Essays about: "Superheroes"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the word Superheroes.

1. 1. Leadership, assembled : A narrative analysis of the construction of leadership in relation to democracy in Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame

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

   Author : Evelin Nyberg; [2021]
   Keywords : Leadership; Democracy; Film; Superheroes; The United States; Popular culture; Democratic culture;

   Abstract : Superhero film is currently a popular form of entertainment, which during recent years has become political in its content. While research has previously shown that the superhero narrative carries messages of ideology and social issues, little is known of how the film genre communicates regarding leadership. READ MORE

3. 2. Heroes for Change or Systems for Change? Is it time to reject heroism discourse? : A critical eye into a comic edutainment on SDGs

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

   Author : Aisha Al-Daour; [2021]
   Keywords : Citizenship Education; Universalism; Post-colonialism; Comics; Superheroes; Semiotics;

   Abstract : This study seeks to extend observations on critical citizenship education by examining what the edutainment Comics Uniting Nations, which presents the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), may tell us about the UN view of imagined agency and citizenship, and subsequently, its broader view of development. Given that the SDGs’ message within the comics targets a global audience, the research work in this thesis puts the comic Heroes for Change to the test by surveying how the minority community in Gaza, occupied Palestine feel and situate themselves in the SDGs’ universal message. READ MORE

4. 3. Challenging Adamant Norms : An analysis of the portrayal of childhood and gender in the Handbook for Superheroes books

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Barn; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

   Author : Rebecka Söderström Gardevåg; [2019]
   Keywords : children s literature; children; childhood; girlhood; boyhood; barnlitteratur; barn; barndom; flickskap; pojkskap;

   Abstract : Children’s literature is one of many important influences of childhood socialization and teaches children about contemporary society. Therefore, it is important to understand what messages children’s literature convey. READ MORE

5. 4. The Super-Male and the Super-Female : Gender Criticism in Watchmen

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

   Author : Gunnar Ernsth Bravell; [2019]
   Keywords : Watchmen; Superheroes; Comics; Gender Studies;

   Abstract : This essay aims to analyze if the graphic novel Watchmen criticizes the conventions of the superhero comic genre in regards to gender. The literary theory applied is gender studies. The essay examines the visual portrayal of male and female characters, as well as the male-dominated narrative. READ MORE

6. 5. Comics’ and graphic novels’ effect on the perception of climate change and natural disasters

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

   Author : Tatyana Sarayeva; [2017]
   Keywords : Comics; comics’ effect; graphic novel; climate change perception; disaster perception; risk awareness; science communication.; Social Sciences; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : There is a paucity of research in the field of communicating disasters and climate change through comics and the effect sequential art has on the perception of these two subjects. Increasingly, communication through comics is becoming very trendy, and a few studies demonstrate evidence that comics have effects on the people’s perception of complex matters. READ MORE