The establishing of subject positions in Swedish news media discourses during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic

• Published in: Media, culture & society Vol. 45; no. 5; pp. 932 - 948
• Main Authors: Lövenmark, Annica, Stier, Jonas, Blomberg, Helena
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London, England SAGE Publications 01.07.2023; Sage Publications Ltd
• Subjects: Accountability; Citizens; COVID-19; discourse analysis; Discourses; First year; folkhälsovetenskap; ideological dilemma; Main; Mass media images; News media; pandemic; Pandemics; Public Health Sciences; Self regulation; subject position; Sweden; subject position; Sweden; pandemic; discourse analysis; news media; ideological dilemma

The COVID-19 pandemic has dominated the global media since 2020. To a large extent, it is via the news media that the public has learned about the risks, levels of danger, governmental regulations and mandatory actions. This article highlights the subject positions constructed by the Swedish news me...