Essays about: "internet and youth"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the words internet and youth.

1. 1. Your bedroom as a front stage, an explorative interview study on youth's self-presentation on TikTok in Sweden

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskap

   Author : Joakim Wirén; Leo Korpi; [2023]
   Keywords : TikTok; social network sites; self-presentation; youth; networked self; imitation publics;

   Abstract : Social Network Sites (SNSs) have emerged as a new way of socializing in the internet age with TikTok being the latest platform to emerge as a worldwide phenomenon, particularly popular amongst the youth. However, there is a knowledge gap about how youth in Sweden’s self-presentation is shaped by the design of TikTok. READ MORE

3. 2. Communicating Participatory Budgeting : Insights from Makueni County in Kenya

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

   Author : Elmi Hussein; [2023]
   Keywords : Participatory communication; participatory budgeting; power dynamics; WhatsApp; Facebook; social media; digital tools; mobilisation; dialogue; elite capture; public engagement; development; Makueni; Kenya;

   Abstract : Kenya's 2010 Constitution marked a significant shift towards decentralised governance and public participation as key drivers of sustainable development (Finch and Omolo, 2015). One of the primary strategies county governments employ to achieve this goal is participatory budgeting (PB), which empowers communities and devolves power to support inclusive and equitable development. READ MORE

4. 3. 'It was never about the games' : A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Construction of "Video Game Addiction" in Swedish News 1991-2017

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

   Author : Ulf Benjaminsson; Danielle Unéus; [2023]
   Keywords : discourse analysis; video game addiction; moral panic; moral entrepreneurs; Owe Sandberg; Patrik Wincent; youth culture; juvenism; forced treatment; Sweden;

   Abstract : This theoretical thesis employs critical discourse analysis to scrutinise the construction of video game addiction in Swedish press from 1991 to 2017, and examines its potential contribution to a moral panic. Our research is based on the assumption that media discourse influences societal norms, which in turn, can profoundly affect individuals and groups. READ MORE

5. 4. Memes Beyond Virality: An abductive thematic analysis on memetic communication in politically active youth, aged 18 to 27

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

   Author : Ida Andersson; [2023]
   Keywords : Memes; Strategic Communication; Tribalism; Political Communication; Social Media Marketing.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In this exploratory study, the communicative role of political memes and their influence on group dynamics are examined through an abductive research approach. The method involves semi-structured interviews with politically active individuals spanning the political spectrum. READ MORE

6. 5. Online Activism and COVID-19: Conceptualising the Role of Collective Identity in Relation to Contemporary Activism Challenges

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

   Author : Elena Susann Maiwald; [2021]
   Keywords : mediatisation; online activism; collective identity; slacktivism; social media; NGOs; strategic communication; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Advancing digitisation affects all areas of life, including activism and political participation. While the internet has long been seen as a way of democratising society and its systems, in recent years more and more critical voices opposing this view have been raised. READ MORE