Essays about: "Discourse"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 3228 essays containing the word Discourse.

1. 1. Won't Somebody Think of the Children-A Critical Analysis of the Swedish National Guidelines for Treatment of Young People with Gender Dysphoria

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

   Author : Daniel Milve; [2022-02-15]
   Keywords : non-binary; trans; health care; policy; youth;

   Abstract : This thesis critically analyses Sweden’s National Guidelines for Treatment of Young People with Gender Dysphoria, with the aim of providing recommendations for amending the guidelines to provide better access to gender affirming treatment for young non-binary people. Using Critical Discourse Analysis, supplemented with a group dialogue with three non-binary persons, the National Guidelines are analysed through the theoretical lens of performativity, Dean Spade’s theories on the population-management mode of power, and critical age studies. READ MORE

3. 2. THE GOVERNMENTAL DISCOURSE TOWARD HOMOSEXUALS IN SWEDEN. A critical discourse analysis of the changing discourse between the years 1935 and 2007

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Andreas Ljunggren; [2022-02-11]
   Keywords : Homosexuality; Sexual Minority; Discursive Change; Visibility; Government Commissioned Reports SOU ;

   Abstract : This Master’s Thesis aims to examine how the governmental discourse of the attitudes toward homosexuals has changed in Sweden since 1935 up until modern day. To do this, selected quotes for deeper analysis based on a larger textual analysis of nine Government Commissioned Reports (SOUs) between 1935 and 2007 are used, consisting of approximately 1000 pages. READ MORE

4. 3. IDENTITY & TECHNO-UTOPIANISM. A Critical Discourse Analysis of Marketing Material and their Sociotechnical Imaginaries.

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

   Author : Albin Åberg; [2022-02-10]
   Keywords : Discourse Analysis; Sociotechnical Imaginaries; Marketing Technology; MarTech; Critical Studies; Identity; Techno- Utopianism;

   Abstract : This research paper sets out to investigate the messaging present in a corpus of texts gathered from Acxiom’s, an American data-analysis and ‘Identity Solutions’-company, website. The paper applies a framework of Critical Discourse Analysis informed by Theo van Leeuwen’s theory of ‘legitimations’ and analyses the findings through the theoretical framework of ‘Sociotechnical Imaginaries’. READ MORE

5. 4. BASED, REDPILLED, AND FPBP. Examining identification through discursive/affective practices on 4chan/pol/

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

   Author : Henrik Bergius; [2022-02-08]
   Keywords : Affect; Discourse; 4chan; Fascism; Radicalization; Disciplining; Online political space;

   Abstract : In a political landscape increasingly more influenced by far-right populism, the potential for political projects aiming to expand democracy is challenged. With the internet becoming an important arena for political discussion, this begs the question of how online spaces function as politically radicalizing. READ MORE

6. 5. THE WORK AND LIVES OF SOUTH KOREAN TEACHERS Lower-Secondary School Teachers’ Perceptions of the Teacher Profession

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

   Author : Hyeryung Jang; [2022-01-27]
   Keywords : Teachers’ lives; workload; lower-secondary school teachers; Professionalism;

   Abstract : Aim: Historically, the teaching profession in eastern Asian countries is often considered as a prestigious and desirable occupation with great respect in social and cultural contexts. Even though South Korean secondary school teachers have been part of and influenced by a devaluation of their authority compared to the past, there is not enough research about Korean teachers’ work and lives in international research. READ MORE