Essays about: "authenticity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 241 essays containing the word authenticity.

1. 1. Pushing Authenticity. Challenging Narratives and Performances on Women’s Subcultural Participation

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Filippa Nilsson; [2021]
   Keywords : cultural sociology; subcultural theory; gender; ethnography; rave; skateboarding; authenticity; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis examines women’s subcultural participation based on ethnographic fieldwork and 73 interviews with women within the skateboarding and rave cultures. The study explores and develops how we view female participation. READ MORE

3. 2. Under the shade of rumour refutation : a critical analysis of #PoliceRefuteRumour campaign on Chinese social media

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Mingyi Fang; [2021]
   Keywords : Civic Culture; Antagonism and Hegemony; Myth; Rumour; Rumour refutation; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Rumour refutation is a series of campaigns that the Chinese authorities invest in combating 'the overflow' of network rumours, especially since 2017. These campaigns reflect the Chinese's knowledge of rumour as false and harmful. READ MORE

4. 3. When Big Fish Eats Small Fish: the acquisition of Ben & Jerry's by Unilever

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Emma Laurel Craven-Matthews; Asta Nordlund; Zakariae Fouzbi; [2021]
   Keywords : Ben Jerry s; Unilever; authenticity; brand identity; brand acquisition; brand structure; corporate brands; product brands; Business and Economics;

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5. 4. A critical discussion of MacCannell's and Urry's theories on 'tourists' : Through an autoethnographic exploration of a white woman's experiences in Cambodia

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

   Author : Jana Heiss Fröman; [2021]
   Keywords : Tourism; Tourist; MacCannell; Urry; Cambodia; Autoethnography;

   Abstract : The word tourist is loaded with negativity, especially, as MacCannell and Urry argue, for those of us that travel ourselves. In this exploration, the author takes a deep dive into the primary theories of MacCannell's search for authenticity and Urry's tourist gaze while recounting a series of journeys throughout Cambodia through her own Western epistomologic lens while also considering feminist, postcolonialist and decolonialist extensions and counterarguments. READ MORE

6. 5. The Contribution of Visual Explanations in Forensic Investigations of Deepfake Video : An Evaluation

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

   Author : Lisa Fjellström; [2021]
   Keywords : Deepfakes; Explainable AI; Local Interpretable Model-Agnostic Explanations LIME ; Forensic Investigations;

   Abstract : Videos manipulated by machine learning have rapidly increased online in the past years. So called deepfakes can depict people who never participated in a video recording by transposing their faces onto others in it. This raises the concern of authenticity of media, which demand for higher performing detection methods in forensics. READ MORE