Om yttrandefrihet
Gymnasieelevers tankar om rättigheter, ansvar och begränsningar kring yttrandefriheten
This essay focuses on different aspects of the concept of freedom of speech. The purpose is to examine the opinions and thoughts that upper secondary school students have on rights, responsibilities and limitations when it comes to freedom of speech, and to investigate theirschool experiences of the mentioned freedom. Focus groups have been used as method and two group interviews have been conducted, one at a vocational and the other at an academic upper secondary school. Overall, nine students from the third grade participated in the interviews.The essay's results show that the students believe that everyone in society should have theright to be heard, whether you have extreme or divergent opinions. The interviewed studentsexpresses that all people have great responsibility for their opinions, however that, opinionsdiffer on how to interpret the concept of responsibility. Some students draw their limit from alegal point of view. But most of them believe however that the occasion will determine howto deal with their freedom of speech. In the analysis it is made clear that their opinions andthoughts are primarily consequentialistic, individual- and recipient oriented. The studentsexpresses no occasions at all, when they believe that freedom of speech should be limited bythe state. On the other hand, they believe that media has the right to suspend their discussion forum and comment fields whenever they wish to. There are differences when it comes to experiences of working with freedom of speech issues in school. The students at the academic upper secondary line have had more opportunities to work with freedom of speech issues, compared with students in the vocational upper secondary line.