Essays about: "ewa"

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  1. 1. “If you’re on this sub, you’re on every watchlist possible.” An open-source investigation into the gamification of terrorism on Reddit’s user-run forum r/unexpectedjihad

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Agnieszka Ewa Gryz; [2023]
    Keywords : Gamification; Terrorism; Extremism; Jihad; Reddit; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study investigates the emerging phenomenon of gamification of terrorism, understood as the exploitation of video games mechanics and aesthetics to radicalize, proliferate propaganda and produce terror. Through an open-source ethnographic exploration of the “r/unexpectedjihad” community on Reddit, it attempts to answer how and to what extent violent jihadi sympathizers are gamifying terror in a digital setting. READ MORE

  3. 2. Who is this about? : A multimodal critical discourse analysis of the communication from volunteer organizations

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Ewa Almkvist Lundberg; Nadja Flood; [2022]
    Keywords : Multimodal critical discourse analysis; social semiotics; systemic functional grammar; postcolonialism; othering; volunteer work; voluntourism;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to examine how three volunteer organizations present volunteer projects on their websites to identify who is constructed as central in the description of the project and which role is created for the reader. This study uses Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis (MCDA), Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG) and Post-colonial theory as a theoretical framework to analyze visual and textual elements from three project descriptions. READ MORE

  4. 3. Let’s talk about well-being : The power of creating well-being narratives as a tool for driving sustainable transformation

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Pamela Altamirano; Ewa Kowalska; [2021]
    Keywords : well-being; sustainability; Māori framework; narrative; nature; environment;

    Abstract : Reflecting on the concept of well-being has been proven to be a crucial activity in sustainability endeavours. In the present society, well-being has been defined and promoted through an economic perspective. Measurements such as GDP and economic growth have been perceived as a determinant of welfare. READ MORE

  5. 4. Reproductive Rights. A study of pro-choice activists in times of anti-gender ideology in Poland

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

    Author : Zuzanna Ewa Gutowska; [2020]
    Keywords : reproductive rights; abortion; activism; social movements; hard-to-reach population; Polish Women’s Strike; pro-choice; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Reproductive rights are an immanent part of human rights. In this thesis, I have conducted seven semi-structured interviews with Polish pro-choice and pro-abortion activists. READ MORE

  6. 5. Poplar for biodiversity? : comparison of lichen communities in stands of Balsam poplar, Hybrid larch, Silver birch and Norway spruce

    University essay from SLU/Southern Swedish Forest Research Centre

    Author : Ewa Zuzanna Jastrzebska; [2020]
    Keywords : Poplar; Populus trichocarpa; lichen; biodiversity; epiphytic lichen; Norway spruce; Hybrid larch; Silver birch; Sweden;

    Abstract : Due to increasing interest in the use of non-native tree species, more knowledge is needed concerning their effects on biodiversity. In this context, epiphytic lichens were investigated in two stands of non-native tree species (Larix×eurolepis and Populus trichocarpa) and two stands of native tree species (Picea abies and Betula pendula) in a field experiment in southern Sweden. READ MORE