Essays about: "counter-power"

Found 4 essays containing the word counter-power.

  1. 1. "Enough is Enough!" : political engagement on Twitter in the case of Turkey’s withdrawal from the Istanbul convention

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

    Author : Hülya Bakca; [2023]
    Keywords : civic engagement; political engagement; censorship; social movements; violence against women; woman s rights; counter democracy; social media; hashtag; #istanbulsözleşmesiyaşatır; #istanbulconventionsaveslives; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This research analyzes the political engagement of Turkish citizens on Twitter, in which underrepresented groups and individuals search for democratic public space to mobilize against injustice. With this in mind, the study focuses on the civic engagement of Turkish citizens on Twitter with the hashtag #istanbulsözleşmesiyaşatır, which translates to‘istanbulconventionsaveslives’. READ MORE

  2. 2. The use of YouTube in Morocco as an instrument of social critique and opposition : Three cases: Richard Azzouz, Hamid El Mahdaouy, Najib El Mokhtari

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för mellanösternstudier

    Author : Anass Sedrati; [2017]
    Keywords : YouTube; Morocco; popular culture; opposition; political communication; YouTube; Marocko; populär kultur; opposition; politisk kommunikation ;

    Abstract : The use of social media has experienced an extraordinary growth in Morocco, along with the introduction of Internet at the end of the 20th century. The booming of Internet users with the quick spreading of both devices and connectivity has created a new area of expression far different than the official discourse the Moroccan public was used to. READ MORE

  3. 3. User perspectives on filter bubbles

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

    Author : Måns Mårtensson; [2017]
    Keywords : Filter bubble; filterbubble; uses and gratifications; navigation experience; digital news consumption;

    Abstract : This study derives from a located a gap in the methodological coverage and ways inwhich filter bubbles previously have been problematised. It is structured to through auser perspective to find ways in which users navigation and experience is influencedby personalised consumption. READ MORE

  4. 4. - The Ethnic Knife: A Minor Field Study of Organisations Based on Ethnicity in Ghana

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Michael Hauer; [2004]
    Keywords : Ghana; Africa; Civil Society; Ethnicity; Deepen Democracy; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This Master Thesis states that organisations based on ethnicity should be included in the concept of civil society. The argumentation originates in that the existing definitions of civil society exclude organisations based on ethnicity. READ MORE