Varför blev det en energikris? : En retorisk studie om svenska partiledares kriskommunikation online i samband energikrisen 2022-23

Sammanfattning: The energy crisis in Europe has had a huge impact on several countries, giving both businesses and the general public a hard time paying the electric bills. In Sweden there has been a rather big controversy around the crisis and how to best solve it. This essay aims to investigate how two political leaders from the Swedish Parliament have communicated during the energy crises in Sweden through posts on Instagram. This will be done through a textual framing analysis. The study will also determine what similarities and/or differences there are between the two politicians communication. The study shows that the framing from the leaders differ in some aspects which leaves the recipients with two versions regarding the cause of the crisis. The most significant differences are regarding the characteristic “diagnose of causes”. Political leader Ebba Busch has a clear focus on the fact that the cause of the energy crisis is a consequence due to the former government's political decisions, especially that they chose to shut down the nuclear power plants Ringhals 1 and 2. While former prime minister, Magdalena Andersson, instead focuses on the energy crisis as a consequence of the war in Ukraine and the Russian gas prices.