Essays about: "Panic!"
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1. “Can you check me?” : A phenomenological study on the experience of menstruating at school in the Swedish context
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionenAbstract : The topic of menstruation has gained traction in the last couple of decades amongst critical menstruation scholars and feminist theorists, but it was not until 2015 (“The Year of the Period”) that the topic of menstruation entered mainstream conversations, and policymakers across the globe started taking tangible steps towards menstrual equity. Yet, there is little sociological work done on menstruation, an experience that is still shrouded in stigma and taboo in many cultures. READ MORE
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2. Resisting from within : Analysis of intersectional narratives in the "burkini" case in France
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema GenusAbstract : Since summer 2016 France has experienced several episodes of “moral panic” about a three-pieces swimsuit worn by Muslim women, the “burkini”, whether on the occasion of attempts to ban it from beaches, or on the opposite to allow it in the swimming pools. These Islamophobic expressions are part of a French history of shaping the figure of “Muslim women”, controlling their bodies through their clothing, from “veil” to “burkini”, and silencing them. READ MORE
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3. 'It was never about the games' : A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Construction of "Video Game Addiction" in Swedish News 1991-2017
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesignAbstract : This theoretical thesis employs critical discourse analysis to scrutinise the construction of video game addiction in Swedish press from 1991 to 2017, and examines its potential contribution to a moral panic. Our research is based on the assumption that media discourse influences societal norms, which in turn, can profoundly affect individuals and groups. READ MORE
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4. Information Disorder and MIL skills: Conceptions, teaching and learning experiences in Indonesia
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikationAbstract : In today’s increasingly digital society, the rampant creation and spread of misinformation and disinformation poses a critical problem in our lives. As a society, we are suffering heightened panic facing Information Disorder (ID). READ MORE
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5. Teachers’ Perception of Factors Delaying Evacuation of School Children
University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för BrandteknikAbstract : The aim of this thesis is to study teachers’ perception of children’s ability to evacuate, thus learning about children’s evacuation behavior. Questions of interest are teachers’ perception of children’s ability to evacuate, their behavior, if there are any misconceptions in the teachers’ perception and how fire evacuation drills influence the teachers’ perceptions. READ MORE
