Essays about: "media accountability"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 54 essays containing the words media accountability.

  1. 11. »CAUSA CAFFIER«: FAR-RIGHT CONNECTIONS IN GERMAN POLITICS AND SECURITY AGENCIES - Political Crisis Communication and its Representation in Legacy News Media

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik och masskommunikation

    Author : Merle Frederike Sontheimer; [2022-09-01]
    Keywords : Germany; Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania; right-wing radicalism; extremism; crisis communication; image repair; image restoration; political communication; CDU; Lorenz Caffier; Nordkreuz;

    Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of this case study is to add to research on crisis communication, accountability, and scandals in evaluating a German state Minister of Interior’s exoneration strategies through their representation in news media. Additionally, it aims to offer insights on German legacy news media’s treatment of a rightwing radicalist crisis and implications of its potential failures. READ MORE

  2. 12. “Where Did Their Tweets Go?”: A Quantitative Analysis of Parliamentarians “Missing Tweets” in Western Europe

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Joseph Noonan; [2022]
    Keywords : social media; Twitter; intra-party conflict; populism; gendered incivility; legislative politics; political communication; accountability; transparency;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the factors behind politicians' ‘missing tweets’. Missing tweets are posts that were once available on Twitter but are no longer accessible. Despite numerous studies on the Twitter behavior of politicians, few explore the dynamics around politicians’ missing tweets. READ MORE

  3. 13. A war on the marginalised : The legitimisation and inevitability of the protection of privilege through an analysis of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (PCSC), the Nationality and Borders Bill (NB), and the institutions that enable them

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    Author : Mia Higgins; [2022]
    Keywords : privilege; marginalised; institutional; human rights; police; media;

    Abstract : This article explores the declining state of and increasing threat to human rights in the UK, through an analysis of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (PCSC) and the Nationality and Borders Bill (NB). It focusses on the ostracisation, demonisation and criminalisation of marginalised groups, and how this has been achieved through a regime of right-wing populism, capitalising on crises within the elite to direct public anger at economic suffering and perceived erosion of social values towards the most marginalised in society by proposing that they are favoured by the elite over 'the people'. READ MORE

  4. 14. "They can't become the enemy"

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ninn Laxén; [2022]
    Keywords : Climate refugee; WPR; Good International Citizen; Securitization; discourse analysis; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Climate refugees are becoming increasingly common due to increased global warming as a result of excess emissions, the vast majority of which come from the Global North. The aim of this thesis is to examine how the climate refugee issue is described in Swedish media against a backdrop of a potential conflict between a Swedish self-image as progressive in humanitarian matters, and the recent stricter migration policies. READ MORE

  5. 15. Responsibility and the Media : A critical discourse analysis of climate change representations in the U.S and Nigerian news outlets

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Sofia Fujiwara; [2022]
    Keywords : Systemic functional linguistics; critical discourse analysis; frame analysis; transitivity analysis; news discourse; climate change; responsibility; media; power; linguistics.;

    Abstract : Scientists have reached a consensus that human activities have contributed to global climate change, yet its outcomes affect societies disproportionately. Often the least responsible countries are the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. READ MORE