Essays about: "distant reading"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words distant reading.

  1. 1. Constructing Semiotic System : A Study of Traditional Chinese Woodblock New Year Pictures

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

    Author : Jinyue Qian; [2023]
    Keywords : Chinese Woodblock New Year pictures; signs; signifier; signified; connotation; myth; semiotic system;

    Abstract : Traditional Chinese woodblock New Year pictures face the danger of being marginalized and disappearing in the context of industrialization and technological development. It is, therefore, imperative to conduct research on traditional New Year pictures to address this challenge. READ MORE

  2. 2. Learning from the Past: The Case of the Weimar Republic : A Proposal for Historical Analysis, Revision and Digitization

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

    Author : Giulia De Paduanis; [2022]
    Keywords : Weimar Republic; Newspapers; Digitization; Press; Textual Analysis; Historical Repetition; OCR Challenges;

    Abstract : In a world in which current events increasingly evoke episodes from the past and former crises, understanding history becomes fundamental in order to build an informed solution strategy. Nevertheless, one should also recognize to leave one’s contemporary judgment and knowledge in the present, while dissecting the past for valuable insights. READ MORE

  3. 3. Mining the imagery : A text mining and news media content analysis of the Swedish country image in the Guardian, 2010-2020

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

    Author : Axel Tjellander; [2022]
    Keywords : Sweden; country image; public diplomacy; text mining; distant reading; topic modelling; corpus assisted discourse analysis;

    Abstract : In the field of public diplomacy, it has increasingly become relevant to develop analytical operations in order to gain knowledge on the perceptions of foreign publics and their attitudes towards countries – a construct known as the country image. In recent time, research on public diplomacy has been increasingly occupied with the impact of media on country images due to the continuous expansion and fragmentation of the hybrid media landscape. READ MORE

  4. 4. Design, expression and purification of virus-like particles derived from metagenomic studies : Virus-like Particles (VLP) of novel Partitiviridae species, Hubei.PLV 11, and novel Soutern pygmy squid flavilike virus were designed, expressed using the bac-to-bac expression system and then pruified using various methods

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning

    Author : Diyar Ayranci; [2021]
    Keywords : Virus; virus-like particles; VLP. Western Blot; SDS-PAGE; Chromatography; partitivrus; partitiviridae; flaviviridae; flavivirus; Hubei partitilike virus; Southern Pygmy Squid flavilike virus; protein purification; protein characterization; PCR; Cloning; metagenomic; strucutral biology; cryo-em; bac-to-bac expression system; vaccines; arbovirus; arthropod-borne virus;

    Abstract : Viruses are entities which are made of a few genes and are reliant on obligate parasitism to propagate. Due to the obligate connection to their hosts, virus evolution is constrained to the type of host. Viruses however do transmit to evolutionary distinct hosts; in these cases, the phylogenetic relationship of the hosts usually are close. READ MORE

  5. 5. Emotional Perception of Death in Animated Films : Sentiment Analysis of Coco and Soul’s Scripts and Reviews

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

    Author : Li-Hsin Hsu; [2021]
    Keywords : Pixar; IMDb; Distant Reading; Sentiment Analysis; Emotions; Death;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to understand the emotions expressed by adults watching animated films with death topics through sentiment analysis. The research is a quantitative sentiment analysis from the perspective of distant reading. The previous studies on death scenes in animated films have only focused on child audiences. READ MORE