Essays about: "Legitimation"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 67 essays containing the word Legitimation.

1. 11. “Regulating the Wild West?”: The legitimation discourse of EU regulation on Big Data and its media coverage

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

   Author : Anastasia Kapodistria; [2022]
   Keywords : Big Data; European Union; regulation; legitimation strategy; political discourse; media framing; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The thesis explores the growing discourse of Big Data and argues that political actors like the European Union are purposefully constructing the meaning of such an issue and promoting certain strategies. The study seeks to expand the spectrum of Strategic Communication by examining a supranational political institution and to add valuable insights to the knowledge of the critical stream of Data studies from a communicative perspective. READ MORE

3. 12. Sustainability Reporting : A case study of challenges and future challenges with sustainability reporting methods

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM)

   Author : Sara Johansson; Ebba Ohlson; [2022]
   Keywords : Sustainability reporting; Sustainability reporting and accounting; Legitimacy; Comparability; Reliability; Inconsistency; Sustainability data; GRI; Reporting Standards; Reporting methods; Future forecast ; Hållbarhetsrapportering; Hållbarhetsrapportering och redovisning; Legitimitet; Jämförbarhet; Pålitlighet; Inkonsekvens; Hållbarhetsdata; Rapporteringsstandarder; Rapporteringsmetoder; GRI; Framtidsprognos ;

   Abstract : Challenges on how to approach global sustainability issues are increasing along with the growing global warming. This entails an increasing pressure on firms to manage sustainability- related issues, both deriving from governance regulations as well as a from a growing consciousness from public institutions. READ MORE

4. 13. IDENTITY & TECHNO-UTOPIANISM.A Critical Discourse Analysis of Marketing Material and their Sociotechnical Imaginaries

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/JMG - Inst f journalistik och masskomm

   Author : Åberg Albin; [2021-10-12]
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   Abstract : This research paper sets out to investigate the messaging present in a corpus of texts gathered from Acxiom’s, an American data-analysis and ‘Identity Solutions’-company, website. The paper applies a framework of Critical Discourse Analysis informed by Theo van Leeuwen’s theory of ‘legitimations’ and analyses the findings through the theoretical framework of ‘Sociotechnical Imaginaries’. READ MORE

5. 14. THE CONCEPTION OF THE BATTLE AGAINST HIV IN SOUTH AFRICA - A Critical Discourse Analysis of Speeches by Mandela, Mbeki and Zuma

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Esther DeBoer; [2021-10-04]
   Keywords : African languages; South Africa; HIV AIDS; Mandela; Mbeki; Zuma; Critical Discourse Analysis; Legitimation Theory; Silent Discourse;

   Abstract : In the past decade South Africa has enrolled the biggest antiretroviral treatment programme (ARV) in the world to treat HIV/AIDS. The country has had a hard time to deal with the disease for a long time, however, now seems to make progress in combatting the disease and even sets an example for other countries in the world in how to deal with the disease. READ MORE

6. 15. Right-wing populism and climate change-related policymaking : A Quantitative Content Analysis of Discursive Influence on Global Governance

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Paul Vater; [2021]
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   Abstract : This thesis explores the link between right-wing populist discourse and climate change-related policymaking in the European Union. Accordingly, it first reviews and examines previously conducted literature and theories regarding this research focus. READ MORE