Essays about: "People, state and fear"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 30 essays containing the words People, state and fear.

  1. 1. The Illumination of Money : An Ethnography of Bitcoin in El Salvador

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

    Author : Anton Angwald; [2023]
    Keywords : infrastructure; payment; bitcoin; financial inclusion; el salvador; future imaginaries; speculation; infrastruktur; betalning; bitcoin; finans; el salvador; framtidsstudier; spekulation; pengar;

    Abstract : Money can be understood as a disembedding mechanism, detaching social relations from a spatiotemporal context. However, different infrastructural instantiations of money make visible–and invisible–different qualities of money. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Other Side of the Pandemic Reportage : Audience Perception of COVID-19 Media Framing and its Influence on Social Polarization

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Titilope Oladiran; [2022]
    Keywords : COVID-19; ethnic polarization; prejudice; media frames; ethnic conflicts; Lagos State; non-media centric; stereotypes; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This research aimed to explore the experiences of Lagos State residents during COVID-19 and the relationship between COVID-19 reportage in Lagos State and ethnic inter-relationship. The goal is to understand media influence in a society from the perspectives of people directly influenced by the COVID-19 media frames. READ MORE

  4. 3. Navigating the Sense of Belonging: Explorations among Queer Middle Eastern Individuals in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Anna Marta Posmykiewicz; [2022]
    Keywords : queer identities; Sweden; migration; sense of belonging; LGBTQ migrants; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the ways in which Middle Eastern LGBTQ+ individuals living in Sweden navigate their sense of belonging. The interview-based approach focuses on the narratives and lived experiences of self-identified Middle Eastern queers and their feelings of attachment in relation to ethnic and queer communities in Sweden as well as Swedish society. READ MORE

  5. 4. Social Capital in relation to Screentime and Fear of Missing Out : A quantitative study that measures social capital in relation to screentime and fear of missing out

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för sociala och psykologiska studier (from 2013)

    Author : Felix Karlson; [2022]
    Keywords : Social capital; Fear of Missing Out FOMO ; Community; Social Networking Sites SNS ;

    Abstract : Aim: The study will try to depict the current state of social capital in relation to fear of missing out and screentime hours on smartphone activities. Does the most frequently used social contexts create bridging capital but not enough bonding capital? The aim is to contribute to a larger understanding of what drives a sense of inclusion by different social capital within different social contexts. READ MORE

  6. 5. Sinnesro

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Industridesign

    Author : Rebecca Halász Rosenberg; [2021]
    Keywords : Arts and Architecture; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : The goal of this project was to find a way to handle fear and stress through design, mainly aviophobia which is fear of flying. Research was focused on the psycology and physiology of our body when we experience stress as well as how vestibular stimulation could have a calming effect on a person exposed to it. READ MORE