Essays about: "culture criticism"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 62 essays containing the words culture criticism.

1. 16. Is It the Model's Size That Sells? : An Exploratory Study of Body Diversity in Fast Fashion Advertising on Instagram.

   University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Företagsekonomi

   Author : Elin Thorén; Gabriella Yngvesson; [2021]
   Keywords : Body Diversity; Instagram Advertising; Generation Y; Fast Fashion; Brand Attitudes; Purchase Intentions;

   Abstract : Background: As an effect of the growth of Instagram during the past few years, more brands have started to use this platform to communicate with their consumers, and a generation that has been shown to be particularly interesting for fast fashion brands, is Generation Y. During the past few years, a term called body-positivity has increased in popularity among social media platforms like Instagram, which purpose is to encourage exposure to different body types. READ MORE

3. 17. Breaking The Fourth Wall : a case study of racial representations in The Bachelor franchise

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

   Author : Elodie Mumhoreze; [2020]
   Keywords : Reality TV; The Bachelor; Race; Representation; Diversity; Stereotype; Whiteness; Other; Social Imaginary; Irony Bribe; Engagement; Audience Reception; Podcast; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In 2002, ABC aired the first season of its new reality TV dating show, The Bachelor. Almost 20 years later, The Bachelor franchise has become a cultural phenomenon that is integral to the popular culture zeitgeist. READ MORE

4. 18. Constructions of a Networked Library : A Document Analysis of the Proposal for a National Strategy of Libraries and its Reception across the Swedish Library Sector

   University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och IT

   Author : Cia Gustrén; [2020]
   Keywords : discursive strategies; document analysis; networked library; topoi;

   Abstract : This thesis concerns itself with the notion of a networked or cooperating library and the discursive means by which it is constructed in documents related to the formation of a national strategy of libraries in Sweden. I study the draft as presented by the national library, Kungliga Biblioteket (KB), in early 2018, the comments and advice submitted by different parts of the library sector during the fall of 2018 as well as the final proposition handed over to the Minister of Culture in March 2019. READ MORE

5. 19. This Land: A media analysis of Latinx representation in ‘woke’ advertising

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

   Author : Solange Rubio Berdejo; [2019]
   Keywords : Latinx portrayals; semiotic analysis; woke advertising; postcolonial critique; alcohol advertising; United States culture wars;

   Abstract : It seems as of late the most acclaimed advertising campaigns have found a formula to commodify the politically correct through what has come to be described as “woke advertising”. This winning strategy has won public appeal for connecting with an ever-evolving audience that is young, diverse and liberal. READ MORE

6. 20. The suppressed goddess of Beowulf : A feminist reading of Grendel’s mother as a representation of Norse goddess Gefion in a changing world order

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Lisa Persson Örtman; [2019]
   Keywords : Literary criticism; Beowulf; Grendel’s mother; Gefion; Earth goddess; monsters; abjection; feminism; the definition of a woman.;

   Abstract : The aim of this study has been to investigate in feminist terms whether or not the character Grendel’s mother symbolizes early matrilineal tribes in the form of the Norse goddess Gefion, also claimed to be the Earth goddess. The claim has been brought forward in an article by Frank Battaglia on the grounds that the chthonic deity is mentioned on several occasions in Beowulf. READ MORE