Essays about: "hybrid actors"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 57 essays containing the words hybrid actors.

  1. 11. Be beautiful and speak up : Africana beauty at the forefront of an inclusive Internet beauty culture.

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

    Author : KENZA ALOUI; [2022]
    Keywords : Acceptance; African; Africana; autoethnography; beauty; beauty industry; change; community; culture; decoloniality; diaspora; empowerment; existentialism; exoticization; feminist studies; heritage; inclusivity; Internet; intersectionality; interviews; norms; performativity; phenomenology; policing; race; racism; radical; self-love; utopia; women of color.;

    Abstract : The beauty industry has been booming in the last few years, generating immense profits as it now translates into an Internet global beauty culture in its own right that finally made room for women of color. As research barely mentions African women and their diasporas, this study aims to critically analyze the dynamic of this North American-dominated Internet beauty culture celebrating non-white women, looking at how it impacts African women and their diasporas and participates in affirming a global woman of color through commodity capitalism. READ MORE

  2. 12. Information Operations & The Rising Threat in the Cyber Domain. Case Study of Finnish Governments Addressing the Cyber Threat Environment and Policies Countering Information Operations

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikation

    Author : Tuuli Marjaana Järvinen; [2021-07-27]
    Keywords : Information operations; information warfare; cyber environment; extended security; policy analysis; hybrid influence;

    Abstract : This research was inspired by two courageous Finnish women, journalist Jessikka Aro and PhD Saara Jantunen, who shined a light on Russian hostile behaviour on the Internet and started discussions about information operations nationally and internationally all over the world. Due to personally becoming a target of aggressive information campaigns, Jessikka Aro had to move abroad from her home as the Finnish Security and Intelligence Service suggested there is nothing to be done to counter the attacks or safeguard her from getting harassed online and "offline". READ MORE

  3. 13. A challenged hybrid system? : A case study investigating the hegemonic struggles between the 2019’s democracy movement and Chinese authoritarianism over Hong Kong political system

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Pauline Zaragoza; [2021]
    Keywords : Hong Kong; Hybrid system; China; Democracy movement; Hegemony; Authoritarianism;

    Abstract : Hong Kong is known for its specific political model composed by a hybrid system balancing democracy and authoritarianism. This work investigates the hegemonic nature of the interactions between the 2019’s democracy movement and the pro-Beijing actors and how they affected this systemic balance. READ MORE

  4. 14. Discursive Construction of Chinese Women: Exploring the Multi-perception Discourses of the Reality Show Sisters Who Make Waves 

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Liu Liming; [2021]
    Keywords : Chinese women; reality show; celebrity culture; digital labour; hybrid media system; Discourse-Historical Approach DHA ;

    Abstract : This study explores the discursive construction of Chinese women in the Chinese reality show Sisters Who Make Waves, with a special focus on the discursive shifts and their relevance to the wider discourse of and about Chinese women. The analysis is carried out on two levels: the discursive construction of Chinese women in the said reality show and its recontextualisation across other discourses including in the public sphere and semi-private opinions of Chinese women. READ MORE

  5. 15. Using Enterprise Collaboration Systems During a Pandemic : What factors influence the value derived from the push to working through Enterprise Collaboration Systems during the Covid-19 pandemic? 

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för informatik (IK)

    Author : Nicklas Joar Brundin; [2021]
    Keywords : Enterprise Collaboration System; ECS; Covid-19; Pandemic; Service-Dominant Logic; Work From Home; Remote Work; Mixed Method; Hybrid;

    Abstract : Why do individuals derive different value when working remotely using Enterprise Collaboration Systems during Covid-19? This mixed methodology research used a Service-Dominant Logic lens and undertook a literature review, qualitative interviews and a quantitative survey to identify the characteristics and variables that impacted perceived value for individual Australian Actors. To assist future studies it also developed an equivalency model of value and the desire to work remotely. READ MORE