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Psychopaths in the media: Criminals, madmen or hidden among us?
Jönköping University, School of Health Science, HHJ, Dep. of Behavioural Science and Social Work.
Jönköping University, School of Health Science, HHJ, Dep. of Behavioural Science and Social Work.
2013 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Psykopater i media : Kriminella, galningar eller dolda bland oss? (Swedish)
Abstract [en]

When society is viewed in a social constructive manner, the social worker is as affected as the general population by the media and the image it portrays. A prejudice or bias social worker will not be as effective in his work as his intentions are.

The purpose of this thesis was to discover if there are any visible cultural differences in the usage and description of the concept of psychopathy or a psychopath himself in the media, more specifically, daily newspapers. There are three American newspapers and three Swedish newspapers examined in this study.

The study is based on a quantiative content analysis of articles published between 1st of January 2008 and 1st of July 2012. The collected data is categorized where the articles can fall under one or more of five available categories. Even though no clear results occurred, some interesting indications are visible between American newspapers and Swedish newspapers, but more so between different American newspapers. Psychopaths, people with an Antisocial Personality Disorder, are most frequently mentioned as criminals or maniacs/madmen in both countries with a modestly higher percentage for the United States of America.

Abstract [sv]

När samhället blir sett ur ett socialkonstruktionistiskt perspektiv, blir socialarbetaren lika påverkad som den övriga populationen av den bild som media förmedlar och framställer. En fördomsfull eller partisk socialarbetare kommer inte att uppnå den effektivitet i sin profession som syftet med yrket innebär.

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka eller upptäcka om det finns några synliga kulturella skillnader i bruket och beskrivningen av psykopati som begrepp eller psykopaten som person i media, mer specifikt dagstidningar. I den här studien ingår tre amerikanska dagstidningar och tre svenska dagstidningar.

Studien är baserad på en kvantitativ innehållsanalys av artiklar publicerade mellan 1:a januari 2008 och 1:a juli 2012. Den insamlade data är kategoriserad där varje artikel kan falla under en eller flera av fem förekommande kategorier. Även om det inte går att utläsa några tydliga resultat, föreligger indikationer som kan vara av intresse mellan amerikanska dagstidningar och svenska dagstidningar, men dessa är tydligare mellan de olika amerikanska dagstidningarna. Psykopater, människor som har en antisocial personlighetsstörning, beskrivs mestadels som kriminella eller galningar/dårar i båda ländernas dagstidningar med en viss högre procentuell representation vad gäller USA.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2013. , p. 42
Keywords [en]
Newspaper, Antisocial Personality Disorder, Content analysis, Social constructionism, Cultural differences
Keywords [sv]
Tidning, Antisocial personlighetsstörning, Innehållsanalys, Socialkonstruktionism, Kulturella skillnader
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Social Work
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URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-20568OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-20568DiVA, id: diva2:605551
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HHJ, Social Work
Uppsok
Social and Behavioural Science, Law
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Available from: 2013-02-26 Created: 2013-02-14 Last updated: 2013-02-26Bibliographically approved

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