Nya Slussen i dagspressen
En kvantitativ innehållsanalys och kritisk diskursanalys av Dagens Nyheters, Svenska Dagbladets, Expressens och Aftonbladets rapportering om Nya Slussen
SlussenSluiceQuantitative content analysisCritical discourse analysisDiscourseIntertextualityRecontextualizationNewspaperStockholmTrafficArchitectureEnvironmentCulturePoliticsCity councilPolitical partyReconstructionDestructionLakeSlussenNya SlussenKritisk diskursanalysKvantitativ innehållsanalysAristoteliskorienterad neoklassisk analysDagspressIntertextualitetRekontextualiseringStockholm
The reconstruction of a central area in Stockholm named Slussen (The sluice) has frequently been portrayed and debated in media over the last few years, escalating around December 2011 when the major decision regarding Slussen was to be made by the city council. The area serves as a traffic node connecting the areas of Södermalm and Gamla Stan (Old town) together. The last major change of Slussen was completed in 1935, best described as a modernistic traffic and architectural piece of work. It is indisputably an area of importance for the city of Stockholm, its citizens and visitors. How has media reported the development of the New Slussen project?The analysis, and the conclusions drawn from it, will be based upon and performed with a quantitative content analysis and critical discourse analysis. Articles from four of the largest daily newspapers in Sweden have been selected based upon the release date of Stockholm City?s official newsletters regarding the reconstruction project.The quantitative content analysis showed that words within the field and discourses of traffic were most common. That quantitative result shows interesting similarities with the result of the critical discourse analysis, most visible in the case of subject and discourse representation. Variations in use of language, subject representation and discourse recontextualization, between those who are campaigning for the new sluice and those who are against it were noticeable. In some cases it was more evident than in others.