Essays about: "the LGBTQ community"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 26 essays containing the words the LGBTQ community.

  1. 1. Goncharov and Collaborative Storytelling : How Tumblr Invented a Fake Martin Scorsese Movie

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Anna Birna Turner; [2023]
    Keywords : goncharov; tumblr; transmedia; storytelling; ARG; social media; fandom;

    Abstract : Online fandoms are capable of various feats; from influencing the TV shows they watch to funding half-baked convention scams, Tumblr fandoms in particular are infamous across the internet. Their chaotic and intense nature simultaneously leads to intense bouts of creative activity, pumping hundreds of thousands of fan works into the Tumblr ecosystem every year. READ MORE

  3. 2. Negotiating Gender and Sexual Norms: Queer Women and Non-Binary Individuals' Experiences and Semiotic Interpretations on Heteronormative Dating Applications

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Eloise Rose Félicie Lanoir; [2023]
    Keywords : Dating Applications; Queerness; Heteronormativity; Gender Norms; Semiotic Interpretation.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis explores how queer women and non-binary individuals navigate gender norms and heteronormativity on dating apps. It also gives insights about how queer women and gender non-conforming users semiotically perceive and interpret gender and sexuality through online profiles. READ MORE

  4. 3. Multidimensional Effects of anti-LGBTQI Discrimination. : A case study of Dar Es Salaam’s LGBTQI community; Lived realities of queerphobia in Tanzania.

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Adam Burford; [2023]
    Keywords : Tanzania; discrimination; LGBTQI; SOGIESC.;

    Abstract : ‘The LGBTQ community is not sinful and criminal’ was a quote made by Pope Francis at the time of writing this paper on his sub-Saharan tour in Kinshasa (NPR, 2023), denouncing LGBTQI criminalisation as ‘unjust’. At present, 33 of the 68 countries globally who criminalise homosexuality are African (Varella, 2022). READ MORE

  5. 4. “Do I Post This or Not?” LGBTQ+ Youth Experiences of Social Media Under Parental Surveillance

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskap

    Author : Vera Nygren; Daniela Laura Wallin; [2023]
    Keywords : LGBTQ youth; social media; social network; family dynamics; parental surveillance; selfcensorship; dysaffordance.;

    Abstract : As social media has become more entwined with society, parents are facing fears around how their children use them, and who they connect with. As a result, some resort to parental control technologies that enable them to surveil their children’s online activities. READ MORE

  6. 5. Unwrapping Brand Activism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Denise Vork; Bruno Dewever; [2023]
    Keywords : Brand Activism; Packaging; Consumer Engagement; Consumer Perceptions; Socio-political Issues; Consumer Resistance; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This research used a qualitative approach, more specifically, netnography based on two cases. The two empirical cases on the use of brand activism on packaging that have been selected for this study are: (1) Walmart’s introduction of a ‘Celebration Edition’ Ice Cream for Juneteenth, and (2) Skittle’s introduction of a rainbow- free packaging to support the LGBTQ+ community. READ MORE