Essays about: "Anthony Giddens"

Showing result 21 - 23 of 23 essays containing the words Anthony Giddens.

  1. 21. Cosmopolitan Divide? : Examining the Tension Field Between Media, Residential Patterns and Cosmopolitan Attitudes

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Avdelningen för medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Johan Lindell; [2009]
    Keywords : Cosmopolitanism; Cosmopolitan divide; Cosmopolitan outlook; Banal cosmopolitanism; Cosmopolitan attitude; SOM; Riks-SOM 2008; Globalization; Internet; Rural; Urban; Media; Morality; Global Media; Network Society;

    Abstract :   Today, global media such as the Internet provides media audiences scattered across the globe with the possibility of cross-cultural moral interaction upon a plethora of global digital public spheres. Such trends have been the catalyst for increased academic attention to the field of media and morality and the notion of media audiences as global citizens – ‘cosmopolitans at home’, consuming a wide array of mediated, global images and thus enforcing a proximity with the ‘distant Other’. READ MORE

  3. 22. Att existera i två olika kulturer: en studie om unga människors identitet och tillhörighetskänsla

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Safeta Selimovic; Jasmina Obradovac Berhamovic; [2008]
    Keywords : etnicitet; identitet; kultur; medvetandet; ontologisk trygghet; socialisation; strukturering; Sociology; Sociologi; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This essay treats the theme about processes of identitycreation and feelings of belonging on a couple of young bosnians who are resident in Malmö. The studies background takes starting point in the life after the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina at the late 19: th century and the new life situation in the swedish society. READ MORE

  4. 23. Middle-aged Mutant Sea Turtles! - A case study of identity formation among Chinese returnees in Zhongguancun, Beijing

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Eric Chan; [2007]
    Keywords : Identity formation process; hybrid identity; Zhongguancun Science Park; Chinese returnees; transnational human capital; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : When China opened it borders in 1979, the country suffered from a severe brain drain as its most talented students left the country to take advantage of educational opportunities abroad. However these emigrant engineers, known locally as "sea turtles" or Chinese returnees, have become a valuable asset for Zhongguancun Science Park. READ MORE