Essays about: "recontextualization"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the word recontextualization.

1. 1. Mediating the Past and Historicizing the Present: The HBO Series Chernobyl (2019) and Its Transnational Audience Responses on IMDb

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Filmvetenskap

   Author : Wei Xu; [2023]
   Keywords : Chernobyl; nuclear disaster; audience research; media and memories; cultural memory; television drama and history; Arts and Architecture; Cultural Sciences; History and Archaeology; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The Russian invasion of Ukraine has put the vulnerability of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant under the spotlight. Meanwhile, the remembrance and reflection of the Chernobyl disaster of 1986 has been ongoing in different media among which the HBO mini-series Chernobyl (2019) stands out and resonates transnationally. READ MORE

3. 2. Ideas Traveling Across High Institutional Distances : A Case Study of Digitalization in the Costa Rican Agriculture Sector

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Linus Granath; Emil Luusua; Joshua Keelty; [2022]
   Keywords : Institutional theory;

   Abstract : Institutional theory asserts that an organization’s context determines which circulatingideas it considers appropriate and thus chooses to adapt. Yet, ideas are able to travelacross high institutional distances between significantly different contexts when assistedby intermediaries in the recipient context. READ MORE

4. 3. Can algorithms translate the world? : A digital discourse analysis of Google Translate’s algorithmic agency in the translation of news reports

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Centrum för tvåspråkighetsforskning

   Author : Luana Candido Fleury; [2022]
   Keywords : Algorithmic agency; translation; bilingualism; Google Translate; U.S. Capitol; critical discourse analysis; recontextualization; appraisal; ideology; Global South.;

   Abstract : Google Translate’s mission is “to enable everyone, everywhere, to understand the world and express themselves across languages” (Pitman, 2021). But are algorithms capable of leading us beyond the translation of the word toward an understanding of the world? Computational linguistics research has been interested in assessing this kind of real-world effects of technology and invited other disciplines to join their effort. READ MORE

5. 4. Use of psy discourse on the popular vernacular : A recontextualization analysis on TikTok

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Marissa Gutiérrez Pizarro; [2022]
   Keywords : Recontextualization; psychiatric discourse; online discourse; corpus linguistics; discourse analysis; critical discourse analysis; social media communication;

   Abstract : Social media has become a safe place where users can discuss taboo topics, like mental health, with the purpose of creating awareness and de-stigmatization. However, online discussions on mental health have caused psy discourse to seep into the popular vernacular. READ MORE

6. 5. Those who doubt Nkurunziza's legitimacy are “out of their minds” : A Case Study of the Burundian State’s Conflict Management

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Lovisa Elfving; [2019]
   Keywords : Burundi authoritarian;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to examine what conflict management practices that were employed in Burundi by the state around the electoral crisis of 2015. This will be done by applying the Authoritarian Conflict Management Framework. READ MORE