Essays about: "Occupy Wall Street"

Found 5 essays containing the words Occupy Wall Street.

  1. 1. Occupy Wall Street as radical democracy : Democracy Now! reportage of the foundation of a contemporary direct-democracy movement

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

    Author : Davis Schirmer; [2013]
    Keywords : Direct democracy; hegemony; agonistic pluralism; Occupy Wall Street; discourse theory; social identity; sociopolitical inequality; intersectionality;

    Abstract : Democracy Now! is an independently syndicated hour long daily audio and video program that is broadcast on 1179 radio, television, and internet stations throughout the world, as well as being freely available on their website under a Creative-Commons License. They are a global news organization based in New York City, with the stated goal of providing “rarely heard” perspectives in their coverage. READ MORE

  3. 2. Social Movement & Social Media : A qualitative study of Occupy Wall Street

    University essay from Institutionen för kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Eric Clark; [2012]
    Keywords : Occupy Wall Street; social media; social movement; traditional activist; modern activist;

    Abstract : This project is important to the research in both the fields of social movement and of social media and their growing relationship.  This report has analyzed the responses of several key role players in one of the biggest social movements in American history, Occupy Wall Street. READ MORE

  4. 3. Discourses in the News : The Case of Occupy Wall Street in the New York Times and the New York Post

    University essay from Engelska institutionen

    Author : Caroline Renström; [2012]
    Keywords : Occupy Wall Street; news discourse; the New York Times; the New York Post; critical discourse analysis CDA ; transitivity; ideology; representation;

    Abstract : This paper adopts a critical discourse analysis approach in order to identify and contrast the representation of the Occupy Wall Street movement in the New York Post and the New York Times. Occupy Wall Street was a protest movement against greed and financial and social inequality that started in Zuccotti Park in New York City in 2011. READ MORE

  5. 4. Dismantling Kyriarchy - an intersectional analysis of anti-oppression work within Occupy Wall Street

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Cecilia Paulsson; [2012]
    Keywords : Identity Politics; Anti-oppression; Social Movements; Intersectionality; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates how and in which way Occupy Wall Street (OWS) in New York City addresses issues of racism, sexism, classism, heterosexism and cissexism within the movement. Through a two week field study including six semi-structured interviews with key informants and participant observation, an intersectional analysis was deployed to examine the organizing structure. READ MORE

  6. 5. Occupy Wall Street in alternative and mainstream media : A comparative analysis of the social movement’s framing in the media

    University essay from Medier och kommunikation

    Author : Andra Stefania Negus; [2012]
    Keywords : Occupy Wall Street; alternative media; mainstream media; network theory of power; media frames; Centering theory; Centering resonance analysis;

    Abstract : The thesis provides an analysis of the different ways the Occupy Wall Street was presented by OccupyWallSt.org ( the movement’s own media source), and The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and USA Today from July 2011 up to the end of June 2012. READ MORE