Essays about: "factuality"

Found 4 essays containing the word factuality.

  1. 1. Under the shade of rumour refutation : a critical analysis of #PoliceRefuteRumour campaign on Chinese social media

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Mingyi Fang; [2021]
    Keywords : Civic Culture; Antagonism and Hegemony; Myth; Rumour; Rumour refutation; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Rumour refutation is a series of campaigns that the Chinese authorities invest in combating 'the overflow' of network rumours, especially since 2017. These campaigns reflect the Chinese's knowledge of rumour as false and harmful. READ MORE

  3. 2. Setting the stage for news engagement : a case study of news audiences in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Jian Chung Lee; [2020]
    Keywords : News audiences; engagement; media; subjectivity; identity; emotion; affect; performance; public sphere; factuality; trust; mediatization; neoliberalism; journalism; Sweden; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : How audiences engage with news has not always gotten a lot of attention in academic and industry research; and, even then, it is often studied in terms of exposure and interaction. This does not fully capture the dynamism and multidimensionality of this phenomenon; and industry attempts to apply market principles to engagement risks depoliticizing and reducing it to economic values. READ MORE

  4. 3. Elusive Depictions of Time : An analysis of Japanese temporal connectors expressing 'before'

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik

    Author : Oscar Aspholm; [2019]
    Keywords : temporal connectors; temporal clauses; lexical aspect; semantics; Japanese; temporala konnektorer; temporala satser; lexikal aspekt; semantik; japanska;

    Abstract : This study explores the two Japanese temporal connectors mae ni and nai uchi ni that express the notion of ‘before.’ These have been claimed to differ in factuality and certainty (Kuno, 1973) and on pragmatic grounds in the form of speaker attitude (Hasegawa, 2015). READ MORE

  5. 4. Populism and the refugee crisis - The communication of the Hungarian government on the European refugee crisis in 2015-2016

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Zsolt Marton; [2017]
    Keywords : refugee; populism; Hungary; political campaign; refugee crisis; politics; campaign; demagogy; referendum; European Union; EU; Hungarian; discourse; critical discourse analysis; CDA; power; post-factuality; post-truth; immigration;

    Abstract : The European refugee crisis sparked many debates within the European Union member states, as European countries had different ideas about handling the situation. As a result to the long negotiations without decisions, the crisis escalated, resulting in anti-immigrant, populist parties to emerge with big support among European citizens. READ MORE