Essays about: "Therése Lundmark"

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  1. 1. Political Violence in Media: A case study of the media framing of the Kurdish female fighters in Northern Iraq and Syria

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Therése Lundmark; [2016]
    Keywords : Kurdish female fighters; YPJ; Peshmerga; critical discourse analysis; media framing; political violence;

    Abstract : The aim and purpose of this study is to explore how the Western media, more precisely six British newspapers, portrays the Kurdish female fighters of the Women’s Protection Units and the Peshmerga, who today are fighting against Deash in Northern Iraq and Syria. There have been a growing media interest in the Kurdish female fighters since the rise of Daesh, and they were an often recurring subject in newspapers and other media platforms during 2014 and 2015. READ MORE