A non-hegemonic media event: The funeral of the former Swedish prime minister Karl Staaff in 1915

Bidragets översatta titel : En icke-hegemonisk mediehändelse: Den svenske före detta statsministern Karl Staaffs begravning 1915

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In this essay the media depictions of the funeral of the former Swedish prime minister Karl Staaff in 1915 are investigated. It shows that, in a pre-democratic state such as early twentieth-century Sweden, media events did not necessarily voice a hegemonic ideology or harmonious sense of community spirit. Rather, mediated public space, even at the commemoration of a former prime minister, could be imbued with political conflict. Drawing on Nick Couldry’s work on media events, I investigate conflicting media narratives, each playing a decisive part in the struggle for or against democracy in Sweden. I ask how the event and its attendees were represented. In what way was Staaff’s funeral politicized?
Bidragets översatta titel En icke-hegemonisk mediehändelse: Den svenske före detta statsministern Karl Staaffs begravning 1915
Originalspråkengelska
Titel på värdpublikationExpanding Media Histories
Undertitel på värdpublikationCultural and Material Perspectives
RedaktörerSune Bechmann Pedersen, Marie Cronqvist, Ulrika Holgersson
UtgivningsortLund
FörlagKriterium / Nordic Academic Press
Kapitel1
Sidor27-49
Antal sidor23
ISBN (elektroniskt)978-91-89361-72-0
ISBN (tryckt)978-91-89361-67-6
DOI
StatusPublished - 2023

Publikationsserier

NamnKriterium
Volym50
ISSN (elektroniskt)2002-2131

Ämnesklassifikation (UKÄ)

  • Historia
  • Medievetenskap

Fria nyckelord

  • mediehändelser
  • demokrati
  • Karl Staaff
  • offentliga begravningar

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