Essays about: "protest movement"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 68 essays containing the words protest movement.

1. 1. Flexible Organizational Structures of the Digitally Mediated Collective Actor - A Case of the Shame Movement in Georgia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

   Author : Darejan Tsurtsumia; [2023]
   Keywords : Communication Constitutes Organization; CCO; Collective Action; Structures; Digital Media; Georgia; Shame Movement; Social Movements; Logic of Connective Action; Flexible Organisational Structures; Protest Transformation; Gavrilov s Night; Georgian Dream; Private Facebook Group; Rallies; Non-human agency; Four Flows Framework; Solidarity; Citizenism; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Recent scholarship has challenged the notion that digital tools alone can sustain a social movement, emphasizing instead the importance of collective identity and organizational structures. However, there is still limited understanding of how organizational structures emerge and transform in a social movement. READ MORE

3. 2. Beyond the Bin: Dumpster Diving as an Alternative Consumer Practice

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Adam Christensson; Vendela Melin; [2023]
   Keywords : Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Title: Beyond the Bin: Dumpster Diving as an Alternative Consumer Practice - Investigating the Motivations and Methods of Urban Foragers Course: BUSN39 Business Administration: Degree Project in Global Marketing - Master level Authors: Adam Christensson and Vendela Melin Supervisor: Annette Cerne Keywords: Dumpster diving, Social movement, Consumer resistance, Theory of planned behavior (TPB). Purpose: The study investigates dumpster diving motivations, methods, and its role as a resistance against conventional consumption patterns. READ MORE

4. 3. Burning Hijabs and Breaking Frames : A qualitative content analysis on Swedish daily newspapers framing of the Iranian protest

   University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap

   Author : Hager Hussein; [2023]
   Keywords : Framing theory; Protest paradigm; Discourse analysis; Social constructivism; Iran; Authoritarian regime; Protest;

   Abstract : For studies of social movements, media is the most crucial aspect when it comes to understanding the movement. And for a civil society choosing to protest under an authoritarian regime, the media is more than crucial, it is key. READ MORE

5. 4. Understanding the Freedom Convoy Movement's Collective Identity and Roles of Conspiracy Narratives: A Study of a Telegram Group

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Michelle Konopka; [2023]
   Keywords : conspiracy theories; collective identity; Covid-19; Telegram; text messages; memes; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis analyses how conspiracy narratives are used to negotiate a collective identity within the global branch of the Freedom Convoy movement. To better understand what common conspiracies are present and how they function for the group’s collective identity, this paper is based on empirical data from text messages and memes shared in a group chat on Telegram, an instant messaging platform. READ MORE

6. 5. Tradition vs. Human Rights? Analyzing Racialized Branding from a Business and Human Rights Perspective

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Author : Anna Elisabeth Schädle; [2023]
   Keywords : Racism; brand logos; racialized branding; Business and Human Rights; UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; corporate responsibility; Austria; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Systemic racism is a prevalent and longstanding problem in society that gained widespread public interest through the Black Lives Matter movement. Following the murder of George Floyd in May 2020, the movement expanded to Austria and brought heightened attention to the racialized branding of an Austrian brewery. READ MORE