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  1. 1. Reading Between The Headlines : A Critical Discourse Analysis of American Headlines Covering Protests in Iran

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Shabnam Atashfaraz; Elise Ralston; [2023]
    Keywords : Critical discourse analysis; Fairclough’s three-dimensional model; Fox News; CNN; Reuters; online news; headlines; political ideology;

    Abstract : This paper examines how three prominent news outlets in the United States: specifically CNN, Reuters and Fox News, depict the death of Mahsa Amini in Iran and the protests that would follow. The purpose of this study is to examine whether or not political ideology affects news reporting done by these online news outlets. READ MORE

  3. 2. Deep Learning Based Sentiment Analysis

    University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Shashank Kalluri; [2023]
    Keywords : Sentiment Analysis; Word Embedding; Deep Learning;

    Abstract : Background: Text data includes things like customer reviews and complaints,tweets from social media platforms. When analyzing text-based data, the SentimentModel is used. Understanding news headlines, blogs, the stock market, politicaldebates, and film reviews some of the areas where sentiment analysis is used. READ MORE

  4. 3. Women at the Frontlines : Representations of Ukrainian female soldiers in online news media

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Sara Stan; [2023]
    Keywords : Representation; discourse analysis; female soldiers; news media; stereotypical representations;

    Abstract : The focus of this paper is gaining a deeper understanding of the discursive ways in which Ukrainian female soldiers are represented in international news media by analyzing online newspaper articles. The research questions are centred around finding out what common discursive representations are predominant in the articles, how these representations are visible, and what discourses are meant to be favored by the authors or publishers. READ MORE

  5. 4. Won’t Somebody Think of the (Queer) Children?! : Changing Representations of and Media Reactions to Same-Sex Attraction and Queer Relationships in British Teen Television, 1994 and 2019

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Louise Hallman; [2023]
    Keywords : Queer studies; TV studies; LGBTQ ; media representation; media reaction;

    Abstract : This thesis draws on queer theory, media representation, intersectionality and news values to conduct a combined queerfeminist visual and critical discourse analysis examining how representation of same-sex attraction and queer relationships in British teen television—and the media’s reaction to them—has changed between 1994 and 2019.  The queerfeminist visual analysis compares two scenes featuring same-sex attraction between male teenagers in two TV shows: Byker Grove (1989-2006), which featured a chaste but angrily rejected kiss in 1994 and Sex Education (2019-2023), which featured an unseen but implicitly enjoyed blow job in 2019. READ MORE

  6. 5. From Double-Taps to Deep Divides? : Understanding the Relationship between Political Engagement  on TikTok and Perceived Polarization

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Julia Puhony; [2023]
    Keywords : perceived polarization; first-time voters; TikTok; political engagement; social media; survey data.;

    Abstract : This paper aims to investigate the relationship between political engagement on TikTok and the perceived levels of polarization among first-time voters in Sweden. Since there are many ways to engage with political content on TikTok, a distinction has been made between passive engagement and active engagement with political content on TikTok. READ MORE