da?r tydlig diskrepans ra?der a?r na?r det ga?ller la?rares uppfattning av hur elever ser pa? formativ bedo?mning.

För att få svar på följande tre frågor har jag läst litteratur samt intervjuat en person på BUP-Elefanten (barn och ungdoms psyk.), en anställd på Eleonoragruppen (hjälporganisation för anhöriga till missbrukare) samt en utbildad bildterapeut. Frågor: -Hur kan bilden användas i behandlingsarbetet med barn, med traumatiska upplevelser bakom sig?-Vad kan/skall jag göra som lärare om jag misstänker, eller får bekräftat, att en elev genom sina bilder beskriver något hemskt den varit med om?-Måste man vara utbildad bildterapeut för att kunna använda bilden som hjälpmedel i terapiarbetet med barn? Kortfattat svar: Jag har fått ta del av och beskriver 6 st. olika bildterapeutiska metoder. Som lärare har man anmälningsplikt om man tror eller vet att ett barn far illa.

The purpose of this study is to examine the role social media canplay in a school library context, based on a theoretical model,called ?A new model for the public library in a knowledge andexperienced society? by Henrik Jochumsen, Dorte Skot-Hansenand Casper Hvegaard Rasmussen.The bachelor thesis aim to answer three research questions, theyare as follow: Which request of social media is there by teachersand pupils at a high school library? Which social media is the mostrequested by teachers and pupils at a high school library? Andshould the library services for teachers and students be improved ifsocial media were used at a high school library?The methodology used for this study was an inquiry investigation.My findings are presented in a context of previous, relatedresearch and the study shows that teachers and pupils are wellinformed of what social media is and they use social media whenthey are at school.The thesis also shows that the unit I study, a vocational trainingunit, is more or less interested in what the school library can do forthem with social media.They seldom are at the school library and they seldom use theteach platform were they can find library services.This result can open up for the school library to meet the users at anew arena with for example social media..

Purpose/Aim: This essay seeks to describe in what way different newspapers framed Uppsala Reggaefestival, which is a music festival in Uppsala, Sweden. Not only the local press, but also the framing by national press will be analyzed. Furthermore, it seeks to discuss what causes different frames.Material/Method: The material consist of 96 articles from 4 different newspapers which are being analyzed through a quantitative content analysis method inspired by Melin and Lange, and their ideas of identifying the main message of a text. The media framing of Uppsala Reggaefestival are compared to another similar music festival in Sweden, Arvikafestivalen. By using theories about media framing and media logic the results can, if not explained, at least be discussed.Main results: The study shows that Uppsala Reggaefestival is framed in a way that is focused on the problems within the festival, for example drug abuse.

AbstractTitle: The ?Investigator? and the ?Updater? ? new patterns of news use among young adults.Number of pages: 48Author: Anna StrinnholmTutor: Amelie HössjerCourse: Media and Communications, D- levelPeriod: Fall of 2005University: Division of Media and Communication, Department of Information Science, Uppsala UniversityPurpose/Aim: The aim of this essay is to provide an description of how daily newspaper, TV, radio and the Internet are used by young adults in order to contribute to Lennar Weibulls model ?a typology of the Swedish mediasystem from an audience perspectiv?.Method/Material: The method of gathering of empirical material has been conducted by interviewing eight people of how they use daily newspapers, TV, radio and The internet to inform themselves of the daily news. The empirical material has then been analysed by applying a two step method, of first making a summary of the interviews and secondly making a comparison with a model of Lennart Weibull ?a typology of the Swedish mediasystem from an audience perspectiv? .Main results:Two different types of ideal media users can be drawn from the empirical research, the ?Investigator? and the ?Updater?. The updater search for news to stay updated and relies on the Internet as main source of information.

?The modern library in the network society?A study of cultural politicians and librarians opinions about libraries' use of social mediaSocial media is becoming more and more interacted in our daily lives and Carlsson (2013) argues that today's libraries have undergone major challenges in the digital information technology's entry in the library arena. The new technology has led to sum up in one question: how a library should relate to the digital information technology, the issue has applied in particular the social communications media, such as Facebook, Twitter and more. The purpose of this paper is to examine the culture of politicians and librarians 'perceptions of public libraries' use of social media linked to the libraries and their democracy promotion efforts. This is analyzed from Castells theories about the network society and the digital divide.In summary, the study concluded that the majority of the culture politicians and librarians believe that social media is a part of the future of the library.

In this study we examine five selected media organisations with different forms of productionplatforms that all appear in Stockholm's southern and western suburbs, which are part of themillion-construction project. Their stated ambition is to present an alternative image of thesuburbs than that found in mainstream media. They want to portray themselves instead ofconstantly being described by others.The purpose of the study is to gain a better understanding of the reason for the emergenceof these media, their visions according to the media producers themselves, and how theyrelate to mainstream media. The study is based on a theoretical framework that focuses ondiverse approaches of alternative media and the journalists' role in a democratic society.The wide data analysis from qualitative informant interviews, with small observations as acomplement, showed results indicating criticism against the misrepresentation of Stockholmsuburbs in mainstream media. Furthermore the results show that the overall dissatisfaction ofthis misrepresentation is one of the main reasons why the different media, which are bothrepresented by citizens and journalists, were founded.

Studiens syfte har varit att undersöka och analysera religionslärarens tal om islam. Frågeställningarna är följande: Vilka diskurser förekommer i lärares tal om islam relaterat till undervisningssituationer? Vilka diskurser om islam artikuleras enligt lärarna av eleverna i under-visningen? Hur beskriver lärarna att de arbetar med läroböcker i undervisningen?För att besvara arbetets syfte och frågeställning har jag intervjuat sju behöriga, verksamma gmnasielärare på två gymnasieskolor. Det empiriska materialet har analyserats med hjälp av diskursanalys.Resultatet visar bland annat att lärarna vill och försöker nyansera bilden jämfört med den bild som förmedlas i läroböckerna. Lärarna använder sig också av västerländska jämförbara fenomen för att dekonstruera den stereotypa bilden av islam som förekommer både i läroböckerna och bland eleverna menar lärarna.

This research outlines studies about the relationship between social integration process of Japanese immigrants in Sweden and how social media assists in this process. The purpose of this research includes: To find out the reasons of migration to Sweden for six Japanese immigrants, any difficulties that they faced at the beginning of their immigration process and/or any positive qualities that they found in living in Sweden, whether they have accessed social media since they have moved in, if they do so, how the social media has been used and also, whether the social media has had a role to play in contributing to help their social integration process. In addition, it has been considered whether the participants have plans to return to Japan. In Sweden, there is relatively small Japanese migrant population. This social science research paper is the first in Sweden which explores the immigration process of Japanese migrants into Sweden.

The purpose of our study is to see how an organization, and also a administrative authority, communicates by using social media. The organization in this case is the Swedish Police, because of their paradoxical problem with confidentiality versus openness and transparency. The Police has over a hundred Facebook-accounts, where they try to have a open dialogue with their publics without breaking the law of secrecy. Our general purpose of the study is also to see what the pros and cons are of having a own media channel, instead of the traditional media and their often anticipation twists.The result of the study showed that the three different police precincts, which we investigated in our essay, are working in three different ways. The gap may affect their overall reputation and trust gained by their publics.

The aim of our study was to examine Swedish crime reporters? approach to the social medium Flashback. Our main focus was the crime reporters? use of the medium Flashback, and attitude towards their own use of media ethics in relation to the medium Flashback.Flashback as a medium is not obliged to any media ethics and lacks a legally accountable publisher. In the search for information about committed crimes people tends to visit Flashback for the information that the traditional media cannot offer.

Under många år har debatten om hur kvinnor och män framställs och skildras i media till mycket handlat om vilka signaler som sänds ut till samhället. Men tyngdpunkten har ofta fokuserats på negativa aspekter kring hur framförallt bilden av kvinnan framhålls. I samhällsdebatter kritiseras den könsneutrala utgångspunkten av feminister som anser att mannen fortfarande är norm i samhället, vilket då per automatik gör kvinnan till den avvikande. Men samtidigt finns det också kritiker som menar att det föreligger en konfliktaspekt då det kommer till frågan om jämställdhet eftersom män blir tvungna att avstå från makt till förmån för kvinnorna. Jämställdhetsfrågan och debatten är ständigt aktuell och media som forum har en stor påverkan av hur utvecklingen går framåt.

ABSTRACT Title: The new Public ServiceAuthors: Hanna Haeggström, Sara Marklund, Madeleine OlssonLevel: Bachelor thesis in Media and Communications Studies Supervisor: Olof HulténLocation: School of Communication and Design, University of Kalmar, spring 2008Language: SwedishNumber of pages: 55There is an ongoing change of the media industry where new types of media emerge as a result of technological advancements. The audience and their use of the media have changed where available range has expanded while the size of the audience has remained the same. For media companies this implies a fight for the audience, where the right approach is vital for keeping as well as attracting new customers. Public service is an issue under current debate and its future role in the media industry has been brought into question. This survey investigates the roll of public service in Scandinavia in a new and changing media industry and how they should act to be important for their audience.

The purpose of this study is to discuss the use of social media by the Swedish Police for democratic purposes. The idea of citizen empowerment is closely related to the development of new communication technologies such as social media. Yet many studies indicate that governmental institutions rarely make use of the assumed potentials of social media.In this study, the democratic potential of social media is derived from Habermas normative concept of deliberative participation. Operational definitions emphasize discursive equality, interactive reciprocity and external impact. The analytical framework is combined with qualitative text analysis to highlight the conditions of interaction between representatives of the Police and citizens.In conclusion: the democratic potential of social media, from a Habermasian point of view, is to a significant extent neglected at the expense of its strategic advantages.