Essays about: "captain"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the word captain.

  1. 1. A Successful Career as a Player Provides a Faster Path to High Level Coaching : A Qualitative Study

    University essay from Gymnastik- och idrottshögskolan, GIH/Institutionen för fysiologi, nutrition och biomekanik

    Author : Per Gunnarsson; Ella Paldán; [2023]
    Keywords : Idiosyncratic pathway; Player to coach; Coaching styles; tränarlänkdiverse;

    Abstract : Aim  In the study, we problematize, among other things, the leadership qualities of players and why the majority of coaches in Swedish elite handball are former players.  Within the Swedish handball elite, over 60% of all head coaches have a previous successful playing career. According to a study by Werthner et al. READ MORE

  3. 2. Shock troops, Bulls**t, and Captain America : the U.S. Marines' Decoding of Generation Kill and the Marine identity from the grunt's perspective

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Jueqin Wang; [2022]
    Keywords : audience studies; military; encoding and decoding; professional subculture; questionnaire; Generation Kill;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the identity of the U.S. military personnel (the Marines) through their perceptions of a war television series, Generation Kill. The thesis sampled 38 respondents through an online questionnaire. READ MORE

  4. 3. "This Is a Forced Feminist Agenda" : IMDb users and their understanding of feminism negotiated in the reviews of superheroine films

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Alzbeta Budirska; [2021]
    Keywords : feminism; IMDb; Superhero films; Reviews; Wonder Woman; Captain Marvel; Birds of Prey; Wonder Woman 1984;

    Abstract : The thesis examines how users of the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) negotiate feminism in their reviews of four superheroine films – Wonder Woman, Captain Marvel, Birds of Prey: The Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn, and Wonder Woman 1984. By combining critical discourse analysis with methods of corpus linguists, this corpus-based study of over 18,000 reviews analyses the frequency of the topic of feminism in the reviews, words and topics associated with it and the way the reviewers reflect broader mediated discourse over the four films, and the role of IMDb as a space for these reviews. READ MORE

  5. 4. Samhällsomvandlingen i Malmberget : en studie om hur människor upplever och agerar i en samhällsomvandling

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Joakim Menjivar Dominguez; [2020]
    Keywords : Malmberget; samhällsomvandling; prekaritet; handlingsutrymme; makt; LKAB; Gällivare;

    Abstract : Denna studie undersöker den upplevda bekymmersamheten och oron människor uttrycker när de är med om en samhällsomvandling. I Gällivare kommun pågår en samhällsomvandling på grund av ett hål i marken som uppstod efter många år av gruvindustri vid Malmberget. READ MORE

  6. 5. Black Sails, Rainbow Flag: Examining Queer Representations in Film and Television

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

    Author : Diana Cristina Razman; [2020]
    Keywords : Black Sails; queer representation; LGBT characters; media studies; queer studies; media representations; Captain Flint; John Silver;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to present, discuss, and analyze issues relating to queer representations in film and television. The thesis focuses on existing tropes, such as queer coding, queerbaiting, and the “Bury Your Gays” trope that are prevalent in contemporary media, and applies the analysis of these tropes to a case study based on the television series Black Sails (2014-2017). READ MORE