Essays about: "woman media"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 71 essays containing the words woman media.

  1. 21. Living with climate change : A critical examination of global news agencies and their representations of women in the context of climate change

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

    Author : Veronica Netz; [2020]
    Keywords : Women; Gender; Climate change; Feminist Postcolonialism; Critical Discourse Analysis; Global News Media;

    Abstract : This study strives to provide an insight as to how gender is dealt with by global news agencies within the context of climate change. The capacity to adapt to change is shaped by power relations related to social identities of people and group. Gender is a key element of these identities. READ MORE

  3. 22. The Dependent, the Victim and the Unqualified - A critical discourse analysis of media's construction of immigrant women in Sweden

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : My Selim; [2020]
    Keywords : Immigrant women; Labour; Critical discourse analysis; Femonationalism; Stereotypes; Fairclough;

    Abstract : The aim of the thesis is to contribute to an increased understanding on how immigrant women are being constructed in Swedish media in relation to labour. It is also to gain a greater understanding of the different kinds of expressions of ‘Swedish values’ and ‘othering’ that immigrant women are associated with in editorial pages in Swedish newspapers. READ MORE

  4. 23. “No Honor in Honor Killings” Critical Discourse Analysis of the responses in social media to ‘Honor’ related killings events via Hashtag activism in the Arab-speaking region

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Lina Alkowatly; [2020]
    Keywords : Critical Discourse Analysis; Hashtag Activism; Twitter; Honor crimes; Honor killings; Activism; Gender-based violence;

    Abstract : The patriarchal societies in the MENA region have their entire social framework around the protection and regulation of female sexuality. The woman’s male relatives have to make sure that her honor is under their control and fulfills the patriarchal family demands. READ MORE

  5. 24. Feminists, Freedom Fighters and Daughters - A Discourse Analysis of the United States Media’s Portrayal of the Kurdish Female Fighters in Syria

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sophie Hogevall; [2020]
    Keywords : Discourse analysis; Gender; Islamic State; Kurdish female fighters; Media framing; Syria; YPJ; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study is to examine how the US media has portrayed the Kurdish female fighters in Syria. Since the battle of Kobane the fighters of the Women’s Protection Units (YPJ) have been sensationalised and received immense attention in western news media. READ MORE

  6. 25. A Naive Victim or a Willing ISIS-devotee? - Deserving or losing your human rights : A critical discourse analysis of two British newspaper's framing of Shamima Begum and her human rights

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMK

    Author : Frida Garvill; [2020]
    Keywords : Framing; Shamima Begum; UK; Foreign Fighters; Islam; Human rights;

    Abstract : Between 2011 and 2019 around 900 British citizens left the United Kingdom to travel to Syria and join militant groups such as the Islamic State (ISIS) (EPRS, 2018, p.33). READ MORE