Essays about: "the Social Construction of Reality"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 74 essays containing the words the Social Construction of Reality.

  1. 26. Piercing the Veil of Reality Production : Examining the Impact of Discursive Practices within the Media with the Example of the German Hijab Debate.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Religionssociologi

    Author : Carlotta Mezger; [2020]
    Keywords : Hijab Debate; Reality Construction; Public Discourse; Critical Discourse Analysis; Social Constructionism; Kopftuchdebatte;

    Abstract : While reality is something experienced as an a priori condition, it is in fact constructed by many interlinked parameters of existence. This analysis aims to dissect the reality parameters determined by the media, examined with the example of the German hijab debate. READ MORE

  3. 27. Eating out : a constructionist take on understanding a consumption phenomenon

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Mohamed Murad; [2020]
    Keywords : eating out; processes; making sense; sensemaking; meaning; symbolic interactionism; social construction;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to understand the processes that occur before eating out at a restaurant or a café, in order to shed more light on the complexities of consumption behaviour. The dissertation utilizes symbolic interactionism and other social constructionist theories to understand how participants in three different focus groups make sense of processes prior to eating out and the meanings associated within these processes. READ MORE

  4. 28. Urbanisation by expulsion : the political economy of landed property in Asunción, Paraguay

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

    Author : Maiwenn Jensen-Guenec; [2020]
    Keywords : Paraguay; real estate development; land inequality; urban development; Marxian political economy; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Although much research has been conducted regarding the uneven distribution of land in developing countries, such work tends to focus on rural land dispossession. In turn, land inequality in urban property markets of vulnerable economies remains somewhat understudied. READ MORE

  5. 29. The Morality of Depression : A Theoretical Study on the Social Maintenance of Depression

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Lina Alarabi; [2020]
    Keywords : depression; morality; social control;

    Abstract : This theoretical study depicts and highlights the seemingly individual phenomenon of depression in a social and collective light. Shame and guilt naturally invoke negative responses in people, yet, this has been found beneficial for the social solidarity of a collective. READ MORE

  6. 30. A Study of Discourse and Meaning-Making in Corporate Sustainability Reporting

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Xiaohui Yu; [2020]
    Keywords : Corporate sustainability reporting; discourse; meaning-making; critical discourse analysis; structuration; strategies of symbolic construction; technological fetishism; reflexivity; Social Sciences; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The underpinning notion of sustainability and report structure in the current corporate sustainability reporting is normalized by the prevailing adoption of industry frameworks and standards (e.g., the Triple Bottom Line framework and the Global Reporting Initiative Standards). READ MORE