Essays about: "Mass Protests"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 15 essays containing the words Mass Protests.
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11. #NiUnaMenosBolivia fights back : A discourse theoretical analysis on the struggle against gender-based violence in Bolivia
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och mediaAbstract : Femicides are not a new phenomenon. Marches involving thousands of people all around the Latin American continent to fight them, however, is. Ni Una Menos - Not one woman less - is the slogan that also mobilized Bolivians to mass-based protests in November 2016. READ MORE
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12. Effects of intra-state political protests on stock returns in emerging market economies: An empirical study of stock markets in Brazil, Thailand, and Turkey
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : This empirical study investigates the effects of intra-state protests and political uncertainty on stock returns in Brazil, Thailand, and Turkey by analyzing three large-scale events between 2013 and 2014. Although distinct by nature, the studied events combine common characteristics as they turned from a single catalyst event into mass protests that targeted several aspects of public discontent. READ MORE
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13. THE ROLE OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN CREATING POLITICAL AWARENESS AND MOBILIZING POLITICAL PROTESTS : A Focus on Turkey
University essay from KTH/Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC)Abstract : In the recent years, the internet penetration, social media production and consumption have increased dramatically all over the world. This increase has affected the politics in most parts of the world in many ways. READ MORE
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14. ACTA : Model debate or wasted opportunity?
University essay from Lunds universitet/EuropastudierAbstract : The growing digitalization of recent decades and the ease with which we can connect to others on the web has resulted in many forms of civil activism which appear hardly conceivable without it. Ironically, one of the most profound of these manifestations has been in its defense. READ MORE
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15. MEDIA, DEMOCRACY, AND CHANGE
University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskapAbstract : Electoral campaigns have become critical moments in countries like Mexico in which democracy is in development. To observe the electoral process is important because in it further relationships between society and authorities are shaped. In electoral campaigns, the media plays an important role and in special television. READ MORE
