Essays about: "civic engagement"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 74 essays containing the words civic engagement.

  1. 11. The Everyday Practices of Resistance in Chinese Social Media: The Uses of Memes for Civic Engagement

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : ZHUOXIU XING; [2022]
    Keywords : social media; digital media; memes; everyday forms of resistance; Chinese civic engagement; collective identity;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to understand the everyday use of digital media by Chinese ordinary citizens as new forms of civic engagement under strict online censorship and CCP’s authoritarian control. With the announcement of the Third-child Policy as the analytical background, I adopted a qualitative research method and conducted digitally mediated ethnography on Sina Weibo users. READ MORE

  3. 12. Civic engagement or political participation : A minor field study on organizations in Turkey

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jakob Öberg; [2022]
    Keywords : civic engagement; political participation; Turkey; MFS; Minor Field Study; CSO; civil society organizations;

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  4. 13. ENGAGEMENT AND SENSE OF COMMUNITY IN A DISTANCE CIVIC ORIENTATION COURSE Design of a Communication Space for Newly Arrived Immigrants

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, kommunikation och lärande

    Author : Hilda Haqvinsson; [2021-12-14]
    Keywords : Distance Education; Newly Arrived Immigrants; Communication; Engagement; Sense of Community; Discussion Forum;

    Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of this research is to a), through collaboration with end users, develop a communication space in a distance civic orientation course, and thus b) investigate what aspects that may be important to include in this space in order to facilitate the learners’ sense of community and thus possibly their engagement in that course. Theory: For this capstone project, the Design Thinking method and its human-centred approach is used as a framework to continuously relate the progression of the project back to the users and their needs. READ MORE

  5. 14. Augmented Urban Values : Virtual Gothenburg as a place for citizen dialogue and shared lived experiences

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

    Author : Sanna Klefbom; [2021]
    Keywords : social design; digital twins; smart cities; civic engagement;

    Abstract : In the domain of social design, this thesis introduces a design project that explores a place-centric view on interaction design to address issues of participation, representation, and place. The project aims to envision possible futures of city-scaled digital twins as places that enable collective engagement within communities and between citizens and cities. READ MORE

  6. 15. From Digital Engagement To Offline Participation: Exploring The Factors Driving Young People In CôTe D’Ivoire To Participate In Community Actions Through U-Report

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

    Author : Marion Desmurger; [2021]
    Keywords : communication; youth engagement; participation; civic engagement;

    Abstract : Youth participation and communication for social change have been at the heart of debates in academic and development circles over the last thirty years. In response to criticisms that young people were merely seen as “beneficiaries” by local and international organizations, the latter have tried to readapt the way they frame, engage and strategize with the former in order to align with a new discourse in international development driven by the motto “nothing about us without us”. READ MORE