Merkel med NSA på andra sidan luren.
Title: Merkel with NSA on the telephoneThe aim of this essay is to study how Angela Merkel is being portrayed in context of NSAs surveillance in the Swedish newspapers Dagens Nyheter and Aftonbladet. The time period for the study is from the 24th of October to the 7th of November in the autumn of 2013. To concretize the aim three questions was formulated, how Angela Merkel was being portrayed in the material, how NSAs surveillance of Angela Merkel was being portrayed in the material and how different statements for various individuals in the material could affect the truth about the surveillance. The method chosen to study these questions was a discourse analysis, which also would contain parts of a linguistic analysis. The theories to support the method were Laclau & Mouffes discourse theory and Michel Foucault?s genealogical discourse analysis. The results of the analysis points to that Angela Merkel are being portrayed with titles, which represent her position in a democratic society. Words such as ?head of government? ?Bundeskansler? and ?Kansler? are all frequently used to describe Angela Merkel?s position. Other findings points to that Angela Merkel?s position in the material is defined trough relationships with other political actors and leaders. The surveillance itself had in the material mostly negative effects on the relationships between the USA/Obama and EU/Germany/Merkel and was also pointed out as a problem for the on going talks of the FTA. More findings include the battle of the truth surrounding the surveillance, where at one side the USA with representative leaders from agencies like NSA and resides and on the other side journalists and leaders from EU resides. Both parties produce new knowledge with which they attempt to make a claim at the truth. Many conclusions that can be drawn from this essay the first is the way journalists use elites to verify and strengthen its articles. The second is the synoptic power that the media posses with which the members of societies can watch its leaders. And third, the way, in these case, the politicians gets there power and position verified due to different relationships with other political leaders of powerful individuals.