Essays about: "its"
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16. Pornography – a supernormal stimulus of the modern age. A correlation study about problematic pornography consumption and personal self-concept.
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för psykologiAbstract : Sometimes called the drug of the new millennium, pornography with its intensity, privacy and availability, has all the conditions for being problematic and even addictive. The purpose of this study was to investigate problematic pornography consumption (PPC) and how it might be connected to self-concept. READ MORE
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17. Messages from the deep: A reception study of Denis Villeneuve's Dune
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaperAbstract : This essay uses Pierre Bourdieus habitus, symbolic capital, Social fields, Stuart Halls representation theory and Encoding/Decoding system, as well as Henry Jenkins concept of convergence culture and media convergence, to conduct a reception study of Denis Villeneuves 2021 adaption of the science fiction movie Dune. The material collected for the reception study is collected in the form of reviews and features from experts in cinema, juxtaposed against material collected from YouTube in the form of reviews, reaction videos and video essays from social groups sectioned around cinephiles and science fiction fandom. READ MORE
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18. Together, Apart Community and Connection in an Online Sangha
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för litteratur, idéhistoria och religionAbstract : This thesis investigates how the online, global Zen Buddhist community, Treeleaf Zendo, facilitates its meditation sessions, social events and forum, and how the members of the community experience this communication. Through examining the different digital media used in the community, the nature of the interconnection has been studied. READ MORE
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19. Peace Without Peace? The Colombian Quest to an Everyday Without Violence
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : Environmental peacebuilding (EP) as a field of study has attempted to transition from Western notions of peace and development by including ecological rights. By looking at the case of the Colombian Peace Agreement 2016 that followed EP premises, this thesis aims to question the liberal approaches to human rights and peacebuilding. READ MORE
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20. Constructing Spaces of Intervention in Gothenburg's Urban Periphery; The production of “vulnerable areas” in the City’s official documents
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : This study explores the construction of the “vulnerable area” by critically analyzing the assumptions, representations, and discourses that inform official documents targeting such neighborhoods. By conducting a qualitative content analysis on local policy produced in the City of Gothenburg, this thesis finds that such texts – through their imagination of space – produce “vulnerable areas” as spaces of intervention in need of extraordinary treatment. READ MORE