Essays about: "portrayals"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 142 essays containing the word portrayals.

1. 11. Violence at the border: Exploring portrayals of violence in news articles reporting the border conflicts between Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutet för Rysslands- och Eurasienstudier; Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Susanna Mäkelä; [2023]
   Keywords : Kyrgyzstan; Tajikistan; border conflict; slow violence; news media;

   Abstract : Using Nixon’s (2011) conceptualisation of slow violence, this study explores how violence is portrayed in English-language news articles reporting the Kyrgyz-Tajik border conflicts in April 2021 and September 2022. This study aims to discover the ways in which violence is communicated to English-speaking audiences, and, in a larger context, it contributes to the understanding of violence produced in border conflicts. READ MORE

3. 12. Horrific images in East and West : A qualitative and comparative analysis of the visual representation of Syrian and Ukrainian refugees in three Swedish news outlets

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMK

   Author : Linda Agurell Swedmark; [2023]
   Keywords : Photojournalism; qualitative visual analysis; otherness; visibility; visualities; immigration discourse; Syria; Ukraine; Sweden;

   Abstract : This thesis compares the visual representation of Syrian refugees during the 2015 refugee crisis and Ukrainian refugees during the Russian invasion 2022 in news outlets Dagens Nyheter, Svenska Dabladet and Aftonbladet. The aim of the study is thus to investigate how ethnic groups are framed in a photojournalistic setting. READ MORE

4. 13. Transnistrian Portrayals : Hostile Moldova and Democratic Transnistria

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Slaviska språk

   Author : Midas Lundgren; [2023]
   Keywords : Приднестровье; ПМР; медиа; СМИ; новости; выборы; Первый Приднестровский; инаковость; дискурсивный анализ; Transnistrien; media; nyheter; val; Pervyj Pridnestrovskij; otherness; annanhet; diskursanalys;

   Abstract : В данной работе рассматривается содержание 37 новостных репортажей транслировавшихся на так называемом государственном приднестровском телевидении во время президентских выборов 2021 года. Исследуемые вопросы рассматривают, как освещались негативные реакции со стороны Молдовы, какие дискурсивные ”истины” создавались о Молдове и Приднестровье, как они соотносятся с концепцией инаковости, и что репрезентации Молдовы говорят о попытках приднестровских СМИ создать положительный образ республики. READ MORE

5. 14. Hästrelaterad medias framställning av det svenska djurskyddet

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

   Author : Linnea Larshans; [2023]
   Keywords : djurskydd; djurskyddslagstiftning; media; svenskt djurskydd; häst;

   Abstract : Animal welfare and protecting animals from poor welfare, through means such as legislation and policies, is important in modern society. In Sweden there is a freedom of press regulation, which allows documents handled by authorities to be accessed by citizens. READ MORE

6. 15. ”Which way, western woman?” : An Intersectional Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis on the portrayals of women on YouTube web-TV channel ’Riks’

   University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati

   Author : Maria Kjellgren; [2023]
   Keywords : Digital Nationalism; Intersectionality; Feminism; Critical Multimodal Discourse Analysis; Sweden Democrats; Social Media Studies; YouTube; Human Rights;

   Abstract : In Sweden, the web-TV channel Riks which is a media initiative on YouTube by nationalist political party Sweden Democrats, has gained popularity contributing to the normalization of nationalist discourses. The aim of this study is to analyze how the discursive and visual construction and representation of women on Riks are created in nationalist discourse. READ MORE