Essays about: "state-sponsored media"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words state-sponsored media.

1. 1. Framing the Olympics: RT’s Responses to Controversies Linked With Russia’s Presence at the Winter Games from 2014-2022

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutet för Rysslands- och Eurasienstudier

   Author : Colin Fritz; [2024]
   Keywords : RT; Politicisation of Sport; News Framing; The Olympic Games; Doping; Framing;

   Abstract : The Russian Federation’s presence on the global stage of the Olympic Games has been linked with considerable controversy from 2014 onwards. The nation’s use of international sport for promoting its image, state-sponsored doping, and Russia’s illegal occupations of Ukraine staged in close time proximity with the Games are all controversies which have taken their toll on the country’s image, both within and beyond the context of sport. READ MORE

3. 2. The Scapegoat of Myanmar : A Historical and Comparative Analysis of the Rohingya Issue

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Csanád Zalatnai; [2023]
   Keywords : Myanmar; Rohingya; Buddhist Nationalism; Scapegoat; Conflict; Ethnicity;

   Abstract : The Rohingya are considered one of the most oppressed ethnicities in the group, due to their losing their citizenship and being persecuted, and being victims of state-sponsored violence. This thesis aims to find the reasoning behind, why the Rohingya have been targeted and treated as a scapegoat within Myanmar. READ MORE

4. 3. The differences in how Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya presented the Israeli Prime Minister’s First Visit to Bahrain : A discourse analysis of four articles

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

   Author : Omran Khasawneh; [2022]
   Keywords : Normalization; Al-Jazeera; Al-Arabiya; Bahrain; Israel; WPR;

   Abstract : This study examines how Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiya, both state-sponsored media, presented the Israeli prime minister’s first official visit to Bahrain in February 2022. The study aims to show differences in the written presentation of the same news in the light of the two different editorial positions of the two channels. READ MORE

5. 4. “This is something we live through every day” : Negotiating the cultural memory of the Decembrist revolt in Russian historical film Union of Salvation

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

   Author : Valeriia Sementina; [2022]
   Keywords : cultural memory; historical film; audience engagement; Russian state-funded media; political dissent; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The study examines the narratives of the Decembrist revolt created in and around Russian state-funded cinema. By exploring the narratives surrounding a particular instance of political dissent in the past, the research seeks to uncover the factors that impact on the negotiation of cultural memory between the text and the audience in the context of state-influenced media. READ MORE

6. 5. Weaponized malware, physical damage, zero casualties – what informal norms are emerging in targeted state sponsored cyber-attacks? : The dynamics beyond causation: an interpretivist-constructivist analysis of the US media discourse regarding offensive cyber operations and cyber weapons between 2010 and 2020

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Margarita Sallinen; [2021]
   Keywords : constructivism; critical discourse analysis; cyber operations; cyber security; cyber warfare; cyber weapons; interpretivism; informal norms; media; war studies;

   Abstract :  In 2010, the discovery of the malicious computer worm Stuxnet shocked the world by its sophistication and unpredictability. Stuxnet was deemed as the world’s first cyber weapon and started discussions concerning offensive cyber operations – often called “cyber warfare” – globally. READ MORE