Essays about: "cultural dominance"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 36 essays containing the words cultural dominance.

  1. 11. Pushing buttons: an ethnographic interview study on toxicity in online gaming cultures

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Centrum för genusvetenskap

    Author : Ruben Melin; [2021]
    Keywords : toxicity; online gaming; symbolic violence; cultural domination; masculinity;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to research toxicity through how it was understood, experienced, and described by game enthusiasts. The toxicity described is further explored through theories of cultural and symbolic domination and through feminist game studies and the lens of masculinity theory. READ MORE

  3. 12. The language of vision in four Aslian speech communities : an introductory investigation of basic vision verbs

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för lingvistik och kognitiv semiotik; Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

    Author : Sonja Holmer; [2021]
    Keywords : language of vision; hierarchy of the senses; sensory linguistics; universal perception; language of perception; Aslian languages; Jahai; Ceq Wong; Semelai; Semaq Beri; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Vision is often considered to top the hierarchy of the senses, reflected for example in the high relative frequency of vision verbs, in comparison to other perception verbs. Results from some previous studies, however, have shown that there is greater cross-linguistic variation concerning perception language than previously thought, emphasising other sense modalities than vision. READ MORE

  4. 13. Corporate Social Responsibility Practices of Hotel Industry: A case of Selected Hotels in Bishoftu Town, Ethiopia

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för samhällsbyggnad och industriell teknik

    Author : Abrham Wordoffa; [2021]
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    Abstract : Hotel industry has become an integral part of the socio-economic aspiration of developing countries, where Ethiopia is not in island. Resort Towns, like Bishoftu, are among the vicinities which are facing pressure from hotel development that does not align itself to sustainability principle. READ MORE

  5. 14. SCHOOL BULLYING: STUDENTS PERSPECTIVES FROM A TANZANIAN SECONDARY SCHOOL

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Irene Kakuru; [2020-09-09]
    Keywords : bullying; victim; bully; corporal punishment; secondary school;

    Abstract : Aim The current study was designed to qualitatively examine secondary school students’ understanding of bullying practices and how gender is involved in bullying in a Tanzanian secondary school. Theory The theoretical frameworks that are used in the current study are Social Learning Theory (Bandura, 1977) and Social Dominance Theory (Sidanius & Pratto, 1999). READ MORE

  6. 15. "Stuck in Hel Joseon"

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Ella Holttinen; [2020]
    Keywords : South Korea; Hel Joseon; millennials; compressed modernity; Confucianism; neoliberalism; human capital; achievement society; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : South Korea is well known for its development miracle: the nation has managed to develop from the state of extreme poverty to the World´s 12th largest economies in a period of five decades. However, the negative consequences and side effects of this rapid growth, and issues of the contemporary Korean society has been less discussed, especially from the perspective of the Korean youth. READ MORE