Essays about: "mediated activism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words mediated activism.

  1. 1. Please talk, but say nothing. A qualitative study examining the perception of brand activism in a woke-washing context

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategi

    Author : Sandra Cavalli-Björkman; Towa Hedelin; [2022]
    Keywords : Brand activism; Brand authenticity; Woke-washing; Woke; Social Media;

    Abstract : Today everyone is a politician. We communicate our thoughts, ideas and values with each other at an exorbitant rate and magnitude through social media. Following this wave of social awareness, it has become more important that the brands we shop at support our values and beliefs. READ MORE

  3. 2. The elephant in the protest march: socially organised denial within climate movements at the UNFCCC

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Frances Mills; [2021]
    Keywords : UNFCCC; climate change; environmental activism; social movements; NGOs; cultural hegemony; NGOization; socially organised denial; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In 2011, Kari Norgaard detailed how socially organised denial facilitates inaction on climate change, even among individuals who express concern. Here, I expand on Norgaard’s theory by exploring how a form of this denial could exist even among those who centre climate activism in their personal or professional lives. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Effect of Optimism and Locus of Control on the Relationship between Activism and Well-being

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete

    Author : Ava M. Sofi; [2021]
    Keywords : activism; locus of control; optimism; well-being; social movement;

    Abstract : The aim of this study was to investigate the relation between activism and well-being and the underlying mechanisms that make up this relationship. The study's hypothesis was that there is a relationship between activism and well-being and that this relationship is either moderated or mediated by optimism and locus of control. READ MORE

  5. 4. Racism is Not Getting Worse, it's Getting Tweeted. : A study of the impact of non-verbal cues in hashtag activism. Which emojis correlates with #blacklivesmatter and #alllivesmatter?

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Elin Erlandsson; Nora Kristoffersson; [2021]
    Keywords : #blacklivesmatter; #alllivesmatter; BLM; ALM; Emojis; Twitter; Hashtag Activism; CMC; Racial injustices; Senti Strength; Digital Communication; Semiotics; #blacklivesmatter; #alllivesmatter; BLM; ALM; Emojis; Twitter; Hashtag Aktivism; CMC; Rasism; Senti Strength; Digital Kommunikation; Semiotik;

    Abstract : Scholars are often studying emojis as pure visual elements or as essential textual parts. Theories in this study bridge these subfields and examine emojis in both fields. This bridging understanding of emojis is applied to hashtag activism in the discursive Black Lives Matter debate to increase the comprehension of the impact of emojis. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Extraordinarily Ordinary: How the Rebels of Extinction Rebellion Berlin Shape Their Movement by Using Connective Action Repertoires

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Hannah Amm; [2020]
    Keywords : Extinction Rebellion; collective action; connective action; social movement theory; decentralized networks; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Extinction Rebellion (XR) is a global climate justice movement. Founded in 2018 in the UK and arising partly out of the Rising Up! network, it has since spread across the globe with various local and working groups in 57 countries. While environmental in focus, XR appears to be more than what first meets the eye. READ MORE