This is a study of predictions made by the press during the financial crisis in Asia in the autumn of 1997. The study includes a qualitative, quantitative and comparative analysis of the Swedish newspapers Dagens Nyheter, Svenska Dagbladet and Dagens Industri. In the last chapter a quantitative analysis of the newspaper Finanstidningen, that today no longer exists, has also been made for comparative reasons. A theoretical framework is also set in the study to explain how the predictions can affect the economy. The quantitative analysis shows that 2/3 of the texts in the traditional morning papers Dagens Nyheter and Svenska Dagbladet included predictions about the crisis from an Asian or global perspective, while only 1/3 of the texts in the financial newspapers Dagens Industri and Finanstidningen included such predictions.

Denna uppsats belyser hur den ekonomiska krisen pa? Irland respektive Grekland skildrades i svensk opinionsbildande journalistik perioden 1 juli 2009 till och med 30 juni 2011. La?nderna har olika bakgrund och ekonomier men var fo?rema?l fo?r samma kris och ba?da tvingades ta sto?dla?n 2010.Den kvantitativa delen i studien genomfo?rdes utifra?n Jesper Stro?mba?cks gestaltningsteori fo?r att besvara fra?gan om vilka problem och lo?sningar som presenteras kring eurokrisen i Grekland respektive Irland. Vilka akto?rer fo?rekommer? Vilka roller tillskrivs de? Hur framsta?lls respektive kris? Rollerna konstruerades till skurk, offer, hja?lte och oansvarig/utan konsekvensta?nk och studien genomfo?rdes pa? 117 analysenheter fra?n Sydsvenskan, Svenska Dagbladet och Dala-Demokraten.