Essays about: "Television and Culture"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 31 essays containing the words Television and Culture.

  1. 1. Exploring Intercultural Communication through Film & Television

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Leen Abo Leil; [2023]
    Keywords : Intercultural communication; competence; Film; Television Series; Edutainment; culture; adaptation; Interkulturell kommunikation; kompetens; Film; TV-serier; Edutainment; kultur; anpassning;

    Abstract : This study explores the elements that can or must be changed in a film or television series for it to be successfully adapted and translated into other languages, in order to be accepted and understood by other cultures. By conducting two focus groups and individual interviews with experts in the matter, this study demonstrates that film and television can be an intercultural communication tool that serves as a bridge between different cultures, breaking the barriers and providing an understanding of one another’s norms. READ MORE

  2. 2. Examining Sinophobia and Racialization at the Nexus of News Satire and Public Engagement : The Case of Swedish Television SVT’s Svenska Nyheter News Satire of China in 2018

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

    Author : Nini Huang; [2022]
    Keywords : Sinophobia; anti-Asian racism; liquid racism; liquid Sinophobia; Yellow Peril; Gook Humor; racialization; color-blindness; news satire; race humor; gulinghumor; sinofobi; rasism mot asiater; gula faran;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to understand Sinophobia in the context of post-racial, anti-racist and color-blind Sweden, specifically concerning news representations of China and racial caricatures of Chinese and other East-Asians through “Gook humor”. Sinophobia is examined through race humor and public engagement with satirical race representations using the controversial case of news satire of China produced by Swedish public television SVT in 2018. READ MORE

  3. 3. Female representations on Greek media and Greek women’s (un)employment before and after the Covid-19 pandemic : Examining whether and how media gender stereotypes can affect Greek women’s development in light of a crisis.

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

    Author : AFRODITI KARANTONAKI; [2021]
    Keywords : gender stereotypes; female entrepreneurship; gender discrimination; women; feminism; mass media; communication; development; Greece;

    Abstract : Women around the world face various kinds of discrimination, which vary from country to country and from culture to culture. Socio-economic crises and global emergencies can accentuate such gender inequalities being particularly detrimental to women. READ MORE

  4. 4. The role of EITB as a driver of Basque culture among Basque millennials

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

    Author : Natalia Hernández Gómez; [2020]
    Keywords : Media; Development; Language; Culture; Basque Country;

    Abstract : This study analyses the involvement of young Basque millennials with EITB, the Basque public media. Specifically, it focuses on knowing what these young people think of these media and revealing what their experience of engagement with television programming is. READ MORE

  5. 5. Back to the Future: The Return of 'the 1980s' in Western Popular Culture and its Political Implications

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Pedagogik; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies

    Author : Thomas Collins; [2020]
    Keywords : Popular Culture; Globalisation; Late Capitalism; Ontological Security; Emotions; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Over the last five to ten years there has been a re-emergence of ‘the 1980s’ in western popular culture. From music and fashion, to television and film, the decade has made a sustained and emphatic return across many countries. READ MORE