Essays about: "political campaign"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 136 essays containing the words political campaign.
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1. Captivating Communication : The Swedish Prison and Probation Service’s Storytelling and Creation of Legitimacy
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kriminologiska institutionenAbstract : The stories about prison are infinite, and ultimately affect our understanding of incarceration. Punishment and prison are also political, and the shape of the penal system is fundamentally different in different countries. READ MORE
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2. Agents of Peace or Tension: Analysing Political Elites’ Electoral Rhetoric : A Qualitative Analysis of Campaign Rhetoric in the 2023 Nigerian Presidential Election
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : How do some political elites, in unstable democracies with communal divisions, use ethnic, religious, and tribal affiliations for a rhetoric of polarisation and/or reconciliation when running for office? This thesis applies a framing analysis to explore how political elites employ these affiliations in speech acts, mainly political rallies, to construct narratives of polarisation and reconciliation during election campaigns. The theoretical framework is constructed by previous research on “Big Men” politics and the rhetoric used by ex-combatants turned politicians within a context embossed with electoral violence and division. READ MORE
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3. It Takes Two to Tango: Perceptions and Motivations Towards Campaign Clientelism in Zambia
University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate SchoolAbstract : Various studies on clientelism usually start from a common puzzle: Why is campaign clientelism widely practised by politicians even when they have no means of ensuring reciprocity from the voters? Similarly, why is campaign clientelism widespread amongst voters despite its numerous negative consequences on societies, democracy, and development? These puzzles have motivated my research, where I attempt to understand the perceptions and motivations of politicians and voters towards campaign clientelism in Zambia. To address the research question, two forms of data collection methods were utilised, in-depth interviews with politicians at the local level and a survey of voters in densely populated areas (Lusaka and Kitwe). READ MORE
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4. Analysis of speaking time and content of the various debates of the presidential campaign : Automated AI analysis of speech time and content of presidential debates based on the audio using speaker detection and topic detection
University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)Abstract : The field of artificial intelligence (AI) has grown rapidly in recent years and its applications are becoming more widespread in various fields, including politics. In particular, presidential debates have become a crucial aspect of election campaigns and it is important to analyze the information exchanged in these debates in an objective way to let voters choose without being influenced by biased data. READ MORE
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5. Gillette ‘We believe: the best men can be’ – the advertisement that shaved itself off the market.
University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Redovisning, Marknadsföring, SCM, Informatik och RättsvetenskapAbstract : Background: The 2019 Gillette advertisement ‘We believe: the best men can be’ was released when the #MeToo movement was gaining momentum. The commercial addressed conventional ideas of masculinity and received a lot of public criticism for its message. READ MORE
