Essays about: "meta-discourse"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word meta-discourse.

1. 1. The underlying meanings shaping Environmental Communication Campaigns (ECCs) : an exploration of meta-discourse

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Fanny Svenneke Åsberg; [2020]
   Keywords : Environmental Communication Campaigns ECCs ; environmental communication; meta-discourse; behavioural change; sustainability;

   Abstract : As previous research on environmental communication campaigns (ECCs) has focused primarily on the practical design, implementation and evaluation of ECCs, the theoretical basis of ECCs in regard to the underlying meanings shaping campaigns had not previously been explored to a satisfactory extent. The aim of this study was to address this gap in the research by exploring the perspectives of individuals involved in the planning and execution of ECCs and making sense of the underlying meanings embedded in these perspectives in order to yield insights into the underlying meanings shaping ECCs. READ MORE

3. 2. “Not as bad as they seem” : A discourse analysis of representations of particularly vulnerable areas in Sweden, within student theses

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

   Author : Petra Hellsing Widén; [2019]
   Keywords : territorial stigmatization; student thesis; knowledge production; spatial representation;

   Abstract : The main purpose of this thesis is to analyse the discourses of particularly vulnerable areas in Sweden, a categorization made by the police authority, as these areas appear within student theses, written between 2010 and 2018. The aim of using this material along with theoretical discourse analysis is to gain a deeper understanding of academic as well as non-academic perspectives of these areas, in relation to the ongoing discussion of territorial stigmatization. READ MORE

4. 3. Climate-smart cocoa in Ghana: Examining discourses, trade-offs and implications for cocoa smallholders

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Stockholm Resilience Centre

   Author : Felix Nasser; [2019]
   Keywords : cocoa; Ghana; Climate-smart agriculture; Community Resource Management Area Mechanisms;

   Abstract : Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) has emerged as a concept to address the multiple challenges and interdependencies of agriculture and climate change. Within CSA debates, equity and agroecology are especially contested. READ MORE

5. 4. International Negotiations: Language in Crisis and Conflict Handling Negotiations, and vice versa : A conceptual study on international crisis/conflict negotiations considered in Wittgensteinian, Austinian and Derridean terms, with reflections on the cases of Oslo 1 Accords 1993 and Rambouillet Negotiations 1999

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Statsvetenskap; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

   Author : Stefan Vucic; [2019]
   Keywords : negotiations; diplomacy; crisis and conflict handling; warfare and peace-making; mediation; power; language; pragmatics; meta discourse; semantics; message; meaning; intention; communication; post-structuralism;

   Abstract : The thesis presents a conceptual study engaging the theories emerged in the philosophy of language and the theories of international relations and negotiations into a single framework. The framework comprises the concepts developed by L. Wittgenstein, J. L. READ MORE

6. 5. Representations of Muslims and Islam in Perussuomalainen, the Newsletter of the (True) Finns Party

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för Mellanösternstudier

   Author : Markus Lindholm; [2019]
   Keywords : Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In 2015, the European Union experienced the arrival of more than 1.25 million refugees at its borders, many of whom were looking for international protection from war, violence, and persecution. The number of asylum seekers in Finland rose almost tenfold in 2015 compared to years prior to 2015. READ MORE