Essays about: "right-wing alternative media"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 10 essays containing the words right-wing alternative media.

1. 6. Ideological Misinformation: How News Corp Australia amplifies the discourses of the reactionary right

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

   Author : Dean Gallagher; [2019]
   Keywords : ideological misinformation; the left; network society; free speech; extremism; critical discourse analysis; News Corp; far-right;

   Abstract : This paper analyses the interactions between Australian mainstream media and social media political influencers and how these interactions amplify ideological misinformation. Social media, particularly YouTube, is increasingly a primary source of news and information for people, principally in the younger 18 – 35-year demographic. READ MORE

3. 7. New Course, New Discourse, New Racism? : Right-Wing Alternative Media in Sweden

   University essay from Högskolan Väst/Avd för juridik, ekonomi, statistik och politik

   Author : Tamy Al Saad; Anders Nyman; [2019]
   Keywords : right-wing alternative media; post-colonial theory; biological racism; cultural racism; nationalism; qualitative content analysis.;

   Abstract : Like elsewhere in Europe, the tides of nationalist right-wing rhetoric in Sweden have become instrumental in generating a wave of anti-liberal and anti-immigration sentiments in politics and media. In particular, one branch of right-wing alternative media has become a breeding ground for normalizing such rhetoric. READ MORE

4. 8. Last Night in Sweden : A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Image of Sweden in International Media

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

   Author : Mathilda Linnander; [2018]
   Keywords : Critical Discourse Analysis; Sweden; fake news; nation branding; elite media;

   Abstract : This is a study of how the image of Sweden is constructed in international media. Using the country as a swinging bat in debates on socialism and progressiveness is nothing new but has had an upswing during recent years as a result of the global rise of right-wing forces. READ MORE

5. 9. Inside the echo chamber : A qualitative study on anti-immigration internet media, political polarization and social trust in a fragmented digital landscape

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

   Author : Britta Söderberg; [2017]
   Keywords : Anti-immigration media; alternative media; social media; filter bubbles; algorithms; media critique; polarization; fragmentation; balkanization; social trust;

   Abstract : “Filter bubble” became one of the most topical words of 2016 and it was even included in the Swedish Language Council's list of new Swedish words that was presented at the end of the year. Referring to algorithmically adapted media bubbles, this phenomenon has particularly been discussed in relation to the UK Brexit referendum and the US election as scholars and journalist argue that the phenomenon, in combination with a fragmented media usage, contribute to a political polarization where each side of the political spectrum is encapsulated in “echo chambers” where opinions and beliefs are repeated like an echo rather than contested and challenged. READ MORE

6. 10. In What Way Do ‘They’ Threaten ‘Us’? : A Rhetorical Analysis of the Sweden Democrats’ Discourse Around Immigration Between 2010 and 2014

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMK

   Author : Anja Duric; [2015]
   Keywords : Sverigedemokraterna the Sweden Democrats ; immigration; rhetoric; YouTube; framing.;

   Abstract : This thesis explores discourse of the Sweden Democrats around the issue of immigration and provides an overview of changes that occurred in Sweden Democrats’ rhetoric and argumentation from National election in 2010 until the election in 2014. The study offers an analytical contribution to the field of media and communication and provides readers with the insight of right wing online activism. READ MORE