Essays about: "social representation theory"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 183 essays containing the words social representation theory.

1. 16. Music journalism as a hybrid field between politics and culture : Kerrang! and NME's challenging and reinforcement of gender inequality, imbalance, and women's marginalization in 2019-2023

   University essay from Södertörns högskola/Journalistik

   Author : Vladimir Gospodinov; [2023]
   Keywords : cultural journalism; discourse analysis; gender inequality; music journalism; intersectionality;

   Abstract : This paper discusses the incorporation of socio-political themes in music and music journalism, focusing on the issues of gender inequality, imbalance, and women's marginalization. It investigates how two UK-based media with a transnational audience focus, Kerrang! and New Musical Express (NME), challenge or reinforce gender inequality-related themes in their publications in 2019-2023. READ MORE

3. 17. Women in Kyrgyz Music Videos : A Social Semiotic Analysis of Women’s Representation in Kyrgyz Visual Media

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutet för Rysslands- och Eurasienstudier; Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Charlotte Geib; [2023]
   Keywords : Kyrgyzstan; Music Video; Gender; Cultural Representation; Social Semiotics; Violence against Women;

   Abstract : This master thesis study examines Kyrgyz-language music videos to explore the visual representation of women, including women experiencing gender-based violence. It addresses a gap in the literature regarding women in Kyrgyz music videos and argues that media communicates context-specific meaning about gendered cultural realities. READ MORE

4. 18. Green Greed A Poststructural Policy Analysis of “H&M Group Sustainability Performance Report 2020”

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

   Author : Lisa Carlsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Capitalism; Circular Growth; Degrowth; Decoupling; Democratized fashion; Depoliticization; Ecomodernism; Green growth; Governmentality; Institutionalized knowledges; Neoliberalism; Poststructuralism; Power knowledge; Policy analysis; Social Constructivism; WPR approach; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis examines how discursive formations of problem representations presented in the “H&M Group Sustainability Performance Report 2020” institutionalize and shape knowledge regarding strategies on combating climate change. The politics behind these formations are made visible by using Carol Bacchi’s Poststructural Policy Analysis What’s the problem represented to be?(WPR) as a methodological framework. READ MORE

5. 19. The Magical Library and the Symbolic Representation : Library representation in The Librarian and The Librarians

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

   Author : Karolina Hermansson; [2023]
   Keywords : Library representation; Librarian representation; Libraries; Librarians; Symbolism; Iconography; Semiotics; The Librarian; The Librarians; Library environments; Biblioteksrepresentation; Bibliotekarierepresentation; Symbolik; Ikonografi; Semiotik; The Librarian; The Librar-ians; Biblioteksmiljö; Bibliotek; Bibliotekarier;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to answer the question of how the library is represented in the Librarian franchise, not only focusing on the films/tv-series but also how it is represented in print. The analysis of the library representation uses a background of the theory and method found in semiotics and iconography, as well as qualitative content analysis, to examine not only the literal/denoted representation, but also the symbolic/connoted, and then compar-ing these findings to the representation of libraries and librarians (with a focus on the stereotypes) found in former research on the subject. READ MORE

6. 20. And the Prince Saved the Princess : A Content Analysis of Gender Representation and Stereotypes in EFL Coursebooks

   University essay from Jönköping University/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

   Author : Julia Pettersson; [2023]
   Keywords : EFL coursebooks; Gender representation; Gender stereotypes; Heteronormativity; Performativity; Upper secondary school;

   Abstract : This study focuses on gender representation and stereotypes in Swedish EFL coursebooks. The aim is to investigate how men and women are described and depicted in texts to examine the occurrence of gender stereotypes and to what degree equal gender representation in images occurs in Swedish EFL coursebooks aimed at the English 5 course in upper secondary school. READ MORE