Essays about: "discursive effect"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 essays containing the words discursive effect.

  1. 1. Carbon credit schemes & landownership in Scotland : an analysis of policy discourses

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Imogen Cadwaladr-Rimmer; [2024]
    Keywords : carbon credit schemes; discourse policy analysis; environmental governance; landownership; land reform; neoliberalisation; rural Scotland; sustainable development.;

    Abstract : Carbon Credit Schemes have become an important feature of governance approaches to climate change in recent years and have been gaining prominence in the Global North. Scotland in particular has seen a rise in the development of carbon projects, with developers looking to sell carbon credits. READ MORE

  3. 2. "Well you know I almost died" : Topic Choices and Constructions of Conjoint Humour in Podcasts in Same- and Mixed-gender Groups

    University essay from Mälardalens universitet/Akademin för utbildning, kultur och kommunikation

    Author : Matilda Wrigsell; [2023]
    Keywords : gender; conversation analysis CA ; pragmatic force; discursive effect; humour; topic choice; podcasts;

    Abstract : This study aims to investigate topic choices of humour as well as how humour is conjointly constructed in podcasts, with particular focus on the similarities and differences between men and women in both same- and mixed-gender groups. Six podcasts were chosen to be investigated through two different methods: 1. READ MORE

  4. 3. “(…) we’re treated like children when it comes to external matters, while, inwardly, we’re much older than other girls our age”. : – A generational and queer reading of the diary of Anne Frank.

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Barn

    Author : Alberto Ramos Vicario; Rakel Gyberg; [2023]
    Keywords : nonconformity; generational; gender; Anne Frank; discourse;

    Abstract : In this thesis, a generational and a queer reading were conducted on Anne Frank’s diary latest edition, containing substantial parts that were omitted in earlier editions. The aim was to contextualize the negotiation of discourses in relation to Anne’s nonconformity to the time in which she lived as a child (generational) and her girlhood (gender). READ MORE

  5. 4. The refugee crisis: the bane of Normative Power Europe? : A critical discourse analysis investigating the refugee crisis’ (2015-2016) effect on Normative Power Europe

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

    Author : Nora Nattorp; [2023]
    Keywords : European Union; Normative Power Europe; refugee crisis; Turkey; discourse analysis;

    Abstract : The concept of Normative Power Europe (NPE) conceptualizes the European Union (EU) as a unique international actor, empowered by a foundation consisting of certain norms and values. Scholars of the NPE underline the significance of discursive representation strategies in the EU’s normative power international identity. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Duck-Rabbit Ambiguity of Evaluations: A Comparative Study of How Evaluative Ideals Are Discursively Constructed and Affect Evaluative Judgments

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Alfred Tilly; [2022]
    Keywords : critical discourse analysis; municipal auditing; evaluation; evaluative ideals; evaluation use; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Evaluative practices play an increasingly important role in the management of local government. More than ever, evaluations are seen as a means for stakeholders to garner objective information about the performance of public organizations in order to demand accountability. READ MORE