Essays about: "Media plurality"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words Media plurality.
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1. “Freedom or Death” A Qualitative Content Analysis on Motivation in the Dzhokhar Dudayev and Sheikh al Mansur Battalion
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutet för Rysslands- och Eurasienstudier; Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och mediaAbstract : This thesis looks at how motivation to fight in war is represented in the social media of the Sheikh al Mansur Battalion and the Dzhokhar Dudayev Battalion. Both battalions are voluntary forces, therefore not conscripted or paid to fight in war. READ MORE
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2. ‘La nuit porte conseil’ : An intersectional analysis of women’s political participation on social media in Mali
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and ManagementAbstract : The world is digitalizing, and human rights such as political participation are increasingly being exercised online. To understand the role social media have in women’s political participation in Mali, this thesis investigates how intersectional power relations shape opportunities for online political participation, and how women harness the properties of the digital public sphere to enhance political participation. READ MORE
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3. Practicing What You Preach - Development of Media Freedom and Plurality Following Accession to the European Union: A comparative analysis of pre- and post-accession Europeanization
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This essay poses the question: To what extent does accession to the European Union lead to an improvement of media freedom and media plurality, and to what extent does a Europeanization of media occur? The essay focuses on the developments of the Central and Eastern European countries and focuses on Croatia and Czechia as the analyzed cases. In answering this question, the various theories of Europeanization (Europeanization, EU-ization, de-Europeanization, and de-EU-ization) are utilized through a co-variational analysis. READ MORE
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4. 'Too few of us', again? The Fertility Discourse in Finnish Media in 2019
University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/SociologiAbstract : This qualitative study examines the dominant fertility discourse in Finnish media in 2019, when the total fertility rate dropped to an all-time low level, spurring media debate and political attention. The study analyses the representations and framings of fertility, and the underlying norms, assumptions, power-structures and silences in the dominant discourse using discourse analytical tools, more specifically the ‘What is the problem represented to be?’- approach. READ MORE
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5. Aligning Fortress Europe with the Rainbow? The Securitization of Migration and LGBTI Asylum Seekers in the European Union.
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : The increase of migration into the European Union, which peaked during the 2015 humanitarian crisis of refugees, has raised concerns about security within nationalist political discourse across the EU. European right-wing populist discourse revolves around a perceived threat to national and European culture and identity, pushing adamantly for restrictions in migration policy, and black-marking asylum seekers as hostile actors. READ MORE
