Essays about: "digital rhetoric"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 16 essays containing the words digital rhetoric.

1. 1. Are we ready to talk about feminist game mechanics?

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

   Author : Caterina Blomgren; [2023]
   Keywords : feminism; video games; game mechanics; procedurality; procedural feminism; feminist games;

   Abstract : While character design and representation have been extensively discussed within feminist discourse, the attention given to game mechanics has been limited. This study aims to challenge the assumption that feminist ideals in video games can only be conveyed through narrative elements and investigate the potential of integrating feminist principles into game design, with a specific focus on game mechanics. READ MORE

3. 2. Wake the Sleepwalkers! An Exploratory Analysis of Ontological (In)Security in Czechia and Slovakia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Kathryn Rose Dolan; [2023]
   Keywords : Ontological Security; Critical Situations; Biographical Narrative; Czechia; Slovakia; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In light of the current situation in the EU, after the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing war in Ukraine, Europe is undoubtedly facing a critical situation. This thesis conducts an exploratory analysis of ontological (in)security in Czechia and Slovakia to investigate a region where very few academics have analyzed it from an ontological security perspective. READ MORE

4. 3. The Quiet Part Out Loud - Conspiracy theories and the rhetoric among activists in Sweden related to the Coronavirus pandemic

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Felix Adolfsson; [2022]
   Keywords : anti-vaccination; Covid-19; digital environments; stigmatized knowledge; democracy; far-right ideology; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis deals with a set of organized activist movements during the harshest restrictions of the Covid-19 pandemic in Sweden. These groups protested both online and offline against imposed restrictions and vaccinations, displaying a critical attitude towards recommendations and restrictions such as by gathering in large crowds. READ MORE

5. 4. How to Improve Instagram Reels Engagement? An empirical investigation of content strategies

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

   Author : Atika Rusy Kuncoro; [2022]
   Keywords : Instagram Reels; engagement; digital rhetoric; persuasive; social media; environmental organization; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Introduced in August 2020, Instagram Reels have been used as a new alternative to elevate popularity by leveraging broader viewers while ignoring the audience's status as followers. This could have a massive contribution for creators in engaging the public by infusing messages through Reels content. READ MORE

6. 5. Miljöpartiet and the never-ending nuclear energy debate : A computational rhetorical analysis of Swedish climate policy

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

   Author : Claire Dickerson; [2022]
   Keywords : Computational linguistics; language technology; natural language processing; NLP; computational rhetoric; topic modeling; semantic textual similarity; STS; political party attribution; SBERT; KB-BERT; machine learning; climate policy; Swedish climate policy;

   Abstract : The domain of rhetoric has changed dramatically since its inception as the art of persuasion. It has adapted to encompass many forms of digital media, including, for example, data visualization and coding as a form of literature, but the approach has frequently been that of an outsider looking in. READ MORE