Essays about: "dystopian"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 63 essays containing the word dystopian.

  1. 1. The Cost of Convenience: An Exploration of the Privacy Aspects in Period-Tracking Applications : A mixed-method study of perceived privacy by users in period-tracking applications

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS)

    Author : Linnéa Beramand; [2023]
    Keywords : Femtech; Period-tracking; Actor-Network Theory; Privacy; Sceptical Design;

    Abstract : The increasing demand for female-centred services and devices in the digital era has challenged traditional notions of privacy. This thesis explores how users perceive privacy issues in period- tracking applications provided by various developers. READ MORE

  3. 2. Nature as an uncontrolled space in George Orwell’s 'Nineteen Eighty-four' and Aldous Huxley’s 'Brave New World'

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Jonna Hugsén; [2023]
    Keywords : Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : This paper suggests that dystopian fiction should receive more attention within the environmental advocacy space. Despite the genre’s ability to provoke the reader, it is rarely interpreted in an environmental context. READ MORE

  4. 3. An Intersectional Feminist WAP Pt. 2 : A Unique Case Study of the WAP Music Video by Cardi B and Meg Thee Stallion

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : Nicola Garoutte; [2023]
    Keywords : sexuality; Hip-Hop feminism; HIp-Hop feminist theory; female gaze; intersectionality; intersectional feminism; visual analysis;

    Abstract : Cardi B and Meg Thee Stallion have no problem destroying the male gaze to empower women through the female gaze within the WAP music video. They both empower women by creating a whorehouse for women by women as Cardi B and Meg Thee Stallion both play the role as the entertainer and the entertained therefore forcing the viewer into a trance. READ MORE

  5. 4. "It´s only the insides of our bodies that are important" : A comparison of Margaret Atwood´s novel The Handmaid´s Tale and the tv-adaptation of the novel made by Bruce Miller

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

    Author : Frida Karlsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Feminism; Sexual Objectification; Reproduction; Objectification; Tv-adaptation; The Handmaid’s Tale; Margaret Atwood;

    Abstract : This essay will compare Margaret Atwood´s dystopian novel The Handmaid’s Tale to the tv-adaptation of the novel by Bruce Miller. In the original work, the protagonist Offred narrates the story of her life in a patriarchal society called Gilead. In contrast, the viewers are guided by different sound and visual strategies in the series. READ MORE

  6. 5. "I'm afraid World War Three is inevitable" : A Critical Discourse Analysis of German Social Media Comments on the Russo-Ukraine War

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Astrid Winiker; [2023]
    Keywords : Social Media; Discourse; Russo-Ukraine War; Stereotypes; Sentiment; Prejudice; Russophobia; Refugees;

    Abstract : This thesis presents a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of comments about the Russo- Ukraine war on Facebook and Instagram from February 2022 until March 2023 and points out topics that are dominantly discussed and stereotypes that are used in connection to the war. For this, critical discourse analysis (CDA) was employed as analytical framework and method (Fairclough, 2010). READ MORE