Essays about: "blogging"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 45 essays containing the word blogging.

1. 6. New Media Travel Writing and the Renegotiation of Postcolonial Discourses - A Critical Discourse Analysis of Representations of the ‘Middle East’ on Travel Blogs

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

   Author : Nadine Keller; [2018]
   Keywords : travel blogs; travel writing; new media; Middle East; postcolonialism; affordances; critical discourse analysis; Fairclough; media representations;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate the potential of travel blogs, as a form of popular new media travel writing, to renegotiate conventional discourses about the ‘Middle East’. By conducting a critical discourse analysis on six travel blogs authored by female writers from both the US and the ‘Middle East’, this thesis examines representational practices found in travel narratives, discloses their discursive tendencies, and interprets those in a sociocultural context. READ MORE

3. 7. “Mommy meets Money”: Digitized forms of affective labor among ‘mommy’ bloggers and the biopolitical production of ‘life’ as a marketable commodity

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

   Author : Erla Gjinishi; [2018]
   Keywords : affective labor; biopolitical production; everyday life; marketable commodities; virtual economy; reproductive labor; social factory; ‘mommy’ blogging; multitude; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study explores the ways in which digitized forms of affective labor among ‘mommy’ bloggers effectuate biopolitical production of ‘life’ as a marketable commodity. Situating the research in a context of a neo-liberal re-structuring of the global order and dissolving biopolitical state boundaries, this study captures the transformation of ‘life’ and its quotidian needs and capabilities into a terrain for commodification. READ MORE

4. 8. The life of the fashion blogger : an exploratory study of self-identity and self-presentation on personal style bloggers

   University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för textil, teknik och ekonomi

   Author : Andrea Simunic; [2017]
   Keywords : fashion bloggers; personal style blog; self-identity; self-presentation;

   Abstract : Background:   The phenomenon of the 21st century, fashion bloggers, are having something that the glossy fashion magazines and fashion advertisements never had – a personal touch through their identity. Through sharing experiences, opinions and feelings about garments, shopping and other fashion related subjects, fashion bloggers share their self. READ MORE

5. 9. A comparative study on credibility judgement of news related tweets between academic and non-academic young adults

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC)

   Author : Fredrik Storgaard Flovén; Ibrahim Asfadai; [2017]
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   Abstract : For many young adults, retrieving information and news from the internet is not an uncommon task. A large portion of said information is shared through social media. However, social media is not always a reliant news source, due to the fact that the content is largely crowdsourced. One of the social media and micro-blogging services is Twitter. READ MORE

6. 10. Blogging Eurovision: An Unconventional Online Space for Everyday Political Talk

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

   Author : Kakhi Sanikidze; [2017]
   Keywords : Everyday political talk; Eurovision; blogging; third space; nation branding; deliberative democracy; agonism; antagonism;

   Abstract : The paper starts by providing the overview of the Eurovision Song Contest, its participant countries and the audience. The aim of the research is to find out how everyday political talk takes place on non-political platforms. For this study, a blog dedicated to the Eurovision Song Contest was chosen. READ MORE