Essays about: "traditions of media research"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words traditions of media research.

1. 1. Between a Rune Stone and a Hard Place: Deconstructing Mass Media Influence on Knowledge Production in Viking Age Archaeogenetic Publications

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Arkeologi

   Author : Kyle Koch; [2023]
   Keywords : History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : The archaeological traditions of the Viking Age have a complex history. Some of it has been nationalist in orientation, at times constructing proud historical narratives reflecting ownership in and continuity of the past. READ MORE

3. 2. Hjärtat av en sann student : First curators, performativity and reproducing tradition at an Uppsala Student Nation

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

   Author : Kaitlin May; [2022]
   Keywords : Student nations; student life; nation life; first curators; performativity; embodiment; tradition; ritual; ritualization; repetition; norms; generational continuity; Uppsala; Sweden;

   Abstract : In the city of Uppsala, Sweden the experiences of the student population are very connected to the world of the student nations. This study explores the position of first curator at a student nation as the leader of the student societies hierarchy and how their position influences the production of community and tradition. READ MORE

4. 3. Disputed Land, Disputed Lives : Transnational and regional coverage of the humanitarian situation in Nagorno-Karabakh in the 2020 war

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMK

   Author : Hrant Galstyan; [2021]
   Keywords : humanitarian journalism; Nagorno-Karabakh; crisis reporting; war coverage; news narrative;

   Abstract : This study examines the media coverage of the humanitarian situation in Nagorno-Karabakh during a war in the region in 2020. Drawing on the theoretical framework of humanitarian journalism, it first looks at the attention given to the issue within the daily coverage of the war, then turns to explore patterns in the narration of the past events and present situation in feature stories. READ MORE

5. 4. “Traditional Values” and Sex Education in Russia: how opponents frame their arguments in online media

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Manuela Sosio; [2021]
   Keywords : Sex education; abstinence-only; comprehensive sex education; morality politics; Russia; discourse analysis; framing; children’s rights; reproductive rights; traditional values;

   Abstract : This research contributes to understanding the attitudes of Russian politicians towards sex education in schools and the kind of argumentation styles they use to oppose it. The paper is based on a framing analysis of the arguments of two important opponents to sex education: Pavel Astakhov, a Russian politician and former Children’s Rights Commissioner from 2009 to 2016; and Yelena Mizulina, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Family Affairs, Women and Children since 2008, using online media sources in a ten-year period (2011-2021). READ MORE

6. 5. A critical discourse analysis of the construction of knowledge of gender in sociology at upper-secondary school

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

   Author : Rachel Jarmo; [2021]
   Keywords : pedagogy; learning; gender; Basil Bernstein; sociology; upper-secondary school.; pedagogik; didaktik; ämnesdidaktik; sociologi; genus; Basil Bernstein; gymnasiet.;

   Abstract : This thesis presents a critical discourse analysis of how the sociology of gender is constructed in the sociology syllabus and two textbooks aimed for use at upper secondary school level. I use Bernstein’s theory of framing and classification to understand how power over knowledge is distributed through this construction. READ MORE