Essays about: "criticism agency theory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words criticism agency theory.

1. 1. Compounding the Problem? : Gated Communities in Climate and Environmental Disaster Fiction

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

   Author : Ryan Nicholas Walsh; [2023]
   Keywords : Octavia E. Butler; The Parable of the Sower; The Parable of the Talents; Naughty Dog; The Last of Us; The Last of Us: Part II; Neil Blomkamp; Elysium; ecocriticism; post-apocalypse; critical dystopia; climate change criticism; gated community; urban studies; agency; the Other; video game studies; ergodic literature.; Octavia E. Butler; The Parable of the Sower; The Parable of the Talents; Naughty Dog; The Last of Us; The Last of Us: Part II; Neil Blomkamp; Elysium; ekokritik; postapokalyps; kritisk dystopi; klimatfiktion; grindsamhällen; urbana studier; agens; det Andra; spelforskning; ergodisk litteratur.;

   Abstract : The gated community motif occurs frequently within climate and environmental disaster fiction. This thesis investigates its occurrence across three media to establish how the gated community mode of living, as rendered in post-apocalyptic speculative fiction, responds to the threat and consequences of climate and environmental crisis. READ MORE

3. 2. The devil’s edit in Korean reality TV and audience and fan engagement : a case study of Street Woman Fighter (2021)

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

   Author : Debora Lee; [2022]
   Keywords : reality show; competition show; Street Woman Fighter; SWF; gender representation; backlash; devil’s edit; audience; fan; fandom; engagement; empowerment; push-pull dynamic; paratext; Korea; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the new and contemporary audiences and fans’ studies with the genre of reality competition shows, using the Korean show Street Woman Fighter (2021) as a case study. A qualitative interview method was used to collect the empirical data of the study, and qualitative data analysis was employed to understand the data. READ MORE

4. 3. "Under pressure". A study of the Swedish Public Health Agency´s crisis - and reputation management during the COVID-19 pandemic.

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikation

   Author : Lina Karlsson; [2021-07-27]
   Keywords : COVID-19; crisis communication; societal crisis; public organizations; public agencies; reputation; reputational threat; Image Repair Theory; IRT; Bureaucratic Reputation Theory; BRT; rhetorical analysis; rhetorical criticism; kategoria; apologia;

   Abstract : This study examines the Swedish Public Health Agency’s (PHA) crisis communication regarding the COVID-19 pandemic during the year of 2020. Departing from a synthesis of the frameworks of Image Repair Theory and Bureaucratic Reputation Theory, the PHA’s online press conferences are critically analyzed to map out how the PHA’s representatives react to reputational threats that occur alongside and in connection to its management of the crisis at hand. READ MORE

5. 4. ”Just add women and stir?” En diskursanalys av kvinnligt deltagande och aktörskap i resolution 2122 och Nigerias nationella handlingsplan för implementering av kvinnor, fred och säkerhet

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Anna Bernhardsson; [2019]
   Keywords : Nigeria; National Action Plan; Resolution 2122; Feminist Critical Dicsourse analysis; Agency; Participation; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Based on the extensive criticism surrounding the victimization of women in the women, peace and security agenda discourse, this essay seeks to analyze the discourse after the adaption of resolution 2122, a widely recognized step in the direction to focus more on women’s participation. The aim of the study is thus to analyze the discourse around women’s participation and agency on a global and national level and thereby analyze if the discourse prescribes opportunities or limits for women’s agency and participation. READ MORE

6. 5. A Norm Critical Approach to Teaching Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre: Exploring Gender, Heteronormativity & Ableism

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Maria Fanourgakis; [2019]
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   Abstract : A growing concern in educational institutions is the lack of a unified collegial effort to address issues pertaining to discrimination. The Swedish National Agency of Education (SNAE) has released several reports and articles this past decade (2009, 2010, 2016), in which no significant improvement has been observed in schools with regard to discrimination pertaining to race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation and disability. READ MORE