Essays about: "social memory"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 250 essays containing the words social memory.

1. 21. China's elderly trapped in the digital age : A qualitative study on the elderly in a fourth-tier city

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Siyu Xu; [2023]
   Keywords : Chinese elderly; ICTs; digital divide;

   Abstract : China is moving into an aging society, and the quality of life of the elderly has become a topic of public concern. With the development of ICT technology, China’s digital level is increasing, and there is a digital literacy gap between the young and the elderly, and the intergenerational digital divide is widening. READ MORE

3. 22. Bridges of Trust : The symbolism of the Destruction and Reestablishment of Libraries

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för ABM, digitala kulturer samt förlags- och bokmarknadskunskap

   Author : Surrah Al-Himidy; [2023]
   Keywords : Library- and Information Science; Destruction of Libraries; Reestablishment of Libraries; Libraries in time of War; National Libraries; National Identity; Cultural Identity; Cultural Memory.; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : National libraries play a leading role in the creation of national identities. For that reason, the destruction and reestablishment of libraries may hold strategic meanings beyond the physical. This master thesis examines the symbols and cultural implications of such devastating events and resilient initiatives. READ MORE

4. 23. Rosenhagen – a place to remember: Mobilizing the Past for the future of People’s Park in Anderslöv

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

   Author : August Ambjörnsson; [2023]
   Keywords : People’s Park; Collective Memories; the left behind countryside; places and their pasts; Rosenhagen; Anderslöv; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study analyzes the memory of Rosenhagen, a People’s Park in Anderslöv. The Park was founded in 1930 by the local labor movement and has since then served varied, but important functions in the community. READ MORE

5. 24. 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

6. 25. I Can’t Hear What I’m Reading: An Eye Tracking Study on Reading in Different Noise Environments

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

   Author : Nina Pallasch; [2023]
   Keywords : Reading Process; Auditory Noise; Pseudohomophone Advantage; Eye Tracking; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study investigates how different acoustic environments and spelling manipulations affect the reading process by applying eye tracking methodology. Participants are asked to read sentences while either listening to babble noise or not being exposed to any acoustic stimuli. READ MORE