Essays about: "media representation"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 471 essays containing the words media representation.

1. 21. Is Stand-up Comedy a Potential Tool for Social Change? : An Analysis of Stand-up Comedian Dave Chappelle

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

   Author : Aryan Karim; [2023]
   Keywords : stand-up; comedy; empowerment; awareness; humor; Chappelle; comedy; intersectionality; representation; social change;

   Abstract : This degree project aims to research if stand-up comedy has the potential to be a tool for social change, in terms of awareness-building and empowerment. It also researches if a specific comedian can be a voice and representation for multiple social movements. READ MORE

3. 22. The "Black Butterflies": Color in God Help the Child and the Inverted White Gaze

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Claudia Bern; [2023]
   Keywords : Chromatism; Dark Beauty; Ebony-Black Beauty; White Beauty; Black Skin; Blue-Black Skin; Afro-textured Hair; Black Color; White Mask; Slavery; Race Prejudice; Black Identity; Toni Morrison; God Help the Child; Africanist in Literature; Black Beauty in Media; Whiteness; Inverted White Gaze; White Gaze; Black Gaze.; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The discourse on beauty has primarily been focused on the white gaze to prescribe its normative standards. The white gaze conceptualizes the way in which beauty is dwelled on within society: the foisting of Caucasian-looking beauty canons on black women, and the veneration of whiteness as superior. READ MORE

4. 23. Horrific images in East and West : A qualitative and comparative analysis of the visual representation of Syrian and Ukrainian refugees in three Swedish news outlets

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMK

   Author : Linda Agurell Swedmark; [2023]
   Keywords : Photojournalism; qualitative visual analysis; otherness; visibility; visualities; immigration discourse; Syria; Ukraine; Sweden;

   Abstract : This thesis compares the visual representation of Syrian refugees during the 2015 refugee crisis and Ukrainian refugees during the Russian invasion 2022 in news outlets Dagens Nyheter, Svenska Dabladet and Aftonbladet. The aim of the study is thus to investigate how ethnic groups are framed in a photojournalistic setting. READ MORE

5. 24. Song Popularity Prediction with Deep Learning : Investigating predictive power of low level audio features

   University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för system- och rymdteknik

   Author : Gustaf Holst; Jan Niia; [2023]
   Keywords : machine learning; deep learning; audio;

   Abstract : Today streaming services are the most popular way to consume music, and with this the field of Music Information Retrieval (MIR) has exploded. Tangy market is a music investment platform and they want to use MIR techniques to estimate the value of not yet released songs. READ MORE

6. 25. What Girls Are Made Of? : A Critical Overview of Gender Stereotyping in Advertising and Research-based Recommendations for Stakeholders

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

   Author : Valeriia Babkina; [2023]
   Keywords : gender stereotyping; gender representation; advertising; marketing; feminist media analysis; gender equality; social sustainability; könsstereotyper; könsrepresentation; reklam; marknadsföring; feministisk medieanalys; könsjämlikhet; social hållbarhet;

   Abstract : Könsstereotypisering i reklam är ett genomgripande problem som fortsätter att forma och förstärka samhällets normer och uppfattningar om könsroller. Denna masteruppsats syftar till att ge en översikt över den problematiska naturen av könsstereotypisering i reklam, där man belyser de relaterade frågorna och deras konsekvenser, samtidigt som man erbjuder forskningsbaserade rekommendationer till intressenter för att främja mer inkluderande och rättvisa reklampraktiker. READ MORE