Essays about: "contemporary gender"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 206 essays containing the words contemporary gender.

  1. 11. Gender-neutrality in Written Discourse : A newspaper-based diachronic comparisonstudy of gender-neutral vocabulary

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Yuchen Zeng; [2023]
    Keywords : Gender-neutral vocabulary; Diachronic; Gender Asymmetry; Sexist language; Gender- inclusive Language.;

    Abstract : This paper investigated the use of sexist language in English vocabulary by examininggender asymmetry and sexism in contemporary written discourse. The traditional sexistlanguage often reinforces gender stereotypes and inequalities. In English, the masculineterms are considered the unmarked form (the norm) while the feminine terms are marked. READ MORE

  3. 12. The Impact of Board Gender Diversity on Firm Capital Structure: A Quantitative Study on S&P 500 firms

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Daniel Erik Mittag-Leffler; Kabir Sehgal; [2023]
    Keywords : board gender diversity; capital structure; critical mass; female risk aversion; leverage; debt-to-capital; trade-off theory; pecking order theory; agency theory.; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Purpose: The objective of this study is to determine whether or not board gender diversity influences the capital structures of S&P 500 firms. This is done based on the premise of female risk aversion and conventional capital structure and agency issues theories. READ MORE

  4. 13. ‘If You Wait for the Right Moment, It Might Never Come – Do It Now’ : A Study of Discourse on Reproduction and Representations of Parenthood in Bulgarian Media Initiatives to Stimulate a Higher Birth Rate

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Petrova Ivona; [2023]
    Keywords : CDA. gender; representation; media; discourse; Bulgaria;

    Abstract : This study examines the discourses on reproduction and parenthood produced through media initiatives aimed at stimulating a higher birth rate in Bulgaria. It focuses on gender inequality issues in Bulgaria through the lenses of feminist media theory, cultural studies and theoretical frameworks from critical discourse analysis. READ MORE

  5. 14. Music journalism as a hybrid field between politics and culture : Kerrang! and NME's challenging and reinforcement of gender inequality, imbalance, and women's marginalization in 2019-2023

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Journalistik

    Author : Vladimir Gospodinov; [2023]
    Keywords : cultural journalism; discourse analysis; gender inequality; music journalism; intersectionality;

    Abstract : This paper discusses the incorporation of socio-political themes in music and music journalism, focusing on the issues of gender inequality, imbalance, and women's marginalization. It investigates how two UK-based media with a transnational audience focus, Kerrang! and New Musical Express (NME), challenge or reinforce gender inequality-related themes in their publications in 2019-2023. READ MORE

  6. 15. Popular and Contextual Trans Representation : A Case Study of Normative Trans Representation in the Media

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Centrum för genusvetenskap

    Author : Kim Cannerstad; [2023]
    Keywords : Anti-gender ideology; Capitalism; ContraPoints; Disclosure; Gutsy; Tiffany Moore; Transfeminism;

    Abstract : This thesis represents an investigative critique of ethics in mass media representation of trans people. It advances its respective set of ethics regarding trans representation by critically examining how contemporary capitalist media produces a more "sanitized" trans representation that fails to reflect the material living conditions of the immense majority of trans people underneath the regime of capitalism. READ MORE