The ‘Qur’an Crisis’ in the Swedish Press: Negotiating Freedom of Speech in a Mediatized andReligiously Diverse Society
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| Title: | The ‘Qur’an Crisis’ in the Swedish Press: Negotiating Freedom of Speech in a Mediatized andReligiously Diverse Society |
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| Authors: | Lövheim, Mia, 1968 |
| Source: | Temenos. 60(2):225-250 |
| Subject Terms: | Qur’an burnings, Sweden, mediatization, daily press, freedom of speech, religious diversity, Sociology of Religion, Religionssociologi |
| Description: | During the summer of 2023 news and debates about public burningsof the Qur’an dominated the Swedish and international media. In theaftermath of the flames and the debate this article aims to presentand discuss the representation of the event as a ‘crisis’ in the Swedish daily press between 1 April and 1 October 2023. The article usesa quantitative analysis of the main topics in a selection of Swedishand Nordic daily newspapers, and a combination of co-occurrenceand qualitative frame analysis of how the event came to be debatedin a sample of Swedish opinion articles. Theories of mediatizedconflicts as dynamic and complex processes revealing the state ofdemocracy in a society are used to analyse the findings. The resultsare discussed in light of previous research on Qur’an burnings inSweden and on debates about previous events involving clashesbetween freedom of speech and freedom of religion in the Nordiccountries. The article concludes by arguing that the ‘Qur’an crisis’ asa mediatized conflict co-structures an ongoing negotiation betweendifferent positions on the most fundamental values of democracy,which has become increasingly contentious in Swedish public andpolitical debate. |
| File Description: | electronic |
| Access URL: | https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-546591 https://doi.org/10.33356/temenos.142668 |
| Database: | SwePub |
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Nájsť tento článok vo Web of Science | Abstract: | During the summer of 2023 news and debates about public burningsof the Qur’an dominated the Swedish and international media. In theaftermath of the flames and the debate this article aims to presentand discuss the representation of the event as a ‘crisis’ in the Swedish daily press between 1 April and 1 October 2023. The article usesa quantitative analysis of the main topics in a selection of Swedishand Nordic daily newspapers, and a combination of co-occurrenceand qualitative frame analysis of how the event came to be debatedin a sample of Swedish opinion articles. Theories of mediatizedconflicts as dynamic and complex processes revealing the state ofdemocracy in a society are used to analyse the findings. The resultsare discussed in light of previous research on Qur’an burnings inSweden and on debates about previous events involving clashesbetween freedom of speech and freedom of religion in the Nordiccountries. The article concludes by arguing that the ‘Qur’an crisis’ asa mediatized conflict co-structures an ongoing negotiation betweendifferent positions on the most fundamental values of democracy,which has become increasingly contentious in Swedish public andpolitical debate. |
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| ISSN: | 04971817 23427256 |
| DOI: | 10.33356/temenos.142668 |