Omständigheterna de lever under : En diskursanalytisk studie av tre svenska tidningars beskrivningar kring bostadssegregation

Sammanfattning: The purpose of this essay is to examine the discourses that come in contact with the word “segregation” in the news and what it stems to. Because of the potential power that the news has over steering discourses it’s important to question your sources, to get an accurate picture of the world. In Sweden, there’s a broad housing segregation that is often covered in the news, and we seldom have power to choose how we take in information when it is presented to ourselves in a certain way. Seeing what the news deems as important shows us what we are presented with as important.  Aftonbladet, Dagens Nyheter and Svenska Dagbladet were chosen because of a number of factors, but the most important is that they are well-established newspapers that vary in the political spectrum. Both a quantitative and qualitative approach is used. This to get a deeper understanding of the material. By using a discourse analysis it’s not only the content that is analyzed, but it also takes the context, existing hegemonies and our familiarity to the subject into consideration. Therefore, a critical discourse analysis is applied on the material, not only to read the material, but to understand it.  The conclusion is that there are some hegemonic tendencies in the material, and a one-sided perspective. People in segregated areas are more often than not described as immigrants and individuals with other ethnicities that are unemployed. Also described with limited resources and capabilities to escape their socio-economic situation. It’s concluded that the one-sided picture shown is harmful.