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Änglar och demoner: En tematisk analys av porträtteringen av offer och förövare i två svenska true-crime podcasts
University of Gävle, Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies, Department of Social Work and Criminology, Criminology.
University of Gävle, Faculty of Health and Occupational Studies, Department of Social Work and Criminology, Criminology.
2023 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Angels and demons : A thematic analysis of the portrayal of victims and offenders in two Swedish true crime podcasts (English)
Abstract [sv]

Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka hur offer och förövare beskrivs och framställs av programledarna för ett urval av svenska true crime-podcasts, utifrån teorin om ideala offer samt genusteori. En kvalitativ innehållsanalys av tematisk karaktär genomfördes på olika avsnitt av poddarna “Spöktimmen” och “Mord Mot Mord”, i vilka fyra teman kunde urskiljas; ”oskyldiga offer”, ”starka offer”, ”galna förövare” samt ”osannolika förövare”. Resultatet visade att sättet som offer och förövare framställdes i poddarna till stor del överensstämde med stereotypa föreställningar av offer och förövare samt män och kvinnor, men att dessa stereotyper i vissa fall också utmanades. Vidare framställdes kvinnliga och manliga offer respektive förövare på ett sätt som bekräftade tidigare forskning. Vår slutsats var att stereotypa föreställningar om offer och förövare samt män och kvinnor var vanligt förekommande i våra valda podcast-avsnitt, men att kontext spelade en avgörande roll för hur offren och förövarna framställdes av programledarna.

Abstract [en]

The purpose of this study was to examine how victims and offenders are portrayed by the hosts of Swedish true crime podcasts. Through a thematic analysis of different episodes of the podcasts "Spöktimmen" and "Mord Mot Mord", and by applying Christie’s theory of the ideal victim as well as a gender theoretical perspective, four themes could be identified; "innocent victims", "strong victims", "mad offenders", and "unlikely offenders". The result showed that the way they were portrayed largely corresponded to stereotypical representations of both victims and offenders as well as men and women, but that these stereotypes in some instances were challenged. Furthermore, female and male victims and offenders were portrayed in a way that confirmed previous research. Our conclusion was that stereotypical representations were common in our chosen podcast episodes, but that context played a central role in the way the victims and offenders were portrayed by the podcast hosts.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2023. , p. 44
Keywords [en]
victim, offender, true crime podcast, ideal victim, gender theory
Keywords [sv]
offer, förövare, true crime-podcast, ideala offer, genusteori
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Social Sciences
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-42496OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-42496DiVA, id: diva2:1775224
Subject / course
Criminology
Educational program
Study Program in Applied Criminology
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Available from: 2023-06-27 Created: 2023-06-26 Last updated: 2023-06-27Bibliographically approved

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