Essays about: "politics among students"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words politics among students.

  1. 1. From the screen to raising steam - The many faces of political participation : A study on latent and manifest online political participation during the October uprising in Lebanon 2019

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Julia Belcastro; [2023]
    Keywords : Political participation; social media; latent participation; Lebanon;

    Abstract : Many scholars have discussed the role and opportunities of social media in protests and uprisings. Often these studies highlight the potential of social media as an outlet for making your voice heard, calling for action and for reaching out to the outside world about ongoing events. READ MORE

  3. 2. Facing the Friction of a Totalitarian Government : A critical reading of Orwell's 1984 applying the Pedagogy of Discomfort to themes related to government control

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

    Author : Hanna Houda Axelsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Pedagogy of Discomfort to themes related to government control;

    Abstract : This study explores the potential application of George Orwell's novel 1984 in ESL instruction and its influence on promoting discussion among students on divisive political issues. The objective is to examine how the novel's underlying concepts of oppression, dictatorship, and propaganda could encourage critical thinking and social interaction among ESL students. READ MORE

  4. 3. Education and Political Efficacy Among Youth in Kosovo : A field study on university students’ perceptions on the effect of higher education on political efficacy and political behavior

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sandra Hagelin; [2019]
    Keywords : education; political efficacy; political behaviour; Kosovo;

    Abstract : This study seeks to investigate perceptions on education’s effect on political efficacy among university students at University of Pristhina, Kosovo; as well as how that seems to inform political behavior. Education is believed to have important implications on political behavior, an important factor for this is internal and external political efficacy, which allows research to disentangle educational effects on the individual’s political behavior. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Ministry of Post-Truth: Using George Orwell’s 1984 to Develop English as a Foreign Language Students’ Critical Thinking Skills

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Alexander Hudberg; [2018]
    Keywords : EFL; Critical thinking; George Orwell; 1984; Dystopian Fiction; Post-truth; Alternative Facts; Fake News; Critical literacy pedagogy;

    Abstract : In 2016, “post-truth” was chosen as the word of the year by the Oxford Dictionaries. This is a concept that has come to be associated with a type of political discourse in which objective facts are less important than factual inaccuracies which appeal to emotion to influence people’s attitudes. READ MORE

  6. 5. Student Activism for Socio-Political Change: Constructing a Secular Habitus in the American University of Beirut

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för Mellanösternstudier

    Author : Sofija Barakate; [2016]
    Keywords : secularism; Lebanon; AUB; student activism; sectarianism; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the activism of AUB students for social and political change promoting secularism on campus and in the Lebanese society and politics. It draws from 17 interviews, a focus group and observations during four months of fieldwork. READ MORE