Essays about: "local news"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 89 essays containing the words local news.

1. 16. Heritagization of Food. : The Case of Qeshm Island, Iran.

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för organisation och entreprenörskap (OE)

   Author : Yeganeh Tajik; [2022]
   Keywords : Heritagization; Food Heritagization; Food Tourism; Food Festival;

   Abstract : The heritagisation of food reveals the underlying processes by which various actors articulate a particular foodstuff as a heritage in an attempt at pursuing differing aims. Food heritage evokes images, memories, and pride, or motivates habitual consumption, and it can become a lifestyle or even a source of income. READ MORE

3. 17. The Nigerian Alternative Online Media and Political Misinformation: News producers’ perspective on the defining characteristics, tensions and mitigation strategies

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Bolaji Omotayo Daramola; [2022]
   Keywords : Afrikology; Nigerian Alternative Online Media; Political Misinformation; News Production Studies; African Digital Journalism; Fake News; Nigerian digital public sphere; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the characteristics of the Nigerian alternative online media as an effective tool for political discourse with the intent to influence governance despite claims that the form of media is awash with political misinformation - which is mostly termed “fake news” in the local parlance. This thesis takes an Afrikology stance in defining the role of the Nigerian alternative online media as a digital public sphere placing the people’s lived and cultural experiences at the centre of the discourse from the content producer’s perspective. READ MORE

4. 18. Good Girl, Wife or Foreign Fighter - Danish Media Constructions of women in ISIS

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Camilla Gissel; [2022]
   Keywords : ISIS; Female foreign fighters; Social Problems Theory; Narrative Criminology; ISIS bride; Betrayal; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Women who have joined the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, ISIS, have been understood as serving passive and largely supportive roles in ISIS state-building by media and, to a far extent, academia. Academia has argued that the passive role evolves into active participation in weaponed combat and planning of attacks. READ MORE

5. 19. Artificial Intelligence in National Media: How the North-South Divide Matters

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Claudia Wladdimiro Quevedo; [2022]
   Keywords : Artificial intelligence; sociotechnical imaginaries; critical discourse analysis; data extractivism; hegemonic voice; North-South perspective; China.;

   Abstract : This study addresses the issue of how discourses around Artificial Intelligence have been presentedin national media. To explore this topic, I analyze news articles to identify narratives and imaginariesthat contribute to building the concept of AI from a North-South perspective. READ MORE

6. 20. Sex sells - does child sexual abuse? : A quantitative study examining the history ofevocative language use in Swedish newspapersregarding child sexual abuse

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper (KV)

   Author : Sanna Orneklint; [2021]
   Keywords : News reporting; newspapers; child sexual abuse; language; emotions; Sweden; News value theory; Framing theory; comparative; journalism.;

   Abstract : The aim of this master’s thesis is to examine and analyze the news valuetheory and framing of news regarding child sexual abuse. The researchquestions for this study were:What changes can be found in the use of evocative language in crimejournalism regarding cases of sexual abuse towards children?Are there any clear differences in the language used when investigating theperspectives of objective, sensational and local journalism?The study has been conducted via a quantitative analysis, analyzing 1460articles, from three different newspapers archives. READ MORE