Essays about: "convoy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 essays containing the word convoy.

1. 1. Understanding the Freedom Convoy Movement's Collective Identity and Roles of Conspiracy Narratives: A Study of a Telegram Group

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Michelle Konopka; [2023]
   Keywords : conspiracy theories; collective identity; Covid-19; Telegram; text messages; memes; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis analyses how conspiracy narratives are used to negotiate a collective identity within the global branch of the Freedom Convoy movement. To better understand what common conspiracies are present and how they function for the group’s collective identity, this paper is based on empirical data from text messages and memes shared in a group chat on Telegram, an instant messaging platform. READ MORE

3. 2. “Freedom not Fear, truckers not Trudeau” : Antagonism as Populism: Against the Liberal Consensus in Canada

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

   Author : Mattias Törnell; [2023]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This thesis is investigating the rise of populism in Canada, and how the Freedom Convoy 2022 changed the political landscape allowing for populism to be mainstreamed. Populism as a political force is reshaping liberal democracies, and by analysing how populism as a counter movement against the liberal hegemony is constructed, this thesis, while focused on Canada, will show how societal polarization and the construction of political frontiers is expanding the populist zeitgeist. READ MORE

4. 3. Optimal Cooperative Platooning Using Micro-Transactions

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för systemteknik

   Author : Philip Ahl; [2020]
   Keywords : platooning; optimal control; dynamic programming; convoy; platoon; scania; micro-transactions; decentralized;

   Abstract : The urge to consume does not seem to stop, thus, the need for transportation of goods will most likely not decrease. At the same time jurisdictions and regulations around greenhouse gas emissions are sharpening and pushing the industry towards a more environmentally friendly state. READ MORE

5. 4. Data Aggregation in Time Sensitive Multi-Sensor Systems : Study and Implementation of Wheel Data Aggregation for Slip Detection in an Autonomous Vehicle Convoy

   University essay from KTH/Mekatronik

   Author : Hanna Hellman; [2017]
   Keywords : slip detection; cooperative CPS CO-CPS ; data aggregation; wheel data aggregation; vehicle velocity estimation; platooning; weighted adaptive average;

   Abstract : En övergång till bilar utrustade med avancerade automatiska säkerhetssystem (ADAS) och även utvecklingen mot självkörande fordon innebär ökad trafik på den lokala databussen. Det finns således ett behov av att både minska den faktiska mängden data som överförs, samtidigt som värdet på datat ökas. READ MORE

6. 5. A Case Study of the “Dağlıca Event” From Chaos to Election Victory : Media and Politics of Fear in the Political Communication of Terrorism in Turkey

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

   Author : Emir Burak Sayin; [2017]
   Keywords : Abdullah Ocalan; Recep Tayyip Erdogan; PKK; Turkey; Nationalism; Stand-alone complex; Media; Terrorism; Politics of Fear; CHP; MHP; Selahattin Demirtas; HDP; AKP; Ahmet Davutoglu; CNNTurk; NTV; AHaber; Dogan Media; Dogus Media; CNN; 7th of June Election; Daglica attack; Turkish Army; Kurdish Question; Turkish Nationalism; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to examine the complex relationship between the realm of politics and media during a ‘terrorist event’ in Turkey by focusing on the politics of fear and the power relations between two. The research uses Critical Discourse Analysis as a primary method to analyse political communication and media coverage of a ‘terrorist attack’ in Turkey. READ MORE