Essays about: "Protests"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 220 essays containing the word Protests.
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21. From the screen to raising steam - The many faces of political participation : A study on latent and manifest online political participation during the October uprising in Lebanon 2019
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Many scholars have discussed the role and opportunities of social media in protests and uprisings. Often these studies highlight the potential of social media as an outlet for making your voice heard, calling for action and for reaching out to the outside world about ongoing events. READ MORE
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22. Climate Action, Now? : A Comparative Case Study of Protests from the Early Dutch Environmental Movement to Protests from the Contemporary Dutch Environmental Movement
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : This study compares repertoire and framing between two protests in the early Dutch environmental movement and two protests in the modern Dutch environmental movement. The aim of the study is to find differences and similarities between the two time periods the protests take place in. READ MORE
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23. Social media as a tool for revolution. : Social media's role in the Iranian protests and the Jasmine Revolution.
University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Abstract : This thesis studies the role of Social Media in the ongoing Iranian protests through an analysis of social media in past conflicts, namely the Jasmine Revolution. The studies’ objective is to debate how social media constitutes a tool for revolution in the two cases, and in what ways it can be used as one in similar situations. READ MORE
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24. Media: Where the Voices of the Local and the Diaspora Meet : Women-led Protests in Iran from September 2022 to March 2023
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : This degree project focuses on the representation and intersection of the voice of the Iranian local and the voice of the diaspora in international media, exploring the ‘unity’ of the local and the diaspora as put forth by media during the 2022 protests in Iran. The death of Jinha Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman in police custody made international news headlines on 16 September 2022 and quickly became a transnational social movement for change against the repression of women in Iran. READ MORE
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25. Nationalistic Rhetoric as a Tool for Repressing Social Movements
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : The presence of state capture and political disadvantages incite the emergence of social movements, which hope to induce a removal of political disadvantages. In Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) protests and social movements have been initiated for several reasons, often to lay attention on the government's dysfunction. READ MORE