Essays about: "Right-Wing Terrorism"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 12 essays containing the words Right-Wing Terrorism.

  1. 6. Critical Discourse Analysis on ISIS Referents : Framing and agency in four British newspapers

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Olle Andersson; [2020]
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    Abstract : To conclude, this essay set out to investigate how British newspapers of different political affiliations used discourse and the language when reporting on ISIS returnees to promote their views, biases, and perspectives. In order to fulfil the aim, critical discourse analysis was chosen as a means to conduct the analysis. READ MORE

  2. 7. Bringing the War Home : A Psycho-Historical Exploration of How Right- Wing, Lone Wolf Terrorist’s Construct Group Identities in the 21st Century

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Per-Albin Johansson; [2020]
    Keywords : Right-Wing Terrorism; Lone-Wolf Terrorism; Group Psycho-history; Symbolic Convergence Theory; Discourse Analysis; Group Consciousness.;

    Abstract : Contemporary social and political discourses often emphasise the security threat of Jihadism towards Europe and the United States as the main terrorist threat. Two decades into the twenty-first century, however, the new threat of right-wing terrorism has emerged as the statistically most prominent form of terror. READ MORE

  3. 8. Who are the enemies? A study on the influence of conspiracy theories on target selection in three cases of Right-wing terrorism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Karl Malmborg; [2019]
    Keywords : target selection; terrorism; conspiracy theories; right-wing extremism; Islamophobia; antisemitism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Right-wing terrorism poses an increasing threat to the safety of people all around the world. This thesis examines terrorist target selection processes in right-wing terrorism with the aim of reaching a deeper understanding on how terrorists operate. READ MORE

  4. 9. Immigration in French Newspapers Post Terrorist Attacks : A study of the framing of immigration in Le Monde & Le Figaro after the Charlie Hedo attack

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Journalistik

    Author : Dahlia Marklund; [2018]
    Keywords : Framing; Immigration; Terrorism; Charlie Hebdo; Le Monde; Le Figaro;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to explore how the topic of immigration was framed by the two French newspapers Le Monde and Le Figaro in their political online sections during the two weeks following the terror attack on the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo in 2015. Applying frame analyses on textual articles published during this time, this paper can conclude that five frames manifested themselves. READ MORE

  5. 10. Ideology or psychology? : A comparison of the news media framing of the crimes of Anton Lundin Pettersson and Rakhmat Akilov

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Matilda Svensson Glaser; [2018]
    Keywords : Frame analysis; media discourse; terrorism; Rakhmat Akilov; Anton Lundin Pettersson;

    Abstract : In October 2015 and April 2017, Sweden was hit by two of the most notorious deadly attacks in modern history. The first was directed towards people of immigrant backgrounds at a school in Trollhättan, the second took place in Stockholm, where a truck drove straight through the crowded pedestrian street of Drottninggatan. READ MORE