"Vi har våldet i blodet" - En kritisk diskursanalys av Landskrona Posten 2006
Discourse analysisDiscursive discriminationExclusionNews mediaSocial sciencesSamhällsvetenskaperSocial Sciences
On the 11th of march 2006, the journal Landskrona Posten began an article series with the ambition to review the juvenile gangs in the city of Landskrona. The articles received heavy response from the readers. About six months later Landskrona was the centre of attention in the Swedish media. 22,3 percent of the city's population had voted for the nationalist party ?Sverigedemokraterna? in the municipal election. The above mentioned facts serve as starting point for this media analysis of 100 articles published in Landskrona Posten. The study leans on a critical science theoretical perspective. Using critical discourse analysis, and the typology created by Kristina Boréus, our aim has been to analyse if the articles contains discursive discrimination. The result of the study has shown that the articles do contain discursive discrimination and that the most common types of discriminations are associations. We mean that Landskrona Posten may have influenced the readers perception concerning their surroundings. This has been done by the discursive discrimination of focusing on ?immigrants? as a problem, and ethnicity and immigration as the sole explanation for criminal activities.