Essays about: "moral panic"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 20 essays containing the words moral panic.

  1. 16. A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words : A Study of the Visual Representation of Syrian Refugees in Dagens Nyheter and Svenska Dagbladet

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Shabnam Nasrollahi; [2016]
    Keywords : Visual representation; Syrian Refugee Crisis; Framing; Agenda setting; Stereotypes; Images; Dehumanization; Identical Victim effect; Othering;

    Abstract : The purpose of this research paper is to examine how Syrian refugees are visually represented in two of the largest newspapers in Sweden: Dagens Nyheter (Today’s news) and Svenska Dagbladet (The Swedish daily paper). Their choice of images on the Syrian refugee crisis will be analysed, to see what sort of message they send by using those specific images. READ MORE

  3. 17. Do you talk to your child about social media? An empirical study about Danish parents’ communication with their children about Social media: Engagement, Concerns and Fears

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Normann Signe Kristensen; [2016]
    Keywords : Social media; Parents; Children; Mediatization; Media;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to research how and if Danish parents communicate with their children about the use of social media. The motivation for this study is based on the findings from the EU Kids Online report from 2014, in which 25 European countries have participated. READ MORE

  4. 18. From Deadly Disease to Chronic Condition : A Study of the Gay Casualties in the 'War on AIDS' in Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Socialantropologiska institutionen

    Author : Fredrik Nyman; [2015]
    Keywords : HIV; AIDS; blood; knowledge production; policy; bureaucracy; documents; risk; gay men; prevention; treatment; stigmatization; heteronormativity;

    Abstract : Every society in the world has its own AIDS story. A story of uncertainty, moral panic, and social persecution of sexual and ethnical minorities. Sweden is no exception. READ MORE

  5. 19. Media representations of Young People in the UK Riots of 2011

    University essay from Barn- och ungdomsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Meskerem Demissie; [2011]
    Keywords : UK Riot; Moral Panic; Youth Participation; Media Representations; UNCRC;

    Abstract : This study is a discourse analysis of media representations of young people’s participation in the summer riots that spread across the UK in August 2011. Drawing on articles published in three UK newspapers The Guardian, The Daily Mail and The Sun this paper critically assesses the ways in which the media identified the behaviour of young people as symptomatic of a general moral decline in British society. READ MORE

  6. 20. Internet the dangers and the possibilities : A study about Swedish and Danish teenagers' Internet habits

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Sanne Madsen; Kristina Nilsson; [2004]
    Keywords : Press and communication sciences; Journalistik; media; kommunikation; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Problem: When unknown things, (e.g. a new media) first emerge on the market it is often defined as a threat to the society's values. This phenomenon is called moral panic and seems to be happening right now due to the diffusion of the Internet. READ MORE