Essays about: "satire"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 44 essays containing the word satire.

1. 21. If you don't push them, they will push you : A qualitative study on how six satirical journalists relate to the Moroccan majority media

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Journalistik

   Author : Fanny Hedenmo; [2017]
   Keywords : Morocco; Moroccan media; journalism; satire; political satire; juxtaposition; journalistic ideals; public sphere; counterpublics; freedom of expression;

   Abstract : The present thesis is constructed upon the findings of a two month long field research, a Minor Field Study (MFS), in Casablanca, Morocco between February and April 2017. The aim is to understand how Moroccan satirical journalists can be understood in relation to the Moroccan media, and seeks out to answer the following research questions: 1) how can the relationship between Moroccan satirists and the majority media be theorized, and 2) how do the satirists relate to journalistic ideals in regard to the truth? The thesis was conducted by applying semi-structured interviews with six satirical journalists. READ MORE

3. 22. Reading Orwell’s Animals : An animal-oriented study of George Orwell’s political satire Animal Farm

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

   Author : Hanna Boremyr; [2017]
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4. 23. 'I will work harder' : A Psychoanalytical Study of Boxer - the Horse, in Orwell's Animal Farm

   University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

   Author : Johanna Wermelin; [2017]
   Keywords : Animal Farm; Psychoanalysis; Orwell; Freud; Propaganda; Manipulation; Defense mechanisms; Denial; Sublimation;

   Abstract : The novel Animal Farm was primarily written as a satire on the Russian revolution, with the underlying intention to actively warn readers what happens when a totalitarian regime takes power. Manipulation and propaganda play a central role in the novella, but the ways in which the regime abuses its people psychologically appears to be of even greater importance. READ MORE

5. 24. Cartoon representations of the migrant crisis in Greek new media

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

   Author : Maria Gkountouma; [2016]
   Keywords : cartoons; migrant crisis; new media; representations; European Union; Greece; flow; artists; satire; humour;

   Abstract : The increasing and irregular flow of migrants in Europe had lead to an unprecedented crisis which European and International stakeholders have been struggling to manage in a challenging context of financial insecurity, political instability, fragile foreign relations and controversial steps and policies. This current context questions Europe’s image as a powerful global key-player and a civilized privileged space/entity and also shutters migrants’ dreams and illusions of a promise-land. READ MORE

6. 25. "Let me Deal so Candidly with the Reader": A Study of the Unnatural Spaces and Narrators of Gulliver’s Travels and the Discworld

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska; Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Litteratur - Kultur – Media

   Author : Atli Sigurdsson; [2016]
   Keywords : Discworld; Gulliver s Travels; Terry Pratchett; Jonathan Swift; Fantasy; Narratology; Unnatural Narrative Theory; City Watch; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels and Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels set in Ankh-Morpork are similar enough that both can be treated as belonging to the subgenre of comic fantasy. The narratives foreground the fantastic, written to entertain and amuse its readers but also contain societal criticism in the form of satire or parody. READ MORE