Essays about: "online discourse"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 271 essays containing the words online discourse.

1. 1. National Heroes, Digital Soldiers, Vulnerable Children and all the Others: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Videos Communicating the QAnon Conspiracy Theory

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

   Author : Cecilia Gatenheim; [2024-02-23]
   Keywords : conspiracy theory; far-right; emotions; video analysis; discourse analysis;

   Abstract : This thesis analyses the making of Us and Them in videos communicating the QAnon conspiracy theory, which have been circulating on online social forums. For this purpose, Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis is used, together with Sara Ahmed’s cultural theory of emotions. READ MORE

3. 2. Conjunction of the spheres. The struggle for hegemony in the English language online reception of Netflix adaption: The Witcher.

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

   Author : Sarah R. Kern; [2024-02-06]
   Keywords : Production reception; Hegemony; Discourse; Transmedia; Witcher; Fantasy; Polish Fantasy; Media literacy; Convergence culture; Fan-studies; Participation culture; Technical communication; Digital Role-Playing Games; Civic imagination; Netnography; ;

   Abstract : This essay uses the concepts of convergence culture, transmedia and hegemony, to understand the struggles within the English language reception to Netflix Tv production “The Witcher.” In order to help the reader, the essay presents the background to the larger Witcher franchise, as well as standard debates and issues within the fantasy genre, the role-playing-game genre and convergence culture. READ MORE

4. 3. Countering Terrorist Content Online: Removal = Success? : A Critical Discourse Analysis of the EU Regulation 2021/784

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Nina McCarthy Hartman; [2024]
   Keywords : Critical Discourse Analysis; Content Moderation; Counter-Terrorism; EU;

   Abstract : This thesis critically interrogates the underlying assumptions which legitimise the hard regulation of online platforms regarding terrorist content, by turning to the case of the EU Regulation 2021/784. Utilising qualitative critical discourse analysis, the study analyses how the EU's strategy against terrorist content online is discursively legitimised through the lens of Theo van Leeuwen's framework for discursive legitimisation strategies, focusing on moral and rational justifications. READ MORE

5. 4. Topics and Attitudes in COVID-19 Online News Comments about Italy and Sweden. Appraisal Framework applied to Corpus-Assisted Discourse Analysis

   University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi

   Author : Niklas Danielson; Arianna De Luca; [2023-11-22]
   Keywords : Online News Comments; COVID-19; CADA; Appraisal Framework; Corpus Linguistics;

   Abstract : This study conducts a mixed-methods, comparative study of online news comments. The subject of the articles were the two countries of Sweden and Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic. READ MORE

6. 5. Immigration as a threat to the British state: A policy analysis of the United Kingdom and Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership in the broader context of the UK’s stricter immigration policy

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Tova Tabacsko; [2023-11-08]
   Keywords : Policy; United Kingdom; Immigration; Securitisation; Postcolonialism; Identity; Race; Externalisation; Discourse;

   Abstract : This dissertation analyses the UK and Rwanda Migration and Economic Development Partnership in the broader context of the UK’s stricter migration policy. The policy allows the UK to relocate migrants to Rwanda for processing, asylum, and resettlement. READ MORE