Essays about: "news narrative"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 71 essays containing the words news narrative.

  1. 6. The European pressurized-water reactor between narratives and policies: exploring the French nuclear reactor design with a feasibility framework to assess wider implications for France and the EU

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Simone Della Coletta; [2023]
    Keywords : EPR; nuclear; feasibility; narrative; policy; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : With fossil fuel-dependencies affecting energy generation, and renewables being contextually limited by intermittency and dispatchability issues, this work explores European Pressurized-water Reactors (EPRs) as a nuclear-based climate mitigation measure in France and in the EU. Through its conceptual framework, this paper evaluates the technical potential of EPRs through the gate-keeping effect of initiative feasibility and narrative analysis. READ MORE

  2. 7. Russia-Ukraine War: A Critical Assessment of Youth’s Security Threat Perceptions in Växjö

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Emmanuel Sitta Ngissa; [2023]
    Keywords : Cold War; Russia-Ukraine war; Security threats; Ontological security; Youths; Crisis preparedness; Perceptions;

    Abstract : Since the end of the Cold War, security and security threats have transcended beyond the traditional security aspects due to changed global interactions in the facets of economic, political, diplomatic and even domestic policies of individual states. The ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine has not only heightened defence and security concerns in Europe and globally but has also revived the Cold War security tensions in some way necessitating an understanding of how contemporary security threats and crisis preparedness are perceived by civilians in this modern day and age. READ MORE

  3. 8. Governed to be cancelled : The qualitative aspects of cancel culture's governmentality, focusing on its impact beyond the individual perpetrator.

    University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Hasib Zolic; [2023]
    Keywords : Cancel culture; Governmentality; Parasocial relationship; Hip-hop; MCDA;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the phenomenon of cancel culture within the media and communication science field, aiming to contribute to the understanding of cancel culture beyond the focal point of the cancelled figure. Drawing upon the theoretical framework of Governmentality with discourse and language and utilizing Multimodal Discourse Analysis (MCDA) as a methodological tool, the study delves into the complexities of cancel culture and its implications. READ MORE

  4. 9. Media Objectivity and Bias in Western Coverage of the Russian-Ukrainian Conflict

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Henry O. Fisher; [2023]
    Keywords : peace journalism; objectivity; media bias; Russian-Ukrainian war; BBC; CNN;

    Abstract : The present study seeks to identify if journalistic objectivity is compromised in the coverage of the Russian-Ukrainian war and how the various media bias practices are incorporated into news reports. It provides a critical analysis of the portrayal of conflicting sides of the conflict in Western mainstream media, examining how the "us" versus "them" narratives were constructed and how the produced discourse aligns with the principles of peace journalism. READ MORE

  5. 10. In cahoots with the Kremlin : Strategic narrative alignment between the Georgian far right and Russia

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Bibbi Pehrson; [2023]
    Keywords : Strategic narratives; narrative alignment; Russia; Georgia; far-right movements;

    Abstract : Russia’s connection to far-right movements is an emerging research area. By looking at the case of Georgia, a strategic narrative approach is employed to further understand this connection in a complex environment of anti-Russian sentiments. READ MORE