Essays about: "media influence on youth"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words media influence on youth.

  1. 1. 'It was never about the games' : A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Construction of "Video Game Addiction" in Swedish News 1991-2017

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

    Author : Ulf Benjaminsson; Danielle Unéus; [2023]
    Keywords : discourse analysis; video game addiction; moral panic; moral entrepreneurs; Owe Sandberg; Patrik Wincent; youth culture; juvenism; forced treatment; Sweden;

    Abstract : This theoretical thesis employs critical discourse analysis to scrutinise the construction of video game addiction in Swedish press from 1991 to 2017, and examines its potential contribution to a moral panic. Our research is based on the assumption that media discourse influences societal norms, which in turn, can profoundly affect individuals and groups. READ MORE

  3. 2. Negotiating Unwanted Outsider Status- A study of Gang Subculture among Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh

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

    Author : Sourav Das; [2023]
    Keywords : Rohingya; Rohingya Refugees; Gangs; Refugee Gang; Deviant Subculture; Gang Subculture; Moral Panic; Folk devils; Law and Political Science; Cultural Sciences; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The emergence of the refugee gang subculture has changed its focus from being a regional to a worldwide problem, drawing on the findings of previous studies. Many past studies suggest that the massive influx of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar has not only amplified existing socioeconomic challenges but has also fueled concerns within the host population in Bangladesh regarding organized gang violence. READ MORE

  4. 3. Memes Beyond Virality: An abductive thematic analysis on memetic communication in politically active youth, aged 18 to 27

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

    Author : Ida Andersson; [2023]
    Keywords : Memes; Strategic Communication; Tribalism; Political Communication; Social Media Marketing.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In this exploratory study, the communicative role of political memes and their influence on group dynamics are examined through an abductive research approach. The method involves semi-structured interviews with politically active individuals spanning the political spectrum. READ MORE

  5. 4. Whispers of influence : youth engagement with Alt-info's soft power perceptions

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

    Author : Ana Chkhaidze; [2023]
    Keywords : media engagement; soft power; propaganda; pro-Russian media; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This research explores how young audiences in Georgia perceive and engage with Russian Soft Power in the context of the media platform Alt-info. Alt-info is a privately-owned right-wing TV company and online media outlet founded in 2019 in Georgia. READ MORE

  6. 5. Youth’s attitudes towards extreme right-wing organisations : A study on social sustainability within the Swedish democracy

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    Author : Elena Alvarez Blomgren; [2020]
    Keywords : Extreme right-wing extremism; Social sustainability; Nordic Resistance Movement; Attitudes; Youth.;

    Abstract : This case study aims to explore the social sustainability in a middle-sized city with extreme-right wing presence. The chosen middle-sized city had the Nordic Resistance Movement, an extreme and violent organisation with Nazi-ideology, in the local government election period 2014-2018. READ MORE