Essays about: "Bloggers"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 50 essays containing the word Bloggers.
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1. Why do bloggers keep silent? Self-censorship in social media : cases of Belarus and Russia
University essay from Södertörns högskola/JournalistikAbstract : Social media are often referred to as democracy drivers in autocratic states, whereas in some countries, they appear as tools of the regimes that employ a wide range of mechanisms to restrict freedom of expression online. In authoritarian countries, political bloggers stand out as new political leaders or anti-regime actors, serve as alternative information sources, advocate for political action, or mobilize financial support for different initiatives. READ MORE
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2. The representation of sustainability on social media : an ecofeminist reading of Instagram
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUSAbstract : Social media is a part and parcel of the daily lives of most people today. From targeted advertisements to affecting the election results around the globe, social media holds tremendous power in the way it shapes narratives and the world we live in. READ MORE
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3. RELIGIOUS AMBIVALENCE AND THE PROBLEM OF AGENCY : A Qualitative Study on Cognitive Dissonance among Mormon Feminists
University essay from Umeå universitet/Sociologiska institutionenAbstract : The scholarly field of traditionally religious women has during the last decade gone from a so called “paradox-approach” which identifies women’s agency with the capacity of acting autonomously – something most clearly demonstrated through acts of resistance – to a nonparadox approach defining agency as a continuum encompassing both resistance to and compliance with traditionally religious structures. While the latter approach assumes that women’s participation in traditional religions is not necessarily a paradox – mainly because some women value religious submission – this thesis argues that the paradox of women and religion becomes essential when speaking about religious feminism. READ MORE
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4. The Power of Sets and Reps: How Fitness Bloggers on Instagram Construct Authenticity
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikationAbstract : This study employs a combined framework of Bourdieusian field analysis and Foucauldian discourse analysis to examine discourses and relations of power pertaining to personal branding authenticity. The central inquiry of this study is how male fitness bloggers on Instagram create and maintain their authenticity on different levels of popularity. READ MORE
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5. Indonesian travel bloggers : the empowered negotiators
University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskapAbstract : Despite aiming for more civic engagement in tourism industry, The Indonesian Tourism Board effort to transform more citizen to become government-version of travel bloggers was faced by a protest since some travel bloggers didn’t feel common values exist. Therefore, this thesis identifies travel blogger’s intrinsic and extrinsic motivations by recognizing the transformation process that develops regular bloggers to be travel bloggers in the context of digital participatory culture. READ MORE