Mitt syfte med uppsatsen är att studera hur ett blogginlägg på en blogg vid namn Klamydiabrevet, som uppmärksammades i samband med valet 2010, påverkade dagordningen i de traditionella medierna. Mina frågeställningar rör hur blogginlägget påverkade de traditionella mediernas agenda, hur och varför den uppmärksammades samt hur denna uppmärksamhet kan tolkas utifrån dagordningsteorin samt om det går att utläsa hur giltig är denna teori är idag? Jag har genomfört kvalitativa intervjuer med representanter från olika medier samt med en mediestrateg som är insatt i sociala medier. Jag har haft min teoretiska utgångspunkt i ?agenda setting?-teorin och ?gatekeeping?-teorin samt i en utveckling av den senare som kallas ?gatewatching?.

2 (45)AbstractAuthors: Gunnel Forssell Ehrlich & Alexandra WinbergTitle: Gender in local press ? a quantitative study of four local newspapers Level: BA Thesis in Media and Communication StudiesLocation: Linnaeus UniversityLanguage: SwedishNumber of pages: 50The report shows a quantitative study of balance in gender and position of power in the local press. The study aimed to shed light on the distribution of space in the newspaper between men and women, those within power and those without in Swedish local press. The study was conducted with four newspapers, during a month of time with local editorial news material. In our study, we have assumed Lippmann?s and Strömbäck?s theories of pseudo-reality and distribution of gender and position of power in Sahlstrand and Jarlbro.

The aim of this study is to analyze the process of an agenda setting and see how a specific issue came to materialize on the security policy agenda. The empirical goal of the study is to see why Sweden chose to participate in the EU-led operation to Chad, and how that process came to be? The analysis is based upon Kingdon's multiple streams theory (2003) where he distinguishes the process into three streams. Central for his theory is the coupling of these streams and the importance of a policy entrepreneur. I complement Kingdon's theory of policy entrepreneurs by taking inspiration from Hinnfors (1995), Gustavsson (1999) and especially Eriksson (2000) and their analysis of policy change and agenda setting.

This thesis concerns how local governments use the concept sustainable development, and what the concept means. The concept of Agenda 21 and local Agenda 21 will also be discussed in this essay, because it's an instrument for local governments to specify their work towards sustainable development. I have interviewed civil servants in leading positions in the municipalities? work with environmental questions and sustainable development. In the choice of method for this thesis, I use the qualitative method and for the interviews I chose the ?semi structure way of interviewing?.This thesis shows that local governments? implementation of sustainable development and Agenda 21 differ between the municipalities.

Abstract Essay in political science, C-level, by Patrik Larsson, autumn semester 2007.Tutor: Susan Marton The battle over the agenda-Can media be regarded as an individual political actor? The purpose of this essay is to study to what extent media can be regarded to function as an individual political actor. In other words, do the media have more power over the political agenda than the politicians and do the media influence how the politicians make their decisions. This research is a case study and to be able to complete the intention of this study I have used Maxwell McCombs and Donald Shaws theory, the agenda-setting theory. From this theory I have used four aspects to analyse my material which has consisted of editorials from a Swedish newspaper, interpellations and debates that belong to the interpellations. The aspect I have worked with are, how the problem is defined, who is responsible for the problem, what values and which solutions are expressed.  I have used a qualitative text analysis as my methodological approach which means that the results of my study are my interpretation of the material. My conclusions are that the media in this case shouldn?t be regarded as an individual political actor because there is no tendency that shows that the media has influenced the government in their decisions concerning the real-estate tax.

Denna uppsats a?r en studie av Svenska Dagbladets agenda och La?kare Utan Gra?nsers och Ro?da Korsets informationsflo?de med fokus pa? humanita?ra kriser. Syftet fo?r va?r studie a?r att ta reda pa? i vilken utstra?ckning hja?lporganisationernas informationsflo?de o?verenssta?mmer med Svenska Dagbladets agenda. Fo?r att fa? en helta?ckande studie vill vi a?ven ta reda pa? hur hja?lporganisationerna go?r fo?r att fo?rso?ka styra mediernas agenda.Ide?n till denna studie utvecklades efter att La?kare Utan Gra?nser presenterade rapporten Kriserna svenskar glo?mt som visar att flera humanita?ra kriser som drabbat miljontals ma?nniskor ga?tt svenskarna fo?rbi.

The concept of national security has been a matter for debate during recent years, especially in academic fields. Criticism has surfaced since the end of the cold war, directed towards the traditional perspective's dogmatic focus on armed threats and interstate war. Questions concerning an oncoming paradigm shift have been raised, regarding a widening of the security agenda among national states to also include alternative threats, such as environmental hazards. In this thesis, the focus lies on the effects that climate changes have caused in the Swedish national security agenda during the last 15 years. Swedish policy documents show that there have been some major changes, not only the widening of the security agenda but the entire security domain seems to have changed.

AbstractThe aim with this essay has been to investigate if Sweden?s attitude against the European Union has changed expressed in the statement of government policies, during the years 1988-1998. In the prolongation I want to see if the policies can be seen as examples of agenda-setting.My comprehensive objective is: In which way is the change of the Swedish attitude towards the European Union expressed in the statement of government policies during 1988-1998 shown?My other objectives are: In which ways describes the statements the integrations process in Europe generally?In which ways does the integrations process influences Sweden in generally?In which ways does the integrations process influences Sweden?s relations against the European Union?I have used qualitative text analysis as method in my essay to find the answers to the questions. I have classified a number of opinions, found in the policies, summarized under my three objectives.The result of my essay was shown that the changed not can be found in the policies and they are examples of agenda-setting.

Denna uppsats a?r en studie av Svenska Dagbladets agenda och La?kare Utan Gra?nsers och Ro?da Korsets informationsflo?de med fokus pa? humanita?ra kriser. Syftet fo?r va?r studie a?r att ta reda pa? i vilken utstra?ckning hja?lporganisationernas informationsflo?de o?verenssta?mmer med Svenska Dagbladets agenda. Fo?r att fa? en helta?ckande studie vill vi a?ven ta reda pa? hur hja?lporganisationerna go?r fo?r att fo?rso?ka styra mediernas agenda.Ide?n till denna studie utvecklades efter att La?kare Utan Gra?nser presenterade rapporten Kriserna svenskar glo?mt som visar att flera humanita?ra kriser som drabbat miljontals ma?nniskor ga?tt svenskarna fo?rbi.

The work with Agenda 21 resulted in a larger focus on local participation and deliberation. The Swedish implementation of Agenda 21 is a result of these local governments´ political agendas and policies.The purpose with this paper is to examine the relationship between the citizen and the local government. It focuses on three theories of citizenship and how the view of "the environmental aware citizen?; in the local government?s municipalities policies differ and from which theory of citizenship do they come from.The analysis is of a valuing and comparing nature. The municipalities´ web pages have been the main source to generate an understanding of their view on the normative environmental work.

Denna uppsats undersöker hur svenska musikjournalisters roll gentemot sina läsare påverkats av internets utbredning och den ökande fildelningen i samband med den digitala och tekniska utvecklingen. Genom fem kvalitativa intervjuer med musikjournalister från de fyra största tidningarna i Sverige: Dagens nyheter, Svenska dagbladet, Aftonbladet och Expressen, under-söks hur musikjournalisterna själva uppfattar denna utveckling. Med utgångspunkt i teorin om agenda-setting har resultatet sedan analyserats och diskuterats. Slutsatsen är att musikjourna-listernas makt gentemot sina läsare har minskat det senaste decenniet. Läsarna ser inte längre musiksidorna i dagspressen som lika viktiga för deras musikkonsumtion.

I den här uppsatsen har vi undersökt den svenska bilden av USA i svensk press hösten 2011 mot bakgrund av den amerikanska ekonomiska krisen. Vi menar att den svenska amerikabilden starkt är knuten till svensk självförståelse och att den, som Agenda-setting-teorin visar, i hög grad formas av svenska medier.Genom att använda narrativ metod har vi studerat de fyra svenska dagstidningarna Svenska Dagbladet, Dagens Nyheter, Dala-Demokraten och Aftonbladet för att ge en bild av USA, så som landet ser ut från svensk mediehorisont.Vad vi funnit är att de svenska tidningarnas bild av demokrater som "goda" och republikaner som "onda" som etablerades redan på 40-talet i stort sett inte förändrats alls. Sedan 60-talet har svenska medier lagt stort fokus på amerikansk inrikespolitik, något som inte har förändrats. Emellertid har det skett en förskjutning av den svenska synen på den amerikanska staten som hösten 2011 ses som betydligt svagare än på 1960-talet.Inte desto mindre har undersökningen visat att Sverige är ytterligt amerikaniserat och att svenskar känner sig delaktiga i det amerikanska kulturlivet men samtidigt lite främmande inför den amerikanska politiken..

In my study, I aim to examine how the printed Swedish media depicts Jews and Judaism.How the agenda is for the depiction of Jews and Judaism and how it can be related todidactic challenges within the school subject religion. The study is based on 194 articlesfrom the Swedish newspapers, Dagens Nyheter and Svenska Dagbladet, in July and August 2014. I use a qualitative and a quantitative text analysis where I put articles in different categories. The study?s theoretical framework is The Agenda-Setting Theory and my study leans against Bachner (2006), von Brömssen (2012) and Revell's (2010) thoughts on the media having great influence over our image of religion and religious groups.My study shows, among other things, that Jews and Judaism are mainly mentioned in the media in relation to the conflict in Israel and Palestine, World War II or anti-Semitism.

What attribute affects salience on a political agenda? How come some reforms are implemented while others are not? These are essential and central questions for our society. Our society, our democracy and our everyday life are dependent of these factors; communication is the condition. In the 2011 budget from the Swedish conservative government, the question of lowering the VAT on restaurant- and catering services was the single most debated reform. This was occasioned from 2009 when the European Union allowed, for the first time since Swedish entry in 2005, a lower VAT on restaurant services.

Med FN:s konferens om miljö och utveckling i Rio de Janeiro 1992 fick handlingsprogrammet Agenda 21 och begreppet hållbar utveckling en enorm internationell uppmärksamhet. Samtidigt bröt Agenda 21 dokumentet mycket med tidigare insatser på miljö- och utvecklingsområdet i det att medborgarnas direkta deltagande i beslutsfattandet uppmuntrades. Tio år efter Rio hade 70 procent av landets kommuner antagit en lokal Agenda 21 i kommunfullmäktige och en folkrörelse hade startat där politiker, tjänstemän och eldsjälar involverade allmänheten i studiecirklar, direkta dialoger och övergripande kommunalt planeringsarbete. På detta sätt gjordes underifrånidealet till en demokratifråga där tjänstemän och politiker överlämnade delar av förvaltningsorganisationens maktutrymme till allmänheten. Under senare år finns dock en tendens som pekar på att arbetet med hållbar utveckling blir alltmer toppstyrt och att underifrånperspektivet gått förlorat.