Essays about: "feudalism"

Found 5 essays containing the word feudalism.

  1. 1. Unveiling Power Dynamics on Instagram: A Neo-medieval Analysis of Algorithmic control, Influencers and Users

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Femke Podsedkowska; [2023]
    Keywords : Digital feudalism; social media; power relations; Instagram; influencers; medievalism; algorithms; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : Instagram is a large social media platform with strong power dynamics between the company, influencers and the users. Exploring this power dynamic within a theoretical framework rooted in neo-medievalism, this study investigates how power structures are manifested and enacted on the platform. READ MORE

  3. 2. Understanding the social exclusion process of the Garo Indigenous Community of Bangladesh

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Alavi Kibria; [2022]
    Keywords : Indigenous Rights; Social Exclusion; Garo Bangladesh; Ethic rights Bangladesh; Madhupur Sal forest; Ethnic land rights; Human rights;

    Abstract : Indigenous communities historically live outside of the state. Colonialism, feudalism, and globalization have pushed them to society's fringe. In many nations, indigenous communities feel they are isolated from mainland society. This study examines the exclusion process of the Garo indigenous community of Bangladesh. READ MORE

  4. 3. I Want to Breathe You In : Data as Raw Commodity

    University essay from Konstfack

    Author : Aronsson Joakim; [2021]
    Keywords : Surveillance Capitalism; Artificial Intelligence; Data; Banner Ads; Display Ads; Online Advertising; Techno Feudalism; Internet;

    Abstract : In this paper, I look at the history of the internet and online advertising. The internet is inextricably linked to capitalism and is fueled by advertising. As a result, companies like Facebook, Apple, Microsoft, Google, and Amazon collect data in large volumes to improve targeted advertising. READ MORE

  5. 4. Manifestations of Capitalism from a Marxist Perspective : A comparison of Cultural Values and Moral Codes in Moby Dick and David Copperfield

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Graham Hepworth; [2018]
    Keywords : Marxism; Victorian; antebellum; Romanticism; Realism; feudalism; bourgeois; aristocracy; capitalism; manifest destiny;

    Abstract : This is a study of Charles Dickens David Copperfield and Herman Melville Moby Dick from a Marxist perspective, exploring the different manifestations of the capitalist system, with critical reference to the theories of Raymond Williams and Terry Eagleton. It will attempt to understand cultural differences, values and moral codes, that the two novels reveal about Victorian England and Antebellum America, at this point in literary history, the decade of time with 1850 at its centre. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement and the Networked Public Sphere : How to avoid a Convergent Crisis

    University essay from Medier och kommunikation

    Author : James Losey; [2013]
    Keywords : networked public sphere; global civil society; enclosure; digital feudalism; Anti- Counterfeiting Trade Agreement; civil society;

    Abstract : Communications scholarship faces a convergent crisis. Research on networks includes the role of information networks in supporting social movements, networked civil society, the information society, and new forms of communication. READ MORE