Hur formas samhällsdebatten? Om svenska och danska dagstidningars framställning av kriminaliteten i samhället : En jämförande studie av svenska och danska dagstidningars ledarsidors framställning av kriminaliteten i samhället

Sammanfattning: The purpose of this study is to contribute with knowledge about how crime is described in the media through a comparative study of the editorial pages in Swedish and Danish newspapers. The newspapers included in the study are Dagens Nyheter, Svenska Dagbladet, Jyllands-Posten and Politiken. Through a qualitative content analysis, the content has been analysed based on the causes, solutions, victims and perpetrators that are highlighted on the respective editorial pages. The questions that permeate the work are about the similarities and differences that emerge in the newspapers' editorial pages in the view of the causes and solutions of crime, and how these can be explained. The applied theory is agenda setting theory. The theory can contribute with insights about how media reporting can affect the public and political agenda on various issues. The study shows that domestic crime receives more attention in the Swedish newspapers than in the Danish newspapers. The study also shows that there is a correlation between the newspapers' political affiliation and how they view different policy proposals. It showed that the authors were more positive to proposals that came from parties with a similar political affiliation.