Essays about: "Pervasive Media"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 21 essays containing the words Pervasive Media.

1. 6. The Impact of Technology on Women’s Experience of Gender-based Violence : A Critical Discourse Analysis of the #16DaysofActivism Against Gender-Based Violence Campaign

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

   Author : Lauren Bolinger; [2022]
   Keywords : TFGBV; technology; gender-based violence; discourse; social media;

   Abstract : This paper focuses on the topic of technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV) – forms of violence and abuse perpetrated against individuals on the basis of gender in online spaces or through technological means. It is a recent and highly pervasive issue that the activist, academic and development worlds are working to define. READ MORE

3. 7. $GME To The Moon : Mapping Memetic Discourse as Discursive Strategyin Reddit Trading Community r/WallStreetBets during the GameStop Short Squeeze Saga

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMK

   Author : Simon Olofsson; [2021]
   Keywords : internet memes; memetic discourse; Reddit; r wallstreetbets; WSB; GameStop; GME; meme stock; memestock; short squeeze; activist trading; social movements; connective action; critical discourse analysis; CDA;

   Abstract : As social media has emerged to become a key site for contemporary communications and cultural production, the internet meme has penetrated every level of social networking online. Albeit being a global phenomenon with pervasive discursive power in a number of fields ranging from humour to international politics and cyber warfare, comparatively little research has been made into how internet memes work on the discursive level of identity formation and their influence on the formation of internet-based social movements. READ MORE

4. 8. United We Stood, Divided We Fall: The 21st Century Paradigm of Inequality and Polarization in the United States

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : William Church; [2020]
   Keywords : Polarization; Development; Economics; Inequality; Society; United States; Sociology; Political Science; Social Capital; Institutions; Survey; Division; Media; Unity; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Polarization as defined by the Merriam-Webster (2020) dictionary is “a state in which the opinions, beliefs, or interests of a group or society no longer range along a continuum but become concentrated at opposing extremes.” In theory, polarization is a static condition which can impact a particular group. READ MORE

5. 9. Motivating Role of Digital Technology in Pet Sharing : through the Activity Theory Lens

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för informatik (IK)

   Author : QIN TAN; [2020]
   Keywords : sharing economy; digital platform; peer-to-peer; motivations; activity theory;

   Abstract : The sharing economy refers to the activities facilitated through the digital platform that enable people to obtain, give, or share access to digital or physical resources and services. Although the sharing economy practice in the real-world is thriving and pervasive, there is a lack of scholarly work. READ MORE

6. 10. Voicing Aspirations to be Heard

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Isobel Spaven-Donn; [2019]
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   Abstract : Quality of maternal healthcare is one of the many pervasive public health challenges facing India. Maternal healthcare is defined as a fundamental human right and a crucial development issue by the UN, with direct links to the progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, especially reducing poverty (SDG1), ensuring healthy lives (SDG3) and achieving gender equality (SDG5). READ MORE