Essays about: "official ideology"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 26 essays containing the words official ideology.

  1. 16. Passing on the Torch : Discourse Strategies in the Inaugural Speeches of Jiang, Hu and Xi

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Snorri Karlsson; [2017]
    Keywords : China; politics; political language; discourse; discourse strategies; CDA;

    Abstract : Following the death of Mao Zedong the new Chinese leadership attempted to avoid some of theproblems associated with the concentration of personal political power, and Deng Xiaoping,though still playing a paramount political role, sought to rule through a leadership collective.Starting with Jiang Zemin, it has become a new norm in Chinese politics that the General Secretaryof the Central Committee of the CCP also serves as President of the PRC. READ MORE

  3. 17. US POWER DYNAMICS IN AFRICA

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Misha Desai; [2016]
    Keywords : [United States; Kenya; Security; 9 11; War on Terror; Critical geopolitics]; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 have had a profound effects on global perceptions of security and threats. The ensuing global War on Terror has increasingly been used by the US as a pretext to wage a ‘global war’, far outside the borders of the American homeland. READ MORE

  4. 18. The Ideological Transformation of the Icon Chairman Mao during the Four Modernisations period : As illustrated by "Melody of Youth, Beautiful Soul"

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Kinesiska

    Author : Jeremy Biggs; [2016]
    Keywords : Chinese; China; Deconstruction; Iconography; Mao Zedong; Iconographic transformation; Ideology; Maoism; Four Modernisations; Hauntology;

    Abstract : After Chairman Mao's death, in the late 1980's, Mao was removed from official government communications and his iconography transformed from having a specific meaning generation role linked to Maoist ideology, to becoming available for use as a commodity. In this research I use cultural theorist Jacques Derrida's theory of Hauntology and the deconstruction method to analyse a representative Chinese Propaganda poster, "Melody of Youth, Beautiful Soul", in order to ascertain the effect Mao's death had on the Iconography of Chairman Mao, and how Mao is ideologically transformed during this period. READ MORE

  5. 19. The work behind the representation : A qualitative study on the strategic work of the communicators behind political social media accounts.

    University essay from

    Author : Linn Lyngen; Erik Holm Andersson; [2016]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Social media has given politicians another platform to perform campaigning in. This essay has been a study on the relationships between politicians, social media, communicators and their mutual work behind what is published. READ MORE

  6. 20. Excellence, uniqueness and elites : Constructing Spain through nation branding on the website Marca España

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

    Author : Ana Zamora Barberá; [2016]
    Keywords : nation branding; national identity; Marca España; Spain Brand; ideology; web representations; critical discourse analysis; media studies;

    Abstract : One of the most interesting approaches on how we perceive nations today is the idea of imagining nations as brands. Nation branding is used by many governments as a tool for the dissemination of a certain nation imagery. READ MORE