Essays about: "youth culture"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 88 essays containing the words youth culture.

  1. 21. Protest Movements and the Climate Emergency Declarations of 2019: A New Social Media Logic to Connect and Participate in Politics

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Joseph Doolen; [2020]
    Keywords : Social media logic; participatory culture; connective action; Twitter; climate change; political participation; collective action; identity; protest movements;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the relationship between contemporary climate protest movements (Extinction Rebellion and Fridays For Future) and governmental bodies in European countries that declared a climate emergency in 2019. The primary contribution of this thesis is to demonstrate how emerging communication practices by these movements compare to the perceived influence of such practices among political decisionmakers in their governing bodies’ votes for a climate emergency declaration. READ MORE

  3. 22. Staying in Niue? : Students' spatial plans related to value systems and climate change

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Kulturgeografiska institutionen

    Author : Astrid Gustafsson; [2019]
    Keywords : student migration; staying; Niue; values; cyclone; studentmigration; stanna; värderingar; cykloner; Niue;

    Abstract : The Niuean population has been in decline since the airport opened on the island. This thesis investigates a specific aspect of the migration from the island: what final year high school students in Niue plans to do after graduation in relation to leaving or staying in Niue. READ MORE

  4. 23. “Born to Eat Meat”. Analysis of perceived barriers towards switching and following plant-based diet among young people in Almaty

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Ildana Ruzybayeva; [2019]
    Keywords : red meat; plant-based diet; youth; Almaty; Kazakhstan; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Kazakhstan is a middle-income country which is going through the global phenomena of nutritional transition. One of the characteristics of the transition is increase in red meat consumption associated with growing incomes. Public Health diseases and environmental challenges caused by the transition are starting to take place in the country. READ MORE

  5. 24. An investigation of Swedish beauty vloggers’ use of code-switching between Swedish and English

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    Author : Jenny Hultgren Korkis; [2019]
    Keywords : Code-switching; youths; vloggers; make-up tutorials;

    Abstract : Much research has been done in the area of code-switching; that is, changing from one language to another in the middle of the same utterance, especially in bilingual communities. Yet, there seems to be little research done on code-switching between English and Swedish among Swedish young adults. READ MORE

  6. 25. The Young Creatives: A Value-Based Approach to Cultural Entrepreneurship in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Aldyn Brudie; [2019]
    Keywords : Creative economy; cultural entrepreneurship; Indonesia; value-based approach; youth; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The creative economy (CE) has recently been at the forefront of Indonesia’s development agenda. By harnessing human creativity and cultural resources, there is considerable potential for CE and the creative and cultural industries to contribute to economic growth and generate employment opportunities for the country’s expanding working-age population. READ MORE