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  1. 1. Won’t Somebody Think of the (Queer) Children?! : Changing Representations of and Media Reactions to Same-Sex Attraction and Queer Relationships in British Teen Television, 1994 and 2019

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Louise Hallman; [2023]
    Keywords : Queer studies; TV studies; LGBTQ ; media representation; media reaction;

    Abstract : This thesis draws on queer theory, media representation, intersectionality and news values to conduct a combined queerfeminist visual and critical discourse analysis examining how representation of same-sex attraction and queer relationships in British teen television—and the media’s reaction to them—has changed between 1994 and 2019.  The queerfeminist visual analysis compares two scenes featuring same-sex attraction between male teenagers in two TV shows: Byker Grove (1989-2006), which featured a chaste but angrily rejected kiss in 1994 and Sex Education (2019-2023), which featured an unseen but implicitly enjoyed blow job in 2019. READ MORE

  3. 2. Cutting Parameter Characterization for Kiss Cutting Dye-sensitized Solar Cells

    University essay from KTH/Industriell produktion

    Author : Marvin Michael Schieber; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Printed dye-sensitized solar cells could revolutionize the way electrical products are charged, acting as a prosumer that consumes and produces electricity simultaneously. A key production step for this technology is the separation of printed cells including the removal of waste material around the printed, active area. READ MORE

  4. 3. Incels: Frustrated and Angry due to Deprivation of Intimacy : A Case Study of the Radicalisation Trajectories of an Online Community on a Fringe Social Media Platform

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutet för analytisk sociologi, IAS

    Author : Aron Kiss; [2022]
    Keywords : fringe social media platforms; echo chambers; marginalised groups; unfulfilled masculinity; polarisation; radicalisation; incel; NLP;

    Abstract : Technological advancements and affordability enable voicing of social injustice, feelings of deprivation, and oppression. Spatial barriers no longer pose obstacles to connecting with like-minded (or dissimilar) others to define and refine ingroup and outgroup. READ MORE

  5. 4. How is the Psychological Climate Paradox presented in climate change communications? : A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis of the Psychological Climate Paradox in the documentary trailers Anthropocene: the human epoch & Kiss the Ground

    University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

    Author : Lydia Frassine Garpenholt; [2021]
    Keywords : climate change; communication; Psychological Climate Paradox; trailer;

    Abstract : Effectively communicating climate change issues to the public have been proven to be a complicated task. Increasing scientific research explaining how humans have caused changes on climate, have led to a decreasing concern, contributing to the Psychological Climate Paradox. READ MORE

  6. 5. Humor as a Mirroring Self- Reflection : A Case study of a subversive Deaf Humor Aiming the Spotlight at the Hearing Majority

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Forum för genusvetenskap och jämställdhet

    Author : Audrone Cirkelyte; [2020]
    Keywords : Deaf humor; Humor theories; Otherness; Deaf culture; Deaf identity; Disability; Intersectional gender studies;

    Abstract : Humor builds the ground to share the common and the uncommon, to ease the uneasiness, to laugh at oneself and the other. It is amusing and rebellious, revealing the obvious from the obscure and challenging the unchallenged. READ MORE