Essays about: "echo chamber"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words echo chamber.

  1. 1. How incel users' communication discriminate women : A netnography investigating the misogyny on the forum Incels.is

    University essay from Karlstads universitet

    Author : Elina Maaranen; [2022]
    Keywords : misogyny; virtual communities; subcultures; participation; groupthink; misogyni; virtuella gemenskaper; subkulturer; deltagange; grupptänkande;

    Abstract : This paper seeks to answer how misogyny is expressed in the forum incels.is, a discussion board forum where incel users engage in threads to talk to each other about the difficulties of not having sexual or romantic relations. READ MORE

  3. 2. Weapons of Brand Destruction: Exploring the different methods and strategies used by Online Anti-Brand Communities aimed to harm brands

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Andrés Emilio Garcia Raffo; Niklas Kjellander; [2022]
    Keywords : Brand Community; Anti-Brand Community; Brand Dislike; Consumer-activism; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Aim: The aim of this paper was to shed light on the different methods/strategies that Anti-Brand Communities (ABCs) use in order to cause harm to particular brands. Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to offer assistance to brand managers through Anti-Brand Community-insights, as a means of combating the increasingly growing number of ABCs. READ MORE

  4. 3. Medicalizing Me Softly: An Autoethnography of Refusal

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Han Amm; [2022]
    Keywords : transmedicalism; truscum; transnormativity; nonbinary; autoethnography; refusal; liminality; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This autoethnographic study explores intra-community discursive boundary constructions around the category of transgender articulated by truscum trans men on Reddit. It does so through reflections on how the author negotiates the medical model of trans, his own gender identity, the medico-juridical interlock governing access to trans healthcare and trans livability, and tensions of closeness/distance to those they interview. READ MORE

  5. 4. Citizens, Leaders, and (Non-)Trust : Democratic protests and peaceful attitudes in Malawi

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Ludwig Prytz; [2022]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Non-violent protests are extensively connected to successful democratization, but they also constitute socially fragmenting events. This is particularly dangerous in societies with pre-existing ethnic divisions which is why the protests’ democratizing effects need to be studied on a subnational level. READ MORE

  6. 5. Qualitative experiences of personalization algorithms : The strategies used by university students (to counteract ideological homogeneity) when navigating social media feeds and their experience with personalization algorithms.

    University essay from

    Author : Mathilda Bjernersjö; Alicia Wikdahl; [2020]
    Keywords : Echo chamber; Social media; Filter bubble; Personalisation algorithm;

    Abstract : Purpose – At the beginning of this year the number of social media user worldwide was recorded to be at 3.80 billion and is estimated to keep rising (Kemp, 2020). Along with this connectivity, new concepts have been acknowledged that have caused some controversy. These concepts have been named echo chambers and filter bubbles. READ MORE