Research Article

Swedish Media, Fundamental Values and the Opinion Corridor in the 2018 Election

Number: 8 October 14, 2021
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Swedish Media, Fundamental Values and the Opinion Corridor in the 2018 Election

Abstract

Sweden is usually ranking very highly in terms of global democracy and transparency indexes. The 2018 elections in Sweden were very divisive and bitterly fought, where there was an open conflict between the mainstream political establishment parties and the anti-political establishment Swedish Democrats. Mainstream Swedish media were not neutral bystanders in the election coverage, in the months before and after the September 2018 elections. The election coverage framing featured an idealised national myth that uses the notion of various acceptable fundamental values to define it, and an idealised Swedish society. Those actors whose values and norms that do not fit these ideals were subjected to attack and derision within a concept of consensus enforcement known as the opinion corridor, which is akin to the spiral of silence.

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Supporting Institution

IRES, Uppsala University (Sweden) and Humanitarian Institute, Ural Federal University (Russia)

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Details

Primary Language

Turkish

Subjects

Communication and Media Studies

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

October 14, 2021

Submission Date

July 7, 2021

Acceptance Date

August 17, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Number: 8

APA
Simons, G. (2021). Swedish Media, Fundamental Values and the Opinion Corridor in the 2018 Election. Etkileşim, 8, 12-34. https://doi.org/10.32739/etkilesim.2021.4.8.136
AMA
1.Simons G. Swedish Media, Fundamental Values and the Opinion Corridor in the 2018 Election. Etkileşim. 2021;(8):12-34. doi:10.32739/etkilesim.2021.4.8.136
Chicago
Simons, Greg. 2021. “Swedish Media, Fundamental Values and the Opinion Corridor in the 2018 Election”. Etkileşim, nos. 8: 12-34. https://doi.org/10.32739/etkilesim.2021.4.8.136.
EndNote
Simons G (October 1, 2021) Swedish Media, Fundamental Values and the Opinion Corridor in the 2018 Election. Etkileşim 8 12–34.
IEEE
[1]G. Simons, “Swedish Media, Fundamental Values and the Opinion Corridor in the 2018 Election”, Etkileşim, no. 8, pp. 12–34, Oct. 2021, doi: 10.32739/etkilesim.2021.4.8.136.
ISNAD
Simons, Greg. “Swedish Media, Fundamental Values and the Opinion Corridor in the 2018 Election”. Etkileşim. 8 (October 1, 2021): 12-34. https://doi.org/10.32739/etkilesim.2021.4.8.136.
JAMA
1.Simons G. Swedish Media, Fundamental Values and the Opinion Corridor in the 2018 Election. Etkileşim. 2021;:12–34.
MLA
Simons, Greg. “Swedish Media, Fundamental Values and the Opinion Corridor in the 2018 Election”. Etkileşim, no. 8, Oct. 2021, pp. 12-34, doi:10.32739/etkilesim.2021.4.8.136.
Vancouver
1.Greg Simons. Swedish Media, Fundamental Values and the Opinion Corridor in the 2018 Election. Etkileşim. 2021 Oct. 1;(8):12-34. doi:10.32739/etkilesim.2021.4.8.136

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