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  1. 1. Just Because You Can Say It, Doesn’t Mean You Should Say It : A Discourse Analysis About the Legitimation in Arguments on Controversy Over the Usage of a Chinese Word That Sounds Like the N-Word

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Lu Wendy; [2024]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to examine the arguments in news video clips and comments on social media on whether it was right or wrong of the professor who used a Chinese filler word that sounded like the N-word. I examined the legitimation strategies of the arguments reflected in the social media report and comments on the controversy. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Public, The Police, and The Puzzle of Information

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : William Duggan; Librain Natia Ellis; [2024]
    Keywords : Policing; Public Perception; Safety Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : When humans are involved, things can go wrong. This is a statement as factually true and yet dramatically undefined and dangerously ambiguous as any. No matter the industry or domain, where humans interact with other humans, perfect predictability is impossible and a focus on negative outcomes can seem natural. READ MORE

  4. 3. Business Operations in Armed Conflicts : An analysis of the criminal responsibilities of business executives operating in high-risk contexts

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Emuesiri Akpere; [2023]
    Keywords : International Criminal Law; Complicity; Business; Armed Conflicts; Internationell straffrätt; medverkan; affärer; väpnade konflikter;

    Abstract : The involvement of multinational corporations, international traders, transporters, processors, and retailers has a crucial significance in high-risk contexts there is a wide range of commercial activities that can make economic actors criminally responsible for gross violations of international humanitarian law and human rights: this includes the sale of weaponry, pillaging or commercial transactions unrelated to war. Allowing companies and their managers to shield themselves is harmful to the development of international law. READ MORE

  5. 4. REPOLITICIZING AIRPORT ACTIVISM? Exploring the discursive struggle of environmental movements & news media in the context of depoliticized eco-politics

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik och masskommunikation

    Author : Erika Stacke; [2022-09-01]
    Keywords : Environmental movements; activism; news media; discursive struggle; post-politics; depoliticization; political debate; eco-politics;

    Abstract : In a situation of ecological degradation and rapid climate change, environmental movements aim to create debate and attain political change. Here, news media is an important actor, possessing the power to represent movements and their cause in ways that legitimize or disqualify their voice in public debate. READ MORE

  6. 5. How is the consumer influenced by social media influencers? : A qualitative exploratory study of how the consumers' buyer decision process is influenced by social media influencers.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för marknadsföring (MF)

    Author : Leah Gentele; Mikaela Persson; [2022]
    Keywords : Consumer Behavior; Influence; Buyer Decision Process; Instagram; Social Media Influencers SMI s ;

    Abstract : Background: Social media influencers (SMI’s) can influence the consumers’ decisions by sending out social signals through social functions which social media platforms enable. These social functions SMI’s as well as consumers use, could be for example through sharing content; having a conversation; developing relationships with like-minded individuals; or it could also be used for sending out social signals, such as identity, presence or reputation. READ MORE