Essays about: "leaning"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 119 essays containing the word leaning.

  1. 16. Investigating the Reciprocal Relationship between News and Parliament: A Study of Strikes in the UK Using Deep-learning Sentiment Analysis and Vector Autoregression

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Yente Meijers; [2023]
    Keywords : parliamentary debate; Hansard; newspaper coverage; UK strikes; agenda setting; BERT; SiEBERT; NLP; deep learning; sentiment analysis; vector autoregression; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Previous research has shown that the relationship between the news and parliament is complex and highly variable. Studies have found that in many countries, parliament has minimal influence on the news. However, in the UK, a reciprocal influence between parliament and the news was found, with the media having a stronger effect. READ MORE

  3. 17. Nairobi on Board: Skateboarders' Sensory Experiences of Community, Body, and Space

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi

    Author : Emmi Zittel; [2023]
    Keywords : social anthropology; skateboarding; Kenya; collective effervescence; ritual performance; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In this paper, I argue skateboarding to be a ritualizing performance that acts as a catalyst for transformative energies and heightened emotional states. Aided by the sensory experience of riding a board, powerful feelings of connectedness and unity arise amongst those who practice skateboarding, so intense that they transgress day-to-day social boundaries and temporarily overcome the socioeconomic segregation of ordinary urban life. READ MORE

  4. 18. Swedish Public Service: Politically biased or not?- Using text mining on political speeches to measure the political content in public service news articles

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Pontus Blad; [2022-10-11]
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    Abstract : Public service in Sweden is supposed to be a politically independent source of information but in recent years this has been questioned due to its perceived left leaning by the population. In this paper the notion of a politically biased public service is studied following the approach by Laver et al (2003). READ MORE

  5. 19. THE NUCLEAR POWER AMBIGUITY: The role of ideology in the relationship between worries about changes in the earth's climate and support for nuclear power.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Emil Berglind; [2022-06-28]
    Keywords : Worries about the climate; Climate concern; Nuclear power; Energy sources; Ideology;

    Abstract : This study seeks to expand upon current literature on the relationship between worries about the climate and the support for nuclear power. Previous research has established a negative correlation between the two, but public opinion research from Sweden proves that nuclear power can gain support, while worries about the climate remain on the same level. READ MORE

  6. 20. How does the performance of NEAT compare to Reinforcement Learning?

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Marcus Andersson; [2022]
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    Abstract : This study examined the relative performance of Deep Reinforcement Learning compared to a neuroevolution algorithm called NEAT when used to train AIs in a discrete game environment. Today there are many AI techniques to choose from among which NEAT and RL have become popular alternatives. READ MORE