Essays about: "LGBTQ"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 82 essays containing the word LGBTQ.
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16. Gendering Conflict-related Sexual Violence : Scrutinizing Intersectionality as a Part of Communication of Conflict-related Sexual Violence on Instagram Accounts End Rape in War, UN Action, Global Survivors Fund and Mukwege Foundation
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : The aim of this study is to gain an understanding of if and how specific UN actors and non-governmental organizations (NGO) embody intersectionality in their communication on conflict-related sexual violence. By utilizing four different Instagram accounts, UN-owned End Rape in War and UN Action, and two NGO accounts Global Survivors Fund and Mukwege Foundation as case studies and applying critical content analysis on them, the study seeks to scrutinize if and how its data embodies elements of intersectional feminism. READ MORE
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17. The Power of Words : How the use of words reflects societal opinion
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humanioraAbstract : This essay examines the ways that the underlying meaning of the keywords queer and gay had changed between, and during, the periods of 1989-1991, 1999-2001 and 2009-2011 within the medium of written American English as collected by the Corpus of Historical American English across multiple written genres. The examination of the two chosen keywords was conducted by sorting the list-results of respective COHA queries into each period, and then conducted by a systematic sorting of the query results into one out of four categories depending on how the keywords were primed, framed and used. READ MORE
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18. Construction of knowledge in online fandom spaces : Sexuality discourse in Taylor Swift fans' subreddits
University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaperAbstract : This study explores how knowledge and reality is constructed within an online fandom’s communication, with a focus on LGBTQ+ discourse within Taylor Swift’s fans on Reddit. This is done through a qualitative digital ethnographic method and uses LGBTQ+ symbols and parasocial relationships as tools to analyse 75 posts and 850 comments total. READ MORE
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19. QUEER JAPANESE. The modern-day language usage of Japanese LGBTQ+ people
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : Gendered language is a well-known feature of Japanese, but how is it applied by a speaker who does not fit the cisgender or heteronormative standards in society? In a 2010 study, Hideko Abe published a book titled Queer Japanese, which addressed this exact question. Although incredibly thorough and informative, the book is now over a decade old, and the findings may no longer be accurate. READ MORE
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20. Media representation of the LGBTQ+ community in Poland : Framing of politicized issues as a representation of political parallelism in the Polish public service broadcaster TVP
University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medierAbstract : This Master’s thesis analyzes the narratives that are used to portray the LGBTQ+ community and how they relate to the political parallelism of the Polish media system. The focus is on the online edition of TVP Info – the news channel of TVP, Poland’s public service broadcaster. READ MORE