Essays about: "heroes"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 69 essays containing the word heroes.

1. 1. National Heroes, Digital Soldiers, Vulnerable Children and all the Others: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Videos Communicating the QAnon Conspiracy Theory

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

   Author : Cecilia Gatenheim; [2024-02-23]
   Keywords : conspiracy theory; far-right; emotions; video analysis; discourse analysis;

   Abstract : This thesis analyses the making of Us and Them in videos communicating the QAnon conspiracy theory, which have been circulating on online social forums. For this purpose, Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis is used, together with Sara Ahmed’s cultural theory of emotions. READ MORE

3. 2. Constructing a civilized wilderness. An intersectional discourse analysis of the Sierra Club 1893-1910

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   Author : Eleonor Ivdal; [2023-10-05]
   Keywords : the Sierra Club; intersectional theory; discourse analysis; civilization; American wilderness; national park movement; gender; class; race; ethnicity;

   Abstract : This study investigates if and how the Sierra Club adapted complex and contradictory rationalizations to legitimize their authority in wilderness and civilization. The study aims thereby to enhance our understanding of the origin narrative of the American preservation and conservation movement at the turn of the twentieth century which depicted white male heroes as discoverers and protectors of a pristine wilderness. READ MORE

4. 3. ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY AND THE AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Sustainability Reports of Volvo Cars

   University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi

   Author : Sara Battistella; [2023-02-01]
   Keywords : automotive; critical discourse analysis; environment; organisational communication; sustainability; sustainability reporting; swedishness; Volvo Cars;

   Abstract : Companies communicate the impact of their corporate activities through sustainability reports, disclosing their environmental engagement. Critical studies on sustainability reporting have highlighted that environmental reporting practices participate in the construction of the definition of environmental responsibility. READ MORE

5. 4. Constructing Heroes and Villains : Identifying Narratives in the Ukrainian Defence’s Social Media Presence

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Lydia Holmén; [2023]
   Keywords : digital diplomacy; nation branding; security branding; narrative; security narrative;

   Abstract : This paper examines the narratives that Ukraine is telling through their official Defence of Ukraine account on X, and what the implications of those narratives are. At the time of this study, a conflict is taking place in Ukraine after the invasion of Russia on Ukrainian territory. READ MORE

6. 5. Escaping the Stereotypical : A character analysis of Addie LaRue in V.E.Schwab's The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Milla Fyrman; [2023]
   Keywords : Stereotypes; Fantasy; Characterization; Heroes; V.E. Schwab; The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue;

   Abstract : With the support of earlier research about female heroes and the representation of female characters in fantasy, this essay argues that V.E. READ MORE