Essays about: "ridicule"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the word ridicule.

1. 1. Unveiling Power Dynamics on Instagram: A Neo-medieval Analysis of Algorithmic control, Influencers and Users

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

   Author : Femke Podsedkowska; [2023]
   Keywords : Digital feudalism; social media; power relations; Instagram; influencers; medievalism; algorithms; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : Instagram is a large social media platform with strong power dynamics between the company, influencers and the users. Exploring this power dynamic within a theoretical framework rooted in neo-medievalism, this study investigates how power structures are manifested and enacted on the platform. READ MORE

3. 2. People help the people: A critical discourse analysis of NGO activism against water privatisation in El Salvador

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Line Lundager Olsen; [2022]
   Keywords : activism; El Salvador; water politics; water privatisation; power; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis concerns itself with the current state of water activism in El Salvador. For 20 years the topic has been a point of conflict for the nation, with both wins and losses for the water activists. The previous academic research into this consists of ethnographic studies. READ MORE

4. 3. The Meeting of Childhood and Colonialism in William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience

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

   Author : Fredrik Karlsson; [2018]
   Keywords : William Blake; Black; Childhood; Colonialism; Poetry; Social criticism; White; William Blake; Barndom; Kolonialism; Poesi; Social kritik; Svart; Vit;

   Abstract : In Songs of Innocence and of Experience William Blake contrasts childhood and adulthood. This essay relates this to another prominent social issue in the collection, colonialism. This essay aims at answering the question of what happens when the child is black rather than white. READ MORE

5. 4. “Ooooh, so strong” : Ironic Responses to Donald Trump’s Presidential Tweets

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur

   Author : Filip Eneroth; [2017]
   Keywords : Trump; verbal irony; Twitter; maxims of conversation; echoic interpretation; Trump; verbal ironi; Twitter; konversationsmaximer; echoic interpretation;

   Abstract : After Donald Trump won the presidency, his use of social media has gotten massive attention because of its incredibly inappropriate content. Many people question how appropriate his use of Twitter is, and in the linguistic field prominent voices point out that the former businessman does not have the skills to speak; he only talks (McWhorter, 2017). READ MORE

6. 5. Quiet: Forced versus Chosen Behaviour

   University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi

   Author : Jennifer Larsson; [2016-09-14]
   Keywords : Social phobia; Social Anxiety Disorder; Shyness; Introversion; Extraversion Extroversion; The Big-Five Personality Structure;

   Abstract : Social phobia, or social anxiety disorder, is a mental disorder in which one experiences anxiety in social situations, alongside fear of ridicule and embarrassment, and as a consequence seeks to avoid these situations as much as possible. It goes in other words beyond regular shyness. READ MORE