Essays about: "Gatekeeper"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 31 essays containing the word Gatekeeper.

  1. 11. Female Resistance in a World of Epic Heroes and Legendary Adventures : A feminist reading of Rick Riordan’s The Lost Hero, inspired by Luce Irigaray’s “The Power of Discourse and the Subordination of the Feminine”

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Engelska

    Author : Cecilia Lovela; [2019]
    Keywords : Literature; Fantasy; The Lost Hero; Feminism; Resistance; English; Teaching;

    Abstract : Literature is an important part of the curriculum of Swedish secondary school and The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan is a popular novel among teenagers in Stockholm. This creates an opportunity to look closer at the novel, and to investigate the narrative’s discussion of the female, and in this particular case, its depictions of the female characters. READ MORE

  3. 12. The "Theft of Fire" in digital age : a case study on Chinese fansub group Yi Gui Jun Tuan

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Pan Du; [2019]
    Keywords : fansub groups; fan free labour; engagement; formal and informal distributions; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The Fansub group refers to a group of people produce and share the translation work of media content based on their interests. Fansub groups are always viewed as a hotly debated topic which involves many different academic research fields, including piracy, fan labour and so on. READ MORE

  4. 13. Creating democratic technology for societal change : How Open Source practices can influence the negotiation of technology among activists.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Lucas Langholf; [2019]
    Keywords : Sustainable Development; Activism; Democratisation of Technology; Critical Theory of Technology; Open Source; Free Software Movement;

    Abstract : As the digital transformation and the technological development progresses, the tools, methods and practices of activistsare changing and a unification of engineers and social reformers can be witnessed in contemporary forms of activism.This thesis presents a case study research that explores how practices from the Free and Open Source softwaremovement can lead to a democratisation of technology in the environmental activism project Precious Plastic. READ MORE

  5. 14. Milk: From a healthy drink to aclimate threat and back again. The media story : A text analysis of how Swedish newspapers have framed aspects of milk between 2012 and 2017

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Matilda Sonesson; Oliver Thörner; [2018]
    Keywords : Framing; Agenda setting; Mediatization; Swedish milk; Swedish media;

    Abstract : Media is a powerful agent within society, that works as a gatekeeper for the media arena and therefore decides what topics are discussed and which are not (Pinto et al., 2016; Anderson, 2009) By setting the agenda and by framing messages, media can influence the public perception and therefor also the culture within society. READ MORE

  6. 15. A Lacanian Psychoanalytic Feminist Interpretation of Marie in Louise Erdrich’s Love Medicine

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Sebastian Höglund; [2018]
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    Abstract : This thesis is an analysis of Marie’s struggle for empowerment within a patriarchal system in Louise Erdrich’s Love Medicine. The main focus of this thesis is the untangling of Marie’s desire: why does she choose the path that she has taken in life and why is she seemingly unable to feel content? Marie’s life takes place within a patriarchal framework and this paper utilizes feminist theory to delineate this framework and demonstrate its oppressiveness. READ MORE