Essays about: "English News"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 85 essays containing the words English News.

  1. 16. Ukraine Conflict at the Crossroads of Geopolitics : The role of media reports work in situations of conflicts and wars

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Asil Gafar; [2022]
    Keywords : Conflict; Ukrainian war; media reports work in conflicts and war situations; Arab media portray the Russian Ukrainian war; Western media portray the Russian Ukrainian war.;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to explain the role of media reports in the situation of wars and conflicts where the Ukrainian/Russian war will be the focus. Since the Ukrainian war has become the most global political debate worldwide because it has transferred from a national crisis to a geopolitical conflict, it becomes necessary to observe how different media has portrayed this war. READ MORE

  3. 17. Covid-19 & Swedish exceptionalism : A critical qualitative content analysis on the international print media discourses of Sweden’s Covid-19 strategy

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för geografi, medier och kommunikation (from 2013)

    Author : Rianne Kippersluis; [2022]
    Keywords : Swedish Covid-19 strategy; international print media discourse; Qualitative Content Analysis QCA ; international image of Sweden; Critical Discourse Analysis CDA ; news values; Swedish exceptionalism; media landscapes; media coverage of pandemics; Covid-19 in media; language in the media; linguistic devices; stereotyping and bias; Anders Tegnell; trust; strategy; image of Sweden and Swedes; ideologies; Dutch media; English media; American media; Sweden;

    Abstract : In 2020, the year the Covid-19 pandemic struck, the Swedish Covid-19 response differed radically from the general policy of total lockdown and strict enforcement of Covid-measures and regulations recommended by the WHO. Instead, Sweden strove early on to achieve herd immunity, with no mandatory measures to limit numbers in shopping malls, buses, and other public events, nor mask requirements. READ MORE

  4. 18. Can algorithms translate the world? : A digital discourse analysis of Google Translate’s algorithmic agency in the translation of news reports

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

    Author : Luana Candido Fleury; [2022]
    Keywords : Algorithmic agency; translation; bilingualism; Google Translate; U.S. Capitol; critical discourse analysis; recontextualization; appraisal; ideology; Global South.;

    Abstract : Google Translate’s mission is “to enable everyone, everywhere, to understand the world and express themselves across languages” (Pitman, 2021). But are algorithms capable of leading us beyond the translation of the word toward an understanding of the world? Computational linguistics research has been interested in assessing this kind of real-world effects of technology and invited other disciplines to join their effort. READ MORE

  5. 19. Improving BERTScore for Machine Translation Evaluation Through Contrastive Learning

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Oreen Yousuf; [2022]
    Keywords : machine translation; evaluation; BERTScore; contrastive learning; SimCSE; Hausa; Somali; Chinese;

    Abstract : Since the advent of automatic evaluation, tasks within Natural Language Processing (NLP), including Machine Translation, have been able to better utilize both time and labor resources. Later, multilingual pre-trained models (MLMs)have uplifted many languages’ capacity to participate in NLP research. READ MORE

  6. 20. Analysing Journalists Written English on Twitter : A comparative study of language used in news coverage on Twitter and conventional news sites

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Douglas Askman; [2021]
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    Abstract : The English language is in constant transition, it always has been and always will be. Historically the change has been caused by colonisation and migration. Today, however, the change is initiated by a much more powerful instrument: the Internet. READ MORE