Essays about: "joy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 149 essays containing the word joy.

  1. 1. The West African Coup Trap : A qualitative case study of military coups d'état in Mali, Niger, Burkina Faso, and Guinea

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Joy Hansen; [2024]
    Keywords : Coup d état; Mali; Niger; Burkina Faso; Guinea; External impact; Climate change; Political instability; France; Russia;

    Abstract : Africa is the continent having the most coups d'état. From 2020 to 2022, there were six coups and three coup attempts on the continent. This study aims to investigate the causes of these coups d'état in Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, and Guinea, four former French colonies in West Africa. READ MORE

  3. 2. Dare. Dream. Done. [Sparkles emoji] : Pragmatic functions and sentiment of emojis in tweets by American, English, Australian, Indian, and Nigerian users

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Kristoffer Olsén; [2024]
    Keywords : ambiguity; computer-mediated communication; cyberpragmatics; emoji; emoji usage pattern; national variety; pragmatics; sentiment; tweets; användningsmönster för emojis; attityd; cyberpragmatik; datorförmedlad kommunikation; emoji; nationell variation; pragmatik; tvetydighet; tweets;

    Abstract : Emojis can be ambiguous, even when used within one and the same language and geographic region, but they are also a globally accessible language in computer-mediated communication. This paper aims to examine if emoji usage across five different national varieties of English (American, English, Australian, Indian, and Nigerian), geographically located on five different continents, exhibits similar pragmatic functionality and sentiment. READ MORE

  4. 3. ”Good refugees and bad refugees” A qualitative study on the approaches of the Polish authorities toward different refugee groups

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Joy Adolfsson; [2023-10-20]
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    Abstract : This study aims to investigate how the approaches of the Polish authorities differed towards the Ukrainian refugees in 2022 compared to the refugees in 2015. The purpose of the study is also to distinguish the factors that led to different treatment of the refugees. READ MORE

  5. 4. “The music is so important for the dance … You can’t really separate them” : A study of active and passive music listening within the genre of dansband.

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Musikhögskolan

    Author : Moa Fröding; [2023]
    Keywords : Active and passive music listening; dansband; dance music;

    Abstract : This is a study about active and passive music listening within the culture of dansband. The purpose of my study is to analyze how the concepts of active and passive music listening operate within the dansband genre and to shed light on the significance of dansband music for its listeners. READ MORE

  6. 5. An anthem for Europe: Comparing historical appropriations of Beethoven's Ode to Joy

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

    Author : Dominic Tscherny; [2023]
    Keywords : Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony; political appropriation of music; Žižek’s empty container; historical narrative; political symbolism; European Studies; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Since its composition two centuries ago in 1824, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony (Ode to Joy) has been heralded the world over not only as a great work of art, but also as a symbol of political importance. In Germany, it was lionised as the embodiment of a national spirit, first during the Franco-Prussian war, then as a prize of the Nazi repertoire; in Rhodesia, it became the national anthem of a far-right white ethno-state, while on the far-left, it occupied a rare position of Western revolutionary music in China. READ MORE