Essays about: "media at war"

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1. 1. “Freedom or Death” A Qualitative Content Analysis on Motivation in the Dzhokhar Dudayev and Sheikh al Mansur Battalion

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutet för Rysslands- och Eurasienstudier; Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Femke Marije Metz; [2024]
   Keywords : Dzhokhar Dudayev Battalion; Identity; Motivation; Qualitative Content Analysis; Sheikh al Mansur Battalion; Ukraine;

   Abstract : This thesis looks at how motivation to fight in war is represented in the social media of the Sheikh al Mansur Battalion and the Dzhokhar Dudayev Battalion. Both battalions are voluntary forces, therefore not conscripted or paid to fight in war. READ MORE

3. 2. How the Office of High Representative has impacted the reconciliation in Bosnia and Herzegovina

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Hanna Mustajbegovic; Berg Theodor; [2024]
   Keywords : Bosnia and Herzegovina; Reconciliation; The Office of High Representative; Dayton peace agreement; Cold peace; Warm peace;

   Abstract : Twenty eight years ago there was a brutal war in Bosnia and Herzegovina between the three main ethnic groups in the country as a part of the bracke-up of Yugoslavia  (Balazs, 2008). This thesis analyses how the OHR has contributed to the reconciliation process in Bosnia and Herzegovina by looking at academic articles, information from local actors, analysing the local debate and semistructured interviews within the international community in BiH. READ MORE

4. 3. Collective Digital Identity of Russian Nationalist Organisations in the Invasion of Ukraine

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

   Author : Gabriele Scalise; [2023]
   Keywords : Russian invasion of Ukraine; Russo-Ukrainian War; Russian nationalism; Eurasianism; ethnography; semiotics; coding; Russian studies; media ecology; collective identity; narrative; infowar;

   Abstract : This project investigates Russian nationalist organisations during the invasion of Ukraine, to study their collective identity and practises. It features an ethnography of 26 organisations, their websites and social media. Their content is coded via a semiotic framework, categorising their symbols, images, content posted and other identity tropes. READ MORE

5. 4. Understanding the Freedom Convoy Movement's Collective Identity and Roles of Conspiracy Narratives: A Study of a Telegram Group

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Michelle Konopka; [2023]
   Keywords : conspiracy theories; collective identity; Covid-19; Telegram; text messages; memes; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis analyses how conspiracy narratives are used to negotiate a collective identity within the global branch of the Freedom Convoy movement. To better understand what common conspiracies are present and how they function for the group’s collective identity, this paper is based on empirical data from text messages and memes shared in a group chat on Telegram, an instant messaging platform. READ MORE

6. 5. "I'm afraid World War Three is inevitable" : A Critical Discourse Analysis of German Social Media Comments on the Russo-Ukraine War

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Astrid Winiker; [2023]
   Keywords : Social Media; Discourse; Russo-Ukraine War; Stereotypes; Sentiment; Prejudice; Russophobia; Refugees;

   Abstract : This thesis presents a critical discourse analysis (CDA) of comments about the Russo- Ukraine war on Facebook and Instagram from February 2022 until March 2023 and points out topics that are dominantly discussed and stereotypes that are used in connection to the war. For this, critical discourse analysis (CDA) was employed as analytical framework and method (Fairclough, 2010). READ MORE