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  1. 6. News article segmentation using multimodal input : Using Mask R-CNN and sentence transformers

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Gustav Henning; [2022]
    Keywords : Historical newspapers; Image segmentation; Multimodal learning; Deep learning; Digital humanities; Mask R-CNN; Historiska tidningar; Bildsegmentering; Multimodal inlärning; Djupinlärning; Digital humaniora; Mask R-CNN;

    Abstract : In this century and the last, serious efforts have been made to digitize the content housed by libraries across the world. In order to open up these volumes to content-based information retrieval, independent elements such as headlines, body text, bylines, images and captions ideally need to be connected semantically as article-level units. READ MORE

  2. 7. You Screwed up my Classic! Fidelity to Nostalgic Adaptations in Audiences' Perspective

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Xiaoqing Chen; [2022]
    Keywords : Adaptation; fidelity; authenticity; remediation; derivative work; audience reception; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This research focuses on fidelity in adaptation studies from the audience’s perspective since the audience usually has less power in contributing to the academic field. To see to what extent the transformation of fidelity in adaptation studies in terms of the scholars applies to the audiences, including amateurs and film critics. READ MORE

  3. 8. National identity construction from non-alignment to Nato membership

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Alva Mårtensson; [2022]
    Keywords : Nato; Critical discourse analysis; Swedish print media; peace identity; national identity; non-alignment; internationalism; foreign policy; social constructivism; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : How can we understand the historical development of the Swedish national identity construction in terms of non-alignment and internationalism in the media discourse on Nato membership? Since the end of the Cold War, Sweden has been conducting increasing cooperation with Nato, putting its non-alignment and related internationalist identity narrative into question. Starting from the social constructivist assumption that national identity narratives interact with foreign policy through constructing boundaries for possible behavior, I argue that insights about the Swedish advancement towards Nato can be gained from studying how its national identity is constructed in the newspaper debate. READ MORE

  4. 9. Framing the role of Russia : An analysis of selected news articles and interviews with Swedish and German journalists on the annexation of Crimea in 2014

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

    Author : Elina Helleberg; [2021]
    Keywords : Russia; Crimea; news frames; journalism; news media; framing; Sweden; Germany; Swedish-Russian relations; German-Russian relations; Swedish foreign policy; German foreign policy; Rysslandsbilden i Sverige; Darstellung Russlands in Deutschland;

    Abstract : This M.A studied how Russia was represented in selected media in Sweden and Germany, focusing on the annexation of Crimea in 2014. The purpose was to study how and which factors that influenced the view of Russia in selected media. READ MORE

  5. 10. The Limerick Soviet : Workers' motivations for the general strike in Limerick, 1919

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Martha Dunster; [2021]
    Keywords : Labour unions; syndicalism; strikes; Limerick; Irish republicanism;

    Abstract : In April 1919, the Trades and Labour Council of Limerick County, Ireland, declared a general strike in response to the increasingly militarised policing of the region by the British authorities. A Strike Committee, consisting of local activists, assumed governance of Limerick for two weeks. READ MORE