Essays about: "Critical Discourse analysis of magazines"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Critical Discourse analysis of magazines.

  1. 1. Reinstatement or Raised Limit Values for Statutory Audit? : A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Debate Regarding the Statutory Audit in Sweden

    University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Julia Kjellén; Felix Witthuhn; [2023]
    Keywords : Statutory Audit; Reinstatement; Raised Limit Values; Stakeholder; Discourse; Sweden;

    Abstract : Background/Problematization: The statutory audit was abolished for small limited companies in Sweden, in 2010, with the intention of easing the burden on enterprises with high audit expenses and enhancing Sweden's competitiveness. After the abolishment, the debate about statutory audit has rekindled once more, where various actors and scholars emphasize the meaningfulness of statutory audit for small firms in terms of fighting criminality and ensuring financial information quality for stakeholders, while others argue that the benefits of the audit do not justify the expenditures incurred. READ MORE

  2. 2. Finding Fathers in Business : A Critical Discourse Analysis of Fatherhood Practices in the Swedish Business World

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

    Author : Tora Åsling; [2020]
    Keywords : Paternity Leave; Gender; Masculinities; Transnational Business Masculinity; Critical Discourse Analysis; European Studies; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This thesis sheds light on a particular group of men in Swedish society: fathers working in business. According to R.W. Connell’s theory, these men hold significant power as businesses become increasingly globalised. READ MORE

  3. 3. LADY TALK : A critical discourse analysis of the representation of women over 50 in fashion and lifestyle magazines

    University essay from Mälardalens högskola/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Niquita Karlsson; [2018]
    Keywords : discourse; women; ageing; terms of address; attributes; fashion and lifestyle magazines;

    Abstract : The complex concept of the ageing woman must be viewed in relation to both what it means to be a woman and what it means to age. Both women and the elderly are discriminated against in different respects; therefore it could be argued that the ageing woman is discriminated against in a double sense. READ MORE

  4. 4. "Down with the Ritz - Long live the street." : a critical discourse analysis on the merge of streetwear and high fashion.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för modevetenskap

    Author : Jasmin Juzbasic; [2017]
    Keywords : high fashion; streetwear; co-branding; personal branding; collaborations; subcultures; postfashion; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This study has given insight to the phenomenon of collaborations between high fashion brands and streetwear brands within the fashion discourse. The study uses journalistic texts from popular online streetwear magazines as empirical material in order to perform a critical discourse analysis on the sub-discourses of high fashion and streetwear. READ MORE

  5. 5. These women’s verbs : A combined corpus and discourse analysis on reporting verbs about women and men in Czech media 1989–2015

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Slaviska språk

    Author : Irene Elmerot; [2017]
    Keywords : Critical discourse analysis; corpus linguistics; media language; Czech; reporting verbs; gender differentiation; Kritisk diskursanalys; korpuslingvistik; mediaspråk; tjeckiska; anföringsverb; könsdifferentiering;

    Abstract : This study aims at analyzing how women and men in five different professions are portrayed and represented through reporting verbs in Czech media over a period of 25 years (end of 1989 to the beginning of 2015). The empirical data consist of entire newspapers and magazines in the source material, a subcorpus from the Czech National Corpus. READ MORE