Essays about: "Communication and entertainment"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 86 essays containing the words Communication and entertainment.

1. 21. Intersemiotic Translation from Film to Audio Description: A cognitive semiotic approach

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitiv semiotik; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

   Author : Ida Stevia Krogh Diget; [2019]
   Keywords : cognitive semiotics; semiotics; intersemiotic translation; translation; linguistics; film; audio description; narratology; narratives; narrative levels; narrative structure; multimodality; multimodal narratives; polysemiotic communication; Visual Into Words; VIW project; VIW corpus; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Audiovisual content is heavily prevalent in many modern societies. Film, in particular, is a favourite form of entertainment to many. Film is by nature both multimodal and polysemiotic, employing the modalities of visual and auditive as well as the semiotic systems of language, gesture, depiction and music. READ MORE

3. 22. Kungen av Instagram

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

   Author : Linn Danielsen; Anja Tuunanen; [2019]
   Keywords : Cultivation theory; media influence; media and masculinity; masculine hegemony; media and social construct of reality; objectification; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Cultivation theory is a well-established theory within the field of mass communication. Its initial objective was to explain if and how television viewing, could influence its viewers perspective of reality and thereby also the culture in which they live. READ MORE

4. 23. Ero-Guro-Nansensu in the Japanese Horror Films House, Suicide Club and Dead Sushi

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Japanska

   Author : Erik Fredriksson; [2019]
   Keywords : ero-guro-nansensu; ero-guro; ero; guro; nansensu; erotic; grotesque; nonsense; modernism; modern; horror; Jhorror; Japanese; Japan; Obayashi; Nobuhiko; Sono; Sion; Iguchi; Noboru; Suicide Club; Suicide Circle; Jisatsu saakuru; House; Hausu; Dead Sushi; Deddo sushi;

   Abstract : This thesis attempts to form a definition of the concept “ero-guro-nansensu” which refers to a cultural movement in Japan during the early 20th century that explored the erotic, grotesque and nonsensical. It will use the definition to analyze three Japanese horror films made long after the movement’s supposed end, to determine if it is still relevant and useful for studies of current Japanese culture. READ MORE

5. 24. Truck Connectivity Platform Using Software Defined Radios

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Srinath Vasan; [2019]
   Keywords : SEM; AM; FM; DAB; SDR; SEM; AM; FM; DAB; SDR;

   Abstract : Hardware updates and feature updates of electronic equipment can take a long time for market implementations. Technology tends to become obsolete by the time the update is launched into the market. READ MORE

6. 25. Film as a Tool in English Teaching : A Literature Review on the use of Film to develop Students’ linguistic Skills and critical Thinking in Upper Secondary EFL Classrooms

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

   Author : Karin Nyström; [2019]
   Keywords : Film; Second Language L2 ; Second Language acquisition SLA English as a Foreign Language EFL ; communication skills; critical thinking skills; constructivism; input hypothesis;

   Abstract : Due to the fact that adolescents are familiar with so many different media and technology resources today, learning in a conventional way is no longer effective. The aim for this literature review was to analyse what research shows about the use of film as a teaching tool in English to develop students’ linguistic and critical thinking skills in upper secondary EFL classrooms. READ MORE