Essays about: "victims agency"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 55 essays containing the words victims agency.
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1. Vulnerable Victims or Agents of Change? A qualitative content analysis on the representation of women in Nepal's National Adaptation Plan
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Climate adaptation policies in Nepal have previously depicted women as vulnerable victims. Policy-makers have described women as a weak and voiceless group that needs “saving” in environmental politics. Several studies have emphasized that these simplistic representations perpetuate gender stereotypes and omit proactive roles in climate action. READ MORE
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2. ”Which way, western woman?” : An Intersectional Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis on the portrayals of women on YouTube web-TV channel ’Riks’
University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokratiAbstract : In Sweden, the web-TV channel Riks which is a media initiative on YouTube by nationalist political party Sweden Democrats, has gained popularity contributing to the normalization of nationalist discourses. The aim of this study is to analyze how the discursive and visual construction and representation of women on Riks are created in nationalist discourse. READ MORE
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3. The Construction of the LVU Influence Operation : A Narrative Case Study on Influence Operations
University essay from FörsvarshögskolanAbstract : The thesis aims to give readers a more precise knowledge of how narratives in the information environment, mainly social media platforms, can be created and structured by agents of influence operations to subvert and influence a target audience. As a case study, the thesis focuses on the influence agent “Shuoun Islamiya”, as the Swedish Psychological Defence Agency pointed out, to be the initiator of the influence operation targeting Swedish Social Services and the LVU-act. READ MORE
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4. Influencing factors of posttraumatic growth in breast cancer patients : A descriptive literature review
University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för vårdvetenskapAbstract : WHO(2015) claimed that breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in developed andless developed countries. The number of women diagnosed is much higher in high-income countries likedeveloped countries than in low- and middle-income countries like developing countries, in part becauseearly detection programs are better in developed countries than in developing countries, and becausedeveloping countries lack health care resources and infrastructure, which makes breast cancer treatment achallenge(Taurin & Alkhalifa, 2020). READ MORE
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5. Heroes, Villains & Victims : A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Swedish News Media’s Representation of Frontex
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : This thesis explores in which ways the EUs border management agency Frontex was represented as a ‘humanitarian’ actor in the Swedish news media during Operation Triton 2014-2017 in the Central Mediterranean. It conducts a critical discourse analysis of Sweden’s largest newspaper Aftonbladet, using traditional and contemporary understandings of humanitarianism paired with saviour, villain, and victim narratives as a theoretical framework. READ MORE
