Essays about: "social movement studies"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 233 essays containing the words social movement studies.

1. 11. “Every Time You Call Me Crazy I Get More Crazy”: Sylvia Plath, Taylor Swift, and Confessional Performances

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

   Author : Kajsa Reinholdsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Sylvia Plath; Taylor Swift; biographical performativity; mad studies; mad theory; auto biography; confessional poetry; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the works and personas of Sylvia Plath and Taylor Swift and analyses the popular conflations of their real lives and their works. Jon Helt Haarder’s theory of biographical performativity is introduced to analyse the threshold aesthetics between reality and art and investigate the feedback loops between oeuvres andlives as well as the interpretation of these in the public sphere. READ MORE

3. 12. Cooperation With Disinformation Campaigns as a Social Movement Strategy : A case study on the connection between the disinformation campaign and the mobilization against the Swedish Social Services

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Simon Norin; [2023]
   Keywords : disinformation campaign; disinformation; grievance; social movement; mobilization; desinformation; mobilisering;

   Abstract : Disinformation campaigns are a growing threat towards democracy and a phenomenon that is important to understand in order to guard against. One part of the literature around disinformation campaigns that is as of yet not widely studied is how they can be connected to social movements. READ MORE

4. 13. “We must be their voices!” : exploring Danish-Iranian women’s emotional engagement with the Woman Life Freedom movement on Instagram and beyond

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Therese Thim; [2023]
   Keywords : civic engagement; diaspora; social media; emotions; affect; politics; sense of belonging; Woman Life Freedom movement; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The present study explores how Danish-Iranian Women living in Copenhagen witness and take part in the connective Woman Life Freedom movement, online and from afar. It seeks to investigate their emotional engagement with Instagram, their political participation and their sense of belonging in this process. READ MORE

5. 14. “Pardon me if I don't weep for your victimhood” : examining the aftermath of deplatformization through influential far-right activists’ framing and alliance-building on Telegram

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Klara Avsec; [2023]
   Keywords : Moderation; deplatformization; far right; frame analysis; collective identity; alliance-building; Telegram; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the social unfolding of the recent deplatformization of the far-right extremes on Telegram. Leaving prior approaches to moderation behind, this study asks questions around how moderation imprints itself on the complex terrain of meaning and practice, interacts with intensified reflexiveness of the social agents, and leaves affected collectivities changed in unanticipated ways. READ MORE

6. 15. The People’s Protest: An exploratory case study of drivers for heightened levels of protest in southern Peru during the 2022/2023 protests

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Anna Edmeades; [2023]
   Keywords : Southern Peru; protest; identity; place; decoloniality; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the underlying reasons for recent protests in Peru that began after the ousting of President Pedro Castillo in December of last year. The research is an explorative case study based on the thematic analysis of news articles. READ MORE