Essays about: "media stereotype"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 22 essays containing the words media stereotype.

1. 1. A GENDERED ANALYSIS OF HUMAN-AI RELATIONSHIPS AI - entities in Her and Ex Machina

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

   Author : Nisrin Ahmad Sheikh Sleiman; [2023-09-12]
   Keywords : Gender norms; Human-AI relationships; Male Gaze; posthuman; Anthropomorphism; equitable representations;

   Abstract : AI representations in contemporary media provide interesting illustrative examples that show wider perspectives on the complex relationship between humans and AI. This study aims to analyze the portrayal of female AI entities in the following movies: Her and Ex Machina. READ MORE

3. 2. African Women and Storytelling : Unveiling the Power of Narrative to Shape Collective Imaginary

   University essay from

   Author : Clelia Vegezzi; [2023]
   Keywords : African Women; Women; Black Women; Storytelling; stories; Collective Imaginaries; Characters; Novels; INGOs; Noviolet Bulawayo; Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie;

   Abstract : During my eight years of work in the communication department of an NGO based in Kampala I have undetaken several workshops organized by istitutional donors, such as USAID, on how to write what the aid sector calls stories of change.  Puzzled by the information and skills obtained in such context and the stories I have encounter and wrote during my job from one side, and on the other side acknowledging how novels helped me to navigate my feeling of disorientation while living and experiencing the Ugandan context; I have decided to embark in this research to better understand where the stories produced by INGOs and the contemporary literature differentiate. READ MORE

4. 3. How Ramy Challenges Arab Stereotypes in American Media : A study of an Arab-American comedy drama

   University essay from Högskolan Väst/Institutionen för individ och samhälle

   Author : Peregrin Frost; [2023]
   Keywords : Hollywood; TV; Arabs; Stereotypes; Discourse Analysis;

   Abstract : The portrayal of Arabs and Muslims in American film and television has been a lopsided affair since the beginnings of Hollywood movie production. Over the course of film and TV production during the twentieth century, and later, Hollywood and TV production companies has used the Arab as a negative trope to negatively stereotype them, or to elevate the perception of American characters in contrast to the presentation of the baser character of the Arab. READ MORE

5. 4. Politicians’ Instagram personas in relation to Swedish politics : A discourse analysis of personas from a gender point of view of Swedish political party leaders’ Instagram accounts

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Centrum för genusforskning (from 2013)

   Author : Emelie Bröms; [2022]
   Keywords : gender performativity; persona; rhetoric; social media; Instagram; politics; party leaders; political communication; Sweden; persona; retorik; sociala medier; Instagram; partiledare; politik; politisk kommunikation; Sverige; persona; performativitet;

   Abstract : This essay aims to investigate how the leaders for the Swedish parliamentary parties appear on their official Instagram accounts. By conducting a discourse analysis, looking at both text, visual images, and the combination of the two in the Instagram posts, the intention is to analyse how gender is being performed through the rhetorical concept of persona. READ MORE

6. 5. Breaking The Fourth Wall : a case study of racial representations in The Bachelor franchise

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

   Author : Elodie Mumhoreze; [2020]
   Keywords : Reality TV; The Bachelor; Race; Representation; Diversity; Stereotype; Whiteness; Other; Social Imaginary; Irony Bribe; Engagement; Audience Reception; Podcast; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In 2002, ABC aired the first season of its new reality TV dating show, The Bachelor. Almost 20 years later, The Bachelor franchise has become a cultural phenomenon that is integral to the popular culture zeitgeist. READ MORE