Essays about: "Media and Morality"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 20 essays containing the words Media and Morality.

  1. 11. Frames, Discursive Practices, and Bilateral Relations: The Gui Minhai Case in Chinese and Swedish Media

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Charlotte Svensson; [2019]
    Keywords : Gui Minhai; Journalism; Foreign Policy; Human Rights; Sweden; China; EU; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : As one of the most important sites in which and through which discourse is articulated and disseminated, newspapers play particularly extensive roles in furthering understandings of human rights cases involving citizens of dual nationality and foreign policy. Drawing on critical discourse analysis and the practice of journalistic framing, this study examined the effects of intertextuality on the depiction of the Gui Minhai case in Swedish and Chinese daily news. READ MORE

  2. 12. 'Til Death Do Us Part : representations of men in the Italian mainstream press coverage of femicide

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Giulia Masciavé; [2019]
    Keywords : ‘News media’; ‘femicide’; ‘masculinity’; ‘crime news’; ‘journalism ethics’; ‘Critical Discourse Analysis’; ‘representations’; ‘Italy’; ‘mainstream newspapers’; ‘negotiation’; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Femicide is the ultimate expression of violence against women. It is the ultimate act of male dominance over a woman. Despite the criminal justice systems and governments have acknowledged femicide as a crime, there is little public awareness about the patriarchal roots that diffuse and maintain men´s power. READ MORE

  3. 13. Here’s What You Should Think About: Media Framing During The United Kingdom European Union membership referendum of 2016

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

    Author : Phillip Harrison; [2018]
    Keywords : European Union; Framing; Hybrid Media; Referendum; United Kingdom; Social media; European Studies; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis uses the United Kingdom’s European Union membership referendum of 2016 to understand how, within the theoretical context of the hybrid media system, two prominent British media outlets framed their coverage for the British public. Using a typology of five news frames (attribution of responsibility, human interest, conflict, morality and economic consequences) the study applies a quantitative content analysis to a sample of 222 print news articles collected from The Guardian and The Daily Express newspapers and 209 online news articles collected from each media outlets official Facebook page, between the 9th June and 23rd June 2016. READ MORE

  4. 14. Children's Representations of Death : A Thematic and Visual Discourse Analysis of Children's Drawings in a Mexican Primary School

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Barn

    Author : Dulce Karenina Téllez Duval; [2018]
    Keywords : children’s drawings; representations of death; Mexico; thematic analysis; visual discourse analysis;

    Abstract : This study focuses on analysing Mexican children’s representations of death inasmuch as children are perceived as social actors that have an active role in constructing and giving meaning to social reality. The importance of analysing children’s representations about death is that it provides an opportunity to know how children give meaning to a notion that intersects with personal experiences, emotions, religious beliefs, and a sociocultural context. READ MORE

  5. 15. Digital Landscapes of Imperialism - US Intervention in Video Games

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

    Author : Mikko Jokela Måsbäck; [2018]
    Keywords : Intervention; Video Games; Discourse; Landscape; Imperialism; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : Within the cultural imaginary of video games, armed conflicts have always occupied a central space. Their subject material, as well as technologies and visual techniques, are often based on historical and present-day conflicts, often involving US Armed Forces, subcontractors or intelligence agents. READ MORE