Essays about: "parliamentary discourse"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 44 essays containing the words parliamentary discourse.

1. 11. “Regulating the Wild West?”: The legitimation discourse of EU regulation on Big Data and its media coverage

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

   Author : Anastasia Kapodistria; [2022]
   Keywords : Big Data; European Union; regulation; legitimation strategy; political discourse; media framing; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The thesis explores the growing discourse of Big Data and argues that political actors like the European Union are purposefully constructing the meaning of such an issue and promoting certain strategies. The study seeks to expand the spectrum of Strategic Communication by examining a supranational political institution and to add valuable insights to the knowledge of the critical stream of Data studies from a communicative perspective. READ MORE

3. 12. The Concept of ‘Freedom’ in the Climate Policy Discourse : A Discourse-Conceptual Analysis of Mediated Political Debates During the German 2021 Federal Election Campaign

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

   Author : Maya Worm; [2022]
   Keywords : Freedom; Climate Change; Climate Policy; Mediated Discourse; Discourse Conceptual Analysis;

   Abstract : The thesis examines the different conceptualizations of ‘freedom’ in mediated climate policy discourse during the 2021 German parliamentary election campaign using a method of Discourse-Conceptual Analysis. Analyzing three TV debates on climate policy between the leading candidates of the major German parties, the thesis investigates how journalists and politicians deploy references to ‘freedom’ in service of different agendas and how this affects the discursive construction of climate policy. READ MORE

4. 13. A Democratic European Union: What does it mean? A discourse analysis of two debates on the Conference on the Future of Europe in the European Parliament

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Europastudier

   Author : Dorottya Meszner; [2021]
   Keywords : Democracy; Legitimacy; Discourse; European Parliament; Future of Europe; European studies; democratic deficit.; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The question of the European Union’s (EU) democratic legitimacy has been a crucial issue at all stages of the European integration process. With crises of economic, social and democratic nature, trust in the EU institutions is questioned by citizens, providing a vacuum between expectations and results and a ‘democratic deficit’. READ MORE

5. 14. Justifying Legal Rights of Nature : An ideational analysis of the Te Awa Tupua Bill debate in New Zealand

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Nanna Friman; [2021]
   Keywords : Rights of Nature; Legal Personality; Whanganui;

   Abstract : In 2017, the Whanganui River in New Zealand gained legal personality, a potentially norm-breaking legislation that could challenge society to view nature differently. It is thus important to understand the reasons and justifications behind such a decision. READ MORE

6. 15. When Tweets Are Embedded, Who Gains the Upper Hand? : The Discursive Power Struggle on Finnish Digital News Articles before the 2019 Parliamentary Election

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMK

   Author : Don Lehtinen; [2021]
   Keywords : embedded tweets; discourse; power; Twitter; politics; journalism;

   Abstract : This Master’s thesis focuses on the discursive power struggle between politicians and journalists on Finnish digital news articles where the politician’s tweets are embedded or quoted in using multimodal discourse analysis. Embedded and quoted tweets are one of the premier links between Twitter and digital news platforms but have for the most part been left out of the field of discourse analysis. READ MORE