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1. 1. The Self-improvement Project : A theoretical analysis on self-discipline & hegemonic masculinity

   University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

   Author : Sara Felldin Svensson; Lina Hallberger; [2023]
   Keywords : Self-improvement; discourse; discipline; hegemonic masculinity; transnational business masculinity;

   Abstract : While the idea of self-help has historically been associated with women the growing popularity of online self-improvement groups has attracted both sexes. The growing popularity of people like Jordan Peterson and Andrew Tate - who speak of the importance of self-improvement alongside anti-feminist rhetoric - within the Manosphere online community also shows a trend of self-improvement moving towards a male audience. READ MORE

3. 2. Music journalism as a hybrid field between politics and culture : Kerrang! and NME's challenging and reinforcement of gender inequality, imbalance, and women's marginalization in 2019-2023

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Journalistik

   Author : Vladimir Gospodinov; [2023]
   Keywords : cultural journalism; discourse analysis; gender inequality; music journalism; intersectionality;

   Abstract : This paper discusses the incorporation of socio-political themes in music and music journalism, focusing on the issues of gender inequality, imbalance, and women's marginalization. It investigates how two UK-based media with a transnational audience focus, Kerrang! and New Musical Express (NME), challenge or reinforce gender inequality-related themes in their publications in 2019-2023. READ MORE

4. 3. Mediating the Past and Historicizing the Present: The HBO Series Chernobyl (2019) and Its Transnational Audience Responses on IMDb

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Wei Xu; [2023]
   Keywords : Chernobyl; nuclear disaster; audience research; media and memories; cultural memory; television drama and history; Arts and Architecture; Cultural Sciences; History and Archaeology; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The Russian invasion of Ukraine has put the vulnerability of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant under the spotlight. Meanwhile, the remembrance and reflection of the Chernobyl disaster of 1986 has been ongoing in different media among which the HBO mini-series Chernobyl (2019) stands out and resonates transnationally. READ MORE

5. 4. Facebook in the News. A mixed-method study of how Swedish public service news represent Facebook

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikation

   Author : Natalija Sako; [2021-04-06]
   Keywords : Critical discourse analysis; Content analysis; Social media; Global media giants; Political economy; Neoliberalism;

   Abstract : The aim of this study was to examine how Swedish public service media represents Facebook; a private, transnational company but also a tool for public service media (PSM) to reach its audience. The first research objective was to find out to what extent and in what way Facebook has been present in two of the biggest news programs in PSM, Rapport and Dagens eko, over the last ten years. READ MORE

6. 5. 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