Essays about: "multimodality"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 70 essays containing the word multimodality.

1. 21. Consumer responsibilization in sustainable fashion communications on Instagram : A multimodal discourse analysis

   University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

   Author : Vera Sofie Thallinger; Lusanda Ntintili; [2021]
   Keywords : Instagram; Social Media; Multimodal Discourse; Consumer Responsibilization; Sustainable Fashion; Cultural Marketing;

   Abstract : Background, Problem Statement and Gap - Political agendas informed by the negative impacts of increasing consumption (including fashion consumption) have allocated major parts of the responsibility to contribute to sustainable development to individual consumers. These agendas subsequently highlighted the need to provide more information, including through media and social media, about the negative impacts of fashion consumption - and consumption at large - to the consumer. READ MORE

3. 22. Remembering the Holocaust : Teaching historical trauma in the English classroom through historical fiction and Maus

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Lärarutbildningen

   Author : Felicia Siljebrand; [2021]
   Keywords : education; didactics; language; literature; history; english; trauma; historical trauma;

   Abstract : This essay explores historical trauma through the lens of post-memory and trauma theory, and aims to analyse the representation of historical trauma in Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel Maus. By using these theories, the essay explores how trauma can be passed on through generations, and how it ultimately affects not only the people who were there to experience it, but also those generations that came after. READ MORE

4. 23. “LONGING WON’T BRING HIM BACK SOONER…” A Case Study of Gendered Language Use in American Recruitment Posters from the Second World War

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Erica Nilsson; [2020-09-08]
   Keywords : World War II; gender;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to analyse and compare American male and female recruitment posters from the Second World War. The sub-aims are to find out whether the slogans directed at men and women differed linguistically from each other, and if men and women were attributed differently. READ MORE

5. 24. Representation of History in Assassin’s Creed

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Intermediala studier

   Author : Hassan Taher; [2020]
   Keywords : Assassin’s Creed; Remediation; Video Game Culture; Video Game Studies; Intermediality; Video Games; Media Technology; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : In this essay, I have analysed the video game franchise Assassin’s Creed and looked at it from an intermedial standpoint, where I have also focused on the educational qualities Assassin’s Creed can provide players. By applying Lars Elleström’s theories of intermediality and multimodality I have explained different parts of what builds up certain video games and how they are different from other media. READ MORE

6. 25. More Than a Stepping-Stone? : A Study of the Uses of Comics and Graphic Novels as Multimodal Teaching Material in English Courses at Upper and Lower Secondary Schools in Sweden

   University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

   Author : Gunnar Ernsth Bravell; [2020]
   Keywords : Graphic Novels; Comics; Teaching; Literature; Multimodality;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to examine upper and lower secondary school teachers’ experiences of using graphic novels in the English subject in Swedish schools in order to discuss if, and how, multimodal texts can be used to increase students’ motivation to read and analyze fictional texts. This is done through qualitative semi-structured interviews with 12 participants currently working as English teachers from both upper and lower secondary schools in Sweden. READ MORE