Maskulinitet och våld i nära relation : En kvalitativ textanalysstudie av hur mordet på Tintin representeras i svenska tidningsmedier

Sammanfattning: In January of 2023, an eight-year-old boy named Tintin was found deceased in his father's residence. The family had been in a custody dispute for years and both Tintin and his mother were frightened of the father. Despite the mother´s plead against the son visiting the father, the district court had allowed unattended parenting time with father. In the trial, the father admitted to homicide and stated that the purpose was to save Tintin. Domestic violence is a common crime where in most cases men are the predators while women and children fall victim. The main purpose of this essay is to examine problem representations in articles published by Swedish newspaper media regarding the case of Tintin. A partial purpose is to study if masculinity and the power of men are problematized in the Swedish newspaper media. The method applied in this examination is a “What's the problem represented to be?”- analysis. The study is based on 43 articles regarding the case of Tintin published by the four largest national Newspapers in Sweden. The examination found that there were differentiated problem representations presented in the newspaper media. Most of the articles problematized the acting of governmental agencies, the legislation, and a few mentioned the father´s actions. The cause of the problem was explained to be the inadequate right access legislation, the acting of governmental agencies, the fathers acting, and a minority brought up masculinity. The articles stated that the potential solution to the problem consists of a change in law, improved knowledge of how to practice the existing right access law and penalties. Finally, the examination found that the Newspaper media didn´t problematize the father's actions and masculine violence to a great extent and focused more on the failure of society.