Essays about: "feminist media analysis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 114 essays containing the words feminist media analysis.

  1. 1. Drop Dead Gorg(on)eous : A Multimodal Discourse Analysis of the Contemporary Medusa Tattoo

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Emma Edling; [2024]
    Keywords : Art history; Medusa; Medusa tattoo; tattoos; TikTok; multimodality; écriture féminine; postfeminism; Konstvetenskap; Medusa; Medusatatuering; tatueringar; TikTok; multimodalitet; écriture féminine; postfeminism;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the phenomenon of the contemporary ‘Medusa tattoo’ that gained traction on the social media platform TikTok in 2019 as a symbol of sexual assault survival, and which has since come to function as an instrument for digital feminist activism. The study aspires to provide a new, previously unexplored link to the long chain of academic research on the figure of Medusa by looking at the emergence, function, and potential of the Medusa tattoo. READ MORE

  3. 2. Killing women, making headlines : Exploring the representation of femicide in Chilean online news media

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Valentina Bravo Jara; [2023]
    Keywords : News reporting; Femicide; Gender-based violence; Feminist Discourse Analysis; Chile; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Femicide is the lethal form of gender-based violence (GBV) and is a reflection of our unequal societies and power relations between women and men. This present study is investigating how femicide is represented in the online news media with the argument that it has the ability to shape and form the perceptions and understanding of femicide in the public debate, hence either contributing or counteracting its existence. READ MORE

  4. 3. What Girls Are Made Of? : A Critical Overview of Gender Stereotyping in Advertising and Research-based Recommendations for Stakeholders

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Valeriia Babkina; [2023]
    Keywords : gender stereotyping; gender representation; advertising; marketing; feminist media analysis; gender equality; social sustainability; könsstereotyper; könsrepresentation; reklam; marknadsföring; feministisk medieanalys; könsjämlikhet; social hållbarhet;

    Abstract : Könsstereotypisering i reklam är ett genomgripande problem som fortsätter att forma och förstärka samhällets normer och uppfattningar om könsroller. Denna masteruppsats syftar till att ge en översikt över den problematiska naturen av könsstereotypisering i reklam, där man belyser de relaterade frågorna och deras konsekvenser, samtidigt som man erbjuder forskningsbaserade rekommendationer till intressenter för att främja mer inkluderande och rättvisa reklampraktiker. READ MORE

  5. 4. Antigender in 280 characters

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Sofia Cognini; [2023]
    Keywords : Antigender; Nethnography; Twitter; Meloni; Salvini; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In the past years, antigenderism has become a growing coalition that has moved from being a monopoly of the Vatican to being picked up by Catholic associations and politicians, quickly reaching the general public. The word “gender” has become an empty signifier to attack queer and feminist agendas, sexual and reproductive rights but also gender studies scholars and courses. READ MORE

  6. 5. A Masculinity of Power and Pleasure : A Feminist Analysis Of A Court Of Thorns And Roses’ Rhysand

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Elin Nilsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Acotar; Rhysand; masculinity; power; violence; pleasure; gender roles; objectification; male gaze;

    Abstract : This essay investigates the character Rhysand from Sarah J. Maas’ popular Young Adult series A Court of Thorns and Roses through a feminist perspective. Maas’ series has gained popularity since the release of the first novel in 2015, yet there has not been much academic analysis of it. READ MORE