Essays about: "Catalina"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 20 essays containing the word Catalina.

  1. 6. "We woke up. Change is underway and it won't stop." : An analysis of how U.S. mainstream- and alternative media covered the 2019 protests in Latin America

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper

    Author : Catalina Näsman; [2021]
    Keywords : Alternative media; mainstream media; Latin America; protests; protest paradigm; postcolonialism;

    Abstract : Protests constitute one of the most important means for citizens to raise key issues on the social agenda and express marginalised voices, in which an important factor to spread their message is attracting mass media coverage. However, previous research has repeatedly found that the mass media delegitimizes protests and focus on the protest event itself rather than the issues behind it. READ MORE

  3. 7. What constitutes a local cluster - a field study of Santa Catalina, Panama

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Produktionsekonomi

    Author : Tord Valentinson; David Ingelman; [2020]
    Keywords : Cluster Theory; Tourism Cluster; Cluster Emergence; Local Buzz; Global Pipelines; Locational Development.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Several academics, geographical economists and policy makers have sought to investigate the interplay between business clusters and tourism development. This dynamic is significant in emerging nations and less developed rural areas where tourism emergence may affect economic growth, society and environment. READ MORE

  4. 8. Methods for rockfall risk assessment and estimation of runout zones: A case study in Gothenburg, SW Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Geologiska institutionen

    Author : Laura Catalina Agudelo Motta; [2020]
    Keywords : Rockfall hazard; rockfall simulation; Gothenburg; Fjällbo; runout zones; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Rockfalls occur around Sweden every year and the country lacks a national risk evaluation and an adequate regulatory framework for construction related to this natural hazard. The aim of this study is to address this problem by mapping areas under possible threat of rockfalls, considering two fundamental aspects: i) identification of the source areas and ii) estimation of the runout zones. READ MORE

  5. 9. The Voices of the Unheard : A postcolonial analysis of how indigeneity is discursively (re)produced by international donors

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Catalina Näsman; [2020]
    Keywords : Indigeneity; postcolonial theory; United Nations; World Bank;

    Abstract : In the last 20 years, international donors have made efforts to increase the participation of minorities into development programmes. Despite these efforts, development actors continues to receive critique from postcolonial theorists for continuing to reinforce neocolonial and Western-centered tendencies onto minorities. READ MORE

  6. 10. Comparative Critical Discourse Analysis of CNN and Fox News Headlines: A Case of Immigration Detention in the US

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Catalina Maruri Ramos; [2019]
    Keywords : Critical discourse analysis; immigration detention; representation; headlines; reference strategies; transitivity; news media; political ideology.;

    Abstract : Immigration policies and border control in the US were hardened significantly more ever since the new government’s immigration executive order in 2017. A series of massive raids and immigrant detentions were carried out which got the attention of both human rights activists and the news media. READ MORE