Essays about: "Theory of Elite Discourse"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the words Theory of Elite Discourse.

1. 1. National Heroes, Digital Soldiers, Vulnerable Children and all the Others: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Videos Communicating the QAnon Conspiracy Theory

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

   Author : Cecilia Gatenheim; [2024-02-23]
   Keywords : conspiracy theory; far-right; emotions; video analysis; discourse analysis;

   Abstract : This thesis analyses the making of Us and Them in videos communicating the QAnon conspiracy theory, which have been circulating on online social forums. For this purpose, Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis is used, together with Sara Ahmed’s cultural theory of emotions. READ MORE

3. 2. The naivety towards China is now over : An analysis of the Swedish political elite's changed attitude toward China

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Hampus Håkansson; [2023]
   Keywords : ontological security theory; OST; Sweden; China; discourse analysis; Robert J. Steele; anxiety; critical situations;

   Abstract : Despite the well-established consensus within the Swedish parliament regarding the benefits of trade with China while at the same time promoting democracy, an unexpected change arose in June 2023, when a united Swedish parliament adopted a report that identified China as a threat to Swedish interests. Consequently, this thesis seeks to address the research question: Can the Swedish political elite's changed attitude towards China be understood through the theory of ontological security? Employing a framework established in Robert J. READ MORE

4. 3. The Construction of Security : A Discourse Analysis of Sweden’s Foreign and Security Policy between 2014 and 2023

   University essay from Högskolan Väst/Avd för informatik; Högskolan Väst/Institutionen för ekonomi och it

   Author : Jarl Hulterström; Matteus Berglund; [2023]
   Keywords : Swedish Foreign and Security Policy; Securitisation; Discourse Analysis; Speech Acts; Shifts;

   Abstract : This thesis is conducted as a descriptive single case study to establish empirical knowledge regarding how securitisation is expressed in discourse by the Swedish policymaking elite, in other words “securitising actors”. The thesis takes an ontological approach of interpretivism with a theoretical approach of securitisation theory. READ MORE

5. 4. The Shifting Power Dynamics Between Indonesia and West Papua in Global Discourse : Narratives in the 50s versus Now

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Mariam S. P. Bonson; [2023]
   Keywords : West Papua conflict; Power Relations; Narratives; Political Discourse;

   Abstract : This Study is concerned with the WP-Indonesia conflict and the development of its narrative since 1949 as well as the shifting in power dynamics. It reveals that the past decades have not changed the essential power dynamic of Indonesia holding the main power by portraying itself as the “protector,” while WP describes them as a “colonising power”. READ MORE

6. 5. Who is “woman”? : A Discourse Analysis of IOC Transgender Recommendations that are Governing Women Bodies in Elite Sport

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Nada Parcina; [2023]
   Keywords : transgender; transwomen; International Olympic Committee; IOC transgender policies;

   Abstract : Abstract: The world of sport is a world of sex segregation. This is true both for the elite sport and for amateur sport. Only a handful of sport disciplines defy this norm. Historically, this segregation had roots in discrimination, sexism and chauvinism. READ MORE