Essays about: "Online public sphere"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 31 essays containing the words Online public sphere.
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1. Circumventing censorship : a multimodal critical discourse analysis of the Bulgarian satirical newspaper Pras Press
University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medierAbstract : This thesis examines the role of political satire in the Bulgarian public sphere through the case of the satirical newspaper Pras Press. The bi-weekly publication is centered around political cartooning and reports on public affairs issues from pop culture to current events. READ MORE
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2. ‘La nuit porte conseil’ : An intersectional analysis of women’s political participation on social media in Mali
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and ManagementAbstract : The world is digitalizing, and human rights such as political participation are increasingly being exercised online. To understand the role social media have in women’s political participation in Mali, this thesis investigates how intersectional power relations shape opportunities for online political participation, and how women harness the properties of the digital public sphere to enhance political participation. READ MORE
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3. A Cost, A Tweet, A Backlash:Conceptualizing the gendered violence targeting Swedish female members of parliament in relation to the election of 2022
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : An inclusive democracy is of essence to combat the changes that the world is going through seen in the trend of increasing female participation. However, attitudes towards women in the public sphere seems not as progressive as one might believe which is an understudied topic. READ MORE
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4. Twitter Bots as a Threat to Democracy : How political bots on Twitter jeopardized democratic functions of the online public sphere during the 2022 Swedish general election
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : With more political and social discourse taking place online, particularly on social media, theorists have started labeling digital communicative realms as “online public spheres.” However, with the modern public sphere comes modern challenges to political communication; a core antagonist of which is political bots. READ MORE
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5. The Nigerian Alternative Online Media and Political Misinformation: News producers’ perspective on the defining characteristics, tensions and mitigation strategies
University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medierAbstract : This thesis investigates the characteristics of the Nigerian alternative online media as an effective tool for political discourse with the intent to influence governance despite claims that the form of media is awash with political misinformation - which is mostly termed “fake news” in the local parlance. This thesis takes an Afrikology stance in defining the role of the Nigerian alternative online media as a digital public sphere placing the people’s lived and cultural experiences at the centre of the discourse from the content producer’s perspective. READ MORE
