Essays about: "informative texts"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words informative texts.

  1. 1. The Impact of Semantic and Stylistic Features in Genre Classification for News

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Ziming Pei; [2022]
    Keywords : news genre classification; supervised machine learning;

    Abstract : In this thesis, we investigate the usefulness of a group of features in genre classification problems for news. We choose a diverse feature set, covering features related to content and styles of the texts. The features are divided into two groups: semantic and stylistic. READ MORE

  3. 2. Exploring the role and use of values & emotions in promoting prosocial action via Instagram

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Charlotte Griffiths; [2021]
    Keywords : values; emotions; prosocial; prosociality; communication for social change; C4SC; communication for development; ComDev; social media; Instagram;

    Abstract : Inspired by recent work on value-based messaging in migration-relatedcampaigning to elicit sympathy, this project explores theoretical rationale foremploying values in the field of communication for social change (C4SC),understood in its broad sense as aspiring to engender prosocial behaviour. The project is framed by the main question of how values, emotions and(prosocial) action relate to one another. READ MORE

  4. 3. Linguistic approaches to Swedish authorities' web-based information in English

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap

    Author : Lena Persbeck; [2020]
    Keywords : comprehensibility; acceptance of wording; reliability; informative texts; machine translation; cross-linguistic influence; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Most authorities in Sweden provide an English language version of their web sites, in the form of a translation or an adaptation of the Swedish original text. The first part of this thesis includes an analysis of the linguistic quality of a selection of texts from authorities on three administrative levels: state, regional and municipal. READ MORE

  5. 4. Post conflict development in ethnic divided societies : A comparative case study between Rwanda and Burundi

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Hanna Lundström; [2020]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Abstract  There has been lots of research written on Rwanda and Burundi, there are few texts written about comparing these two countries  that are often described as “fake twins'' and their respective post conflict development models. Where Rwanda opted for security and development over democratic inclusion compared to Burundi´s models that focused more on power sharing and political inclusion over security and development. READ MORE

  6. 5. Rights Claims Through Music - A Study on Collective Identity and Social Movements

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Dzeneta Sadikovic; [2019]
    Keywords : music; politics; human rights; freedom of speech; oppression; discrimination; racism; culture; protest; social movements; sociology; musicology; slavery; civil rights; african americans; collective identity;

    Abstract : This study is an analysis of musical lyrics which express oppression and discrimination of the African American community and encourage potential action for individuals to make a claim on their rights. This analysis will be done methodologically as a content analysis. READ MORE