Essays about: "collective participation"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 156 essays containing the words collective participation.

1. 21. Activism in MMORPGs: A case studyof the MapleStory player boycott

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

   Author : Tanzila Hakeem; [2022]
   Keywords : Gaming; Consumer Activism; Networked Social Movements; Digital Activism; Fandom; Participation; Consumerism; Globalization; Boycotting; Internet studies; social movements; Participatory politics;

   Abstract : This thesis explores how online gaming has become a central tool for networked social movements to participate in consumer activism. I look at the case study of MapleStory: a Korean MMORPG game and their consumer activism efforts started by the players. READ MORE

3. 22. Disengagement, Defection, Abandonment - Why? : A qualitative case study on reasons of disengagement from the Fridays For Future Movement in Västerås, Sweden

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Corinne Lejdström; [2022]
   Keywords : Disengagement; Fridays For Future; Biographical unavailability; Collective inefficacy; Hopelessness; Psychological pressure;

   Abstract : This study explores a little researched question by the scholars of social movements - why activists disengage before the movement’s goals have been attained. Based on interviews with former and current activists of the Fridays For Future movement in Västerås, this study argues that disengagement occurs due to four reasons, either combined or separately. READ MORE

4. 23. Spatial Patterns for Potential Climate Voting

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Lovisa Garberg; [2022]
   Keywords : Public support; Climate politics; Electoral Geography; Voter’s Behaviour; Sweden; Climate change; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The need to curb global warming is evident, and efficient climate policies are essential. But within the democratic context, public support for climate politics is needed to implement mitigation efforts. READ MORE

5. 24. 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

6. 25. Students' Influences on Sustainability Education : Going Beyond Listening to Students' Voices

   University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

   Author : Silvio Niessner; [2022]
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   Abstract : While many actors agree that higher education plays a key role for a sustainability trans- formation of our society, there is no consensus on how higher sustainability education should look like. In this discourse, the students’ perspectives are currently underrepre- sented and their participation rarely goes beyond passive consultation, which means that they cannot have any real influence. READ MORE