Essays about: "Instagram culture."

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  1. 1. "Life is better when you girlboss together" : Building a Safe Space Within the Digital Sphere, a Case Study

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Maylis Aledo; [2023]
    Keywords : Girlhood; Girl Culture; Girl Bloggin; Discord; Social Media; Lana Del Rey; Popular Culture;

    Abstract : The study is located in feminist studies through the lens of cultural theory, more specifically in the area of "Girlhood studies", developed in the 1990s. The development of the field correlates with the rise of cultural goods targeted at girls: movies, music, and magazines as well as the development of teenagehood as an identity of its own right. READ MORE

  2. 2. Pixels to Purls : Unravelling the Revival of Knitting in the Digital Age

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

    Author : Emma Niemelä; [2023]
    Keywords : Knitting; Online communities; Participatory culture; Knowledge sharing; Stickning; Onlinenätverk; Delaktig kultur; Kunskapsdelning;

    Abstract : Denna studie utforskar återuppträdandet av stickning som en populär aktivitet och den roll som online-plattformar spelar för att stödja och upprätthålla denna trend. Genom intervjuer med stickare och analys av online-gemenskaper för stickning visar studien att stickning har upplevt en återkomst på grund av dess nostalgiska och terapeutiska drag, vilket främjar kreativitet, gemenskap och en känsla av samhörighet. READ MORE

  3. 3. Reflections on the economic strategies of private museums. A comparative study of the private museums in Meteora.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap

    Author : Theofilos Kolios; [2023]
    Keywords : museum management; private museums; economic strategies; open-system theory; stakeholder theory; resource-dependence theory; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The thesis examines the economic strategies which two private museums of Meteora, the Hellenic Culture Museum and the Natural History Museum of Meteora and Mushroom Museum implement, so as to grasp the economic strategies that private museums in Greece adopt. Utilizing Varbanova’s (2013) framework which places specific emphasis not only on the open-system theory as an efficient way to comprehend the macro-level challenges (in particular the economic crisis and Covid-19, which had been plaguing the two museums for a long time) and opportunities (as the ones that can result from the implementation of a particular legal status in the context of a given cultural policy), but also on the stakeholder and resource-dependence theories, which acknowledge the pivotal role that various actors and resources inside and outside an organization play in museums’ prosperity, the thesis analyzes previous literature that demonstrates economic strategies that (public and private) museums adopt, so as to secure their continuation and thriving. READ MORE

  4. 4. Healing the Depressed Self: A Study of Social Media Therapy

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

    Author : Virginie Behar; [2023]
    Keywords : Social Media; Therapeutic Culture; Therapy; Instagram; TikTok; Depression; Neoliberal Mental Healthcare;

    Abstract : Since 2019, therapy content from both mental health professionals and social media users has proliferated on both TikTok and Instagram, a phenomenon some have called Tiktok and Instagram therapy. This study explores two different facets of social media therapy. READ MORE

  5. 5. Feminist Approaches to Self-Representation & Political Storytelling: A Modern Strategy of Nation Branding in the West

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Nicodemus Adsersen; [2023]
    Keywords : Feminist leadership; Nation branding; Constructed self-representation; Political storytelling; Western identity.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This essay sought to investigate the extent to which two Nordic Prime Ministers performed their leadership on Instagram in accordance with a feminist leadership theory during the Covid-19 crisis. It then inquired into those performances’ potential consequences. READ MORE