Nyhetsanvändning på Karlstads Universitet
-En studie av vilka nyhetsmedier som är mest använda och har högst förtroende bland studenterna på Karlstads Universitet
NyhetsanvändningNyhetsmedierFörtroendeMedierna i det demokratiska samhälletMediers dramaturgiMedieetikInternetEtermedier
This essay deals with the subject of the use of news medium amongst the students inKarlstads University. The presentation of the problem is about illustrating the or thosemedium that is the most used amongst the students, and also which one, ore which onesof the news medium the students puts largest trust in. This subject was chosen with thepurpose to illuminate patterns and attitudes of and to news medium, to make it easierfor eventual research in the future to connect these patterns and attitudes with theparticipation in political elections. The subject in question is interesting because of thefact that the news medium is one of the largest sources of information for the citizensknowledge?s about the society, and the citizen?s attitude to the news medium mightpossibly have the ability to affect people?s commitment in politics. The methods thathave been used are quantitative methods, partly in the way the data has been collected,which has been done through a questionnaire and a quantitative analysis of those data,and also through qualitative methods as an interview in depth, and a qualitative analysisof that. The results of the analyses did partly square with those theories that have beenlaid as a ground for the analysis?s, which dealt with the subjects of the medium role inthe democratic society and the news medium today and also the trust in medium. Theresults showed that those medium that has high trust amongst the students are thosewho are classified as more ?serious? for example the news within public service andmorning papers. Those are not yet the medium that are used in first place by thestudents with an exception to television, where papers on the Internet and free papersare those medium that the students use most. The conclusion of this is that theeconomical aspect and the access of different medium plays a big part in the use ofmedium as a student.