Essays about: "Identity-formation"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 111 essays containing the word Identity-formation.

1. 21. Processes of identity formation : The profound mechanisms of changing identities in the contemporary Ethiopian conflict

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

   Author : Hampus Hartvigsson; [2022]
   Keywords : Ethiopia; conflict; ethnic identity; identity formation; social construction;

   Abstract : In the study of identity and conflict, much research has focused on a macro-perspective where two or more antagonists are in conflict of power. Social construction of identity, and more precisely identity as social categories that are changeable and the result of discourse, human thinking and action provides a picture of how identity may change as context changes. READ MORE

3. 22. Becoming a Woman Through Tomboyism : A Qualitative Study of the Female Gender Identity of the Tomboy

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Anna Alvemark; [2021]
   Keywords : tomboy; gender identity; social psychology;

   Abstract : This thesis concerns the female gender identity generally known as the tomboy – a non-marginal gender identity. As a result of the non-marginality and complexity of this gender identity research on the subject is sparse. Moreover, previous research has not shown a limitation of tomboyism to homosexuality. READ MORE

4. 23. $GME To The Moon : Mapping Memetic Discourse as Discursive Strategyin Reddit Trading Community r/WallStreetBets during the GameStop Short Squeeze Saga

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMK

   Author : Simon Olofsson; [2021]
   Keywords : internet memes; memetic discourse; Reddit; r wallstreetbets; WSB; GameStop; GME; meme stock; memestock; short squeeze; activist trading; social movements; connective action; critical discourse analysis; CDA;

   Abstract : As social media has emerged to become a key site for contemporary communications and cultural production, the internet meme has penetrated every level of social networking online. Albeit being a global phenomenon with pervasive discursive power in a number of fields ranging from humour to international politics and cyber warfare, comparatively little research has been made into how internet memes work on the discursive level of identity formation and their influence on the formation of internet-based social movements. READ MORE

5. 24. Jaffna Tamils Ethnic Identity Formation in Colombo: A Study on Identity Perception through Motivated Identity Construction

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Jasmine Andersson; [2021]
   Keywords : Post-conflict society; Jaffna Tamils; Colombo; Ethnic identity; Identity perception; Motivated Identity Construction Theory; Sri Lanka; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The Sri Lankan Tamils have been a part of complex history within Sri Lanka in regard to their ethnic Identity, which is mostly associated with the civil war that went on for almost 30 years. More than a decade after the end of the conflict, this thesis work analyzed how todays Jaffna Tamils view their own identity in Colombo. READ MORE

6. 25. "No Left, No Right - Only the Game" : A Netnographic Study of the Online Community r/KotakuInAction

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   Author : Oskar Larsson; [2021]
   Keywords : Gamergate; Reddit; Alt-Right; Online Othering; Collective Identity; Discourse; SJW; political correctness;

   Abstract : This thesis examines how 'othering' discourse can be used to construct and negotiate boundaries and shape collective identities within online spaces. Through a mixed-method approach of thematic analysis and a netnographic study, and by drawing on theoretical concepts of online othering and identity formation, this thesis explores how the Gamergate community r/KotakuInAction can be understood in relation to Gamergate, the Alt-Right and society at large. READ MORE