Essays about: "New social movements"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 173 essays containing the words New social movements.

  1. 21. 222 Days of Platform Lockdown : Circumvention Culture, Digital Activism and Internet Censorship

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Iheanyi Genius Amaraizu; [2022]
    Keywords : Internet; Social Media; Twitter; Circumvention; Censorship; digital activism; democracy; Platform; Lockdown; Shutdown; social movements;

    Abstract : This work investigates internet censorship in Nigeria, describing experiences and citizens’ led circumvention practices following the ban of Twitter by the Nigerian government. Based on a quantitative survey and qualitative interview of active Twitter users in Lagos and Abuja Nigeria, the research realizes and categorizes circumvention practices embraced within the period of effecting the ban into technology, self-censorship, and platform jumping. READ MORE

  2. 22. Drawing conclusions from the pandemic: Changing work venues in relation to resilience as practice

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Wiktoria Wachowiak; [2022]
    Keywords : COVID-19; work venues; work environments; working from home; working from office; individual resilience; employee resilience; organizational resilience; resilience as practice; resilience capacity; psycho-social consequences of disasters;

    Abstract : The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic shook the global economy to its core, enforcing wide-ranging working from home (WFH) movements in addition to traditional working from office (WFO) structures. As the debates continue over how to permanently embed WFH into the work reality, to do so successfully, the components of changing work venues must be evaluated. READ MORE

  3. 23. Navigating the politics of transformative change towards sustainability: A case study of Extinction Rebellion’s climate crisis framing

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

    Author : Hannes Eggert; [2021]
    Keywords : Extinction Rebellion; social movements; framing; climate change; de- politicization; transformation;

    Abstract : Research on transformations has recognized that trajectories towards sustainability are negotiated and contested through framings and narratives. There is, however, still a greater need to explore the role of social movements and their ability to characterize a problem, propose solutions and motivate the public to become engaged. READ MORE

  4. 24. “Tis the season to be vegan” : Discursive identity formations and the discursive construction of veganism in the communication event #veganuary

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Saralie Sernhede; [2021]
    Keywords : Social media; veganism; Twitter; hashtag activism; CDA; lifestyle movements;

    Abstract : Offering contemporary insights into movement activities, this study explores the discursive identity formations and discursive constructions of veganism in the communication event #veganuary on Twitter. In a tentative attempt to understand #veganuary as a site of discursive and socio-cultural change, this study seeks to answer the research questions: (1) “What discursive identity formations take part in the semantic battle for the meaning of veganism in the communication event #veganuary on Twitter?”, (2) “How is veganism discursively constructed in the communication event #veganuary on Twitter?”, and (3) “How can we understand #veganuary on Twitter as a site of discursive and socio-cultural change?”. READ MORE

  5. 25. Green Populism in New Social Movements : A Qualitative Text Analysis on Extinction Rebellion's Discourse

    University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Jacob Fransson; [2021]
    Keywords : green populism; populism; green ideology; new social movements; qualitative text analysis; Extinction Rebellion;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to explore the new concept of green populism and to explore if Extinction Rebellion can be seen as a new social movement. The concept of green populism is based on Cas Mudde’s ideational approach to populism and Dobson’s approach to green ideology. READ MORE