Essays about: "freedom of the media"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 155 essays containing the words freedom of the media.

1. 16. A Case Study on social media : platforms for freedom or tyranny?

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

   Author : Maen Rahmoun; [2023]
   Keywords : social media; Arab spring revolutions; freedom; tyranny.; sociala medier; arabiska vårens revolutioner; frihet; tyranni.;

   Abstract : Some assert that social media has contributed in one way or another to organizing the work of revolutionaries and those seeking freedom and democracy on its platforms and has provided them with a space to express their opinion against authoritarian regimes. However, the information policies of the companies behind social media can discourage activists and enable authoritarian regimes. READ MORE

3. 17. Facing the Friction of a Totalitarian Government : A critical reading of Orwell's 1984 applying the Pedagogy of Discomfort to themes related to government control

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

   Author : Hanna Houda Axelsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Pedagogy of Discomfort to themes related to government control;

   Abstract : This study explores the potential application of George Orwell's novel 1984 in ESL instruction and its influence on promoting discussion among students on divisive political issues. The objective is to examine how the novel's underlying concepts of oppression, dictatorship, and propaganda could encourage critical thinking and social interaction among ESL students. READ MORE

4. 18. Rethinking Imaginaries: A Discussion on the Swedish Tradition of Openness, the GDPR, and the Case of Publication Certificates

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

   Author : Diana Stefania Grigorescu; [2023]
   Keywords : openness; freedom of expression; privacy; data protection; GDPR; social imaginary; ideology; utopia; Swedish Riksdag; social reality; European Studies; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Sweden has an almost three-century-long tradition of openness, whose principles are enshrined in the state’s fundamental laws. When the revolution of the Internet was in full bloom at the turn of the century, with new forms of mass communication innovating the media landscape, Sweden saw the opportunity to strengthen freedom of expression and information, as one of the main pillars of openness. READ MORE

5. 19. Why We Fight: Subdued propaganda in movies in the age of 9/11

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Maxwell Overend; [2023]
   Keywords : Hollywood; DOD; Propaganda; Culture; Movies; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This paper explores how American culture has been shaped by the U.S. Military through the lens of Hollywood movies to be more accepting and eager to enlist. READ MORE

6. 20. “We must be their voices!” : exploring Danish-Iranian women’s emotional engagement with the Woman Life Freedom movement on Instagram and beyond

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

   Author : Therese Thim; [2023]
   Keywords : civic engagement; diaspora; social media; emotions; affect; politics; sense of belonging; Woman Life Freedom movement; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The present study explores how Danish-Iranian Women living in Copenhagen witness and take part in the connective Woman Life Freedom movement, online and from afar. It seeks to investigate their emotional engagement with Instagram, their political participation and their sense of belonging in this process. READ MORE