Essays about: "Relations online"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 155 essays containing the words Relations online.

  1. 1. Exploring Parasocial Relationships Formed in Isolation

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

    Author : Gabriela Kamenova; [2024]
    Keywords : Parasocial interaction; parasocial relationship; isolation; Covid-19; Coronavirus; loneliness; parasocial breakup; parasocial romance; parasocial monetization; attachment theory; parasocial attachment; Bulgaria;

    Abstract : A few years ago Covid-19 locked people down at their homes, effectively limiting their social connections and pushing the communicative outlet of the online realm in the forefront. If one wanted to socialize or seek entertainment, there was almost no other choice but to do so via turning to popular or social media. READ MORE

  3. 2. “Different is not wrong, it’s just an entry point for new knowledge” Knowledge diplomacy as a two-way process: A case study of the South Africa Sweden University Forum (SASUF)

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Caitlin Maris Homstad; [2024]
    Keywords : SDG4; SDG17; knowledge diplomacy; IHERI; South Africa; Sweden; international relations; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The significance and impact of IHERI on international relations is gaining recognition, yet this crucial aspect remains remarkably understudied. This study aims to explore the relations, processes and patterns of IHERI on bilateral relations and development cooperation between South Africa and Sweden. READ MORE

  4. 3. Countering Terrorist Content Online: Removal = Success? : A Critical Discourse Analysis of the EU Regulation 2021/784

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Nina McCarthy Hartman; [2024]
    Keywords : Critical Discourse Analysis; Content Moderation; Counter-Terrorism; EU;

    Abstract : This thesis critically interrogates the underlying assumptions which legitimise the hard regulation of online platforms regarding terrorist content, by turning to the case of the EU Regulation 2021/784. Utilising qualitative critical discourse analysis, the study analyses how the EU's strategy against terrorist content online is discursively legitimised through the lens of Theo van Leeuwen's framework for discursive legitimisation strategies, focusing on moral and rational justifications. READ MORE

  5. 4. Is there any sugar in Sugar Dating?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet / Institutionen för sociologi och arbetsvetenskap

    Author : Amanda Sahibzada; [2023-08-29]
    Keywords : Sugar Dating; Capitalism; Patriarchy; Commodification of Intimacy; Sex for remuneration; Swedish Sex Purchase Act;

    Abstract : The sugar dating market is divided into the interpretations of either being a niched dating style or another term for prostitution, disguised to align with the Swedish Sex Purchase Act. Despite sugar dating platforms prohibiting prostitution and escort services, previous research shows that sex for remuneration is common within sugar dating concepts. READ MORE

  6. 5. China’s Crisis Governance and Evolving State-Society Relations during the COVID-19 Pandemic

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Ning Ao; [2023]
    Keywords : China; zero-COVID policy; state-society relations; civil rights; interest alignment; evolutionary governance; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Existing studies on China’s COVID-19 response have gravitated to a macro-level, formal institutional analysis, focusing either on the effectiveness of the policy in early-stage virus containment or on the growing negative impacts of COVID policy practices on China’s socio-political landscape at the late stage. Using serial interviews accompanied by online observations and documents, this thesis redirects its attention to the micro-level, individual response to China’s crisis governance and COVID policy practices. READ MORE