Essays about: "counterpublics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the word counterpublics.

  1. 1. 'All Women Are Like That' : Men Going Their Own Way: Understanding the Interplay Between Online Platforms and Counterpublic Dynamics

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Emma Aler; [2021]
    Keywords : counterpublics; online platforms; platform affordances; netnography; public sphere; anti-feminism;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the role of online platforms in relation to anti-progressive counterpublic dynamics. Counterpublicsare understood as alternative discursive arenas that form in response to exclusion from the wider public sphere. READ MORE

  3. 2. Not gay as in happy, but queer as in fuck you : an examination into how subaltern counterpublics contribute to understanding social change towards commons management

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Georgia Verkuylen; [2018]
    Keywords : commons management; queer; subaltern counterpublics; social change; tragedy of the commons; play partym; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Optimal management of the commons to ensure sustainability relies on community management. Despite widespread knowledge of this, conventional wisdom is locked into how much the state should regulate the market. READ MORE

  4. 3. If you don't push them, they will push you : A qualitative study on how six satirical journalists relate to the Moroccan majority media

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Journalistik

    Author : Fanny Hedenmo; [2017]
    Keywords : Morocco; Moroccan media; journalism; satire; political satire; juxtaposition; journalistic ideals; public sphere; counterpublics; freedom of expression;

    Abstract : The present thesis is constructed upon the findings of a two month long field research, a Minor Field Study (MFS), in Casablanca, Morocco between February and April 2017. The aim is to understand how Moroccan satirical journalists can be understood in relation to the Moroccan media, and seeks out to answer the following research questions: 1) how can the relationship between Moroccan satirists and the majority media be theorized, and 2) how do the satirists relate to journalistic ideals in regard to the truth? The thesis was conducted by applying semi-structured interviews with six satirical journalists. READ MORE

  5. 4. #NiUnaMenosBolivia fights back : A discourse theoretical analysis on the struggle against gender-based violence in Bolivia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Olga Yegorova; [2017]
    Keywords : Discourse theory; Ni Una Menos; #NiUnaMenos; feminism; counterpublic; identity; collective identity; hegemony; agonism; antagonism; Latin American; Bolivia; Mouffe; Laclau; social movements; gender; activism; women s movement; Fraser; ethnography; discourse theoretical analysis; Feminismus; Lateinamerika; Diskurstheorie; Diskursanalyse; Feminismo; América Latina; Bolivia; Ni Una Menos; discurso; movimiento social; mujeres; identidad;

    Abstract : Femicides are not a new phenomenon. Marches involving thousands of people all around the Latin American continent to fight them, however, is. Ni Una Menos - Not one woman less - is the slogan that also mobilized Bolivians to mass-based protests in November 2016. READ MORE

  6. 5. Counter-Ideology Populism : The Finns Party’s Counter-Democratic, Counter-Cosmopolitan, Counter-Finlandization Platform, as told by Suomen Uutiset

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

    Author : Arttu Narhi; [2016]
    Keywords : the Finns Party; Perussuomalaiset; populism; counter-democracy; counter-cosmopolitanism; counter-Finlandization; counter-ideology; public sphere; counterpublics; new media; legitimacy; echo chambers; Suomen Uutiset; Hommaforum; Euro sceptics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Nationalist populist movements are on the rise across Europe. In Finland, the Finns Party became the primary oppositional movement against mainstream politics after their birth in 1995. The party political platform has been defined by nationalism, social conservatism, and populism. READ MORE