Essays about: "muslim public"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 46 essays containing the words muslim public.
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21. Challenging negative stereotypes about Islam/Muslims, one hug at a time. A case study of the "Hug a Muslim" campaign and YouTube as a rhetorical public sphere
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : Democracy posits that broadly based participation in deliberative processes will lead to laws and policies that are more inclusive and more just than the measures enacted by monarchs or powerful elites (Hauser 1999:5). Jurgen Habermas (1964) propounded the theoretical concept of the public sphere as a “domain of social life where public opinion is expressed by means of rational public discourse and debate” (Papacharissi, 2013:113). READ MORE
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22. “I’m here because I am a Muslim” : A combined content- discourse analysis on the Swedish media coverage of Muslim-Christian relations in contemporary Egypt.
University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMKAbstract : The media plays an important role in forming public opinion, in broad terms media reporting can be described a way of constructing meanings to social events and actions, both fixed and dynamic ones. An in-depth study of the media discourse will therefore allow us, not only to understand the conditions of modern media, but also complex social practises of meaning making. READ MORE
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23. The Political Discourse of the ‘New Age of Terror’: : An historical examination of the United Kingdom’s approach to counter-terrorism post-9/11 with a Critical Discourse Analysis observing how counter-terrorism strategies are framed to present a specific narrative for the ‘new age of terror’.
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : At the start of his premiership UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair, spoke of ensuring that Britain continues with its proud history of multiculturalism by developing programmes to further integrate communities and reduce tensions resulting from immigration. Initially this programme was successful and many hailed the drive of New Labour in its desire to ensure that Britain sold itself as a welcoming place to call home. READ MORE
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24. The Discrimination in Workplaces : A Critical Discourse Analysis of the European Court of Justice Judgment about the Islamic Veil Prohibition
University essay from Umeå universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Umeå universitet/Juridiskt forumAbstract : The issue of the Islamic headscarf has been in the centre of the political debate whether it fits into the Western culture or not. Several member-states in the European Union have issued laws and regulations that impose restrictions on wearing the Islamic headscarf in the public sphere. READ MORE
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25. Euro-Islamic identity?: An example of hybrid identities in contemporary Europe
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : In-mass presence of Muslims in Europe dates back several decades ago, after Second World War; a presence which has been intricate since the beginning. After many years, Europe-born generations of Muslim immigrants are yet facing the very same question as their parents: How to identify themselves in Christian/secular European societies; how to be neither submissive nor self-alienated as a Muslim in contemporary Europe. READ MORE
