Essays about: "Internet Culture"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 167 essays containing the words Internet Culture.

  1. 21. Be beautiful and speak up : Africana beauty at the forefront of an inclusive Internet beauty culture.

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

    Author : KENZA ALOUI; [2022]
    Keywords : Acceptance; African; Africana; autoethnography; beauty; beauty industry; change; community; culture; decoloniality; diaspora; empowerment; existentialism; exoticization; feminist studies; heritage; inclusivity; Internet; intersectionality; interviews; norms; performativity; phenomenology; policing; race; racism; radical; self-love; utopia; women of color.;

    Abstract : The beauty industry has been booming in the last few years, generating immense profits as it now translates into an Internet global beauty culture in its own right that finally made room for women of color. As research barely mentions African women and their diasporas, this study aims to critically analyze the dynamic of this North American-dominated Internet beauty culture celebrating non-white women, looking at how it impacts African women and their diasporas and participates in affirming a global woman of color through commodity capitalism. READ MORE

  2. 22. Individuals' Level of Self-disclosure Online and How It Influences their Participation in Cancel Culture : A qualitative study on Swedish young university students’ perception of canceling public figures vs peers

    University essay from Jönköping University/JTH, Avdelningen för datateknik och informatik

    Author : Erica Lang; Vilma Erlandsson Granemalm; [2022]
    Keywords : Cancel Culture; Ostracism; Self-disclosure; Social Media; Digitalisation; University Students;

    Abstract : Cancel culture is a phenomenon that has grown out of today's digitalization. It could be described as a practice to counteract injustices in society by withdrawing support for, often, a public figure or company that has expressed or behaved unacceptably according to the majority of people. READ MORE

  3. 23. The Controlled Hallucinations of a Fragmented Gaze

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/HDK-Valand - Högskolan för konst och design

    Author : Emma Åvall; [2021-01-11]
    Keywords : Fragmented gaze; Material; Visual perception; Images;

    Abstract : I break down images, both physically as well as philosophically, into bits and pieces to explore questions surrounding visual perception; examining ways of dismantling, reconstructing, and fragmenting them; and questioning the way an image is (or can be) built up by breaking it down and building it back up again. What I am after is to dissect images and dive deep into them. READ MORE

  4. 24. #CancelCulture : A critical discourse analysis of cancel culture and its effect on representation and voice.

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

    Author : Rozarina Bakher; [2021]
    Keywords : cancel culture; representation; voice; Google; critical discourse analysis;

    Abstract : Cancel culture has been described by some as a form of online activism. It has also been argued as activism with both negative and positive effects. For the positive side, cancel culture has worked to emphasize the representation and voice of women during the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment at workplaces. READ MORE

  5. 25. Discursive Construction of Chinese Women: Exploring the Multi-perception Discourses of the Reality Show Sisters Who Make Waves 

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Liu Liming; [2021]
    Keywords : Chinese women; reality show; celebrity culture; digital labour; hybrid media system; Discourse-Historical Approach DHA ;

    Abstract : This study explores the discursive construction of Chinese women in the Chinese reality show Sisters Who Make Waves, with a special focus on the discursive shifts and their relevance to the wider discourse of and about Chinese women. The analysis is carried out on two levels: the discursive construction of Chinese women in the said reality show and its recontextualisation across other discourses including in the public sphere and semi-private opinions of Chinese women. READ MORE