Essays about: "zombies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the word zombies.

1. 1. A Zombie Outbreak - A Study of Unhealthy Firms' Influence on Healthy Firms' Growth Progression In Sweden.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Jacob Tjerneld; Jacob Wennberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Zombie firms; spillover effects; capital misallocation; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper examines the impact of zombie firms on healthy companies’ growth indicators in the Swedish market. By utilising fixed-effects regression analysis and analysing a comprehensive data set, the paper aims to shed light on the dynamics between zombies’ effects on nonzombies’ development. READ MORE

3. 2. “People, Corrupted”: Monstrous Transformations in “The Whistlers” and “Whitefall”

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

   Author : Charles Perseus D'Aniello; [2023]
   Keywords : monster theory; monstrosity; gothic; internet horror; bare life; zombies; heterotopia; cannibalism;

   Abstract : This essay explores monstrosity in two contemporary horror stories: “The Whistlers” by Amity Argot, and “Whitefall” by C.K. Walker, focusing on how the humans in these texts are monstrously transformed. READ MORE

4. 3. Philosophical Zombies and Moral Responsibility : An Analysis of Whether Philosophical Zombies Would Have Moral Responsibility or Not

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

   Author : Rim Winssi; [2022]
   Keywords : Philosophical zombies; Consciousness; Moral responsibility; Moral agency; The Tripartite Theory of Responsibility; Attributability; Answerability; Accountability; Psychopaths; AI;

   Abstract : Philosophical zombies are beings that look exactly like humans and behave in the same way as humans do. The only difference between humans and philosophical zombies is that philosophical zombies lack consciousness. This means that they can complain, cry, laugh and say that they are in pain. READ MORE

5. 4. Queer representation in digital games : A textual analysis of of The Last of Us Part II

   University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för informationsteknologi

   Author : Josefin Nordin; [2022]
   Keywords : Digital Games; Gender; LGBTQ; Queer; Transgender;

   Abstract : As a fairly new form of media that is currently increasing its number of LGBTQ characters, digital games and their queer representation is an interesting research are, in equal parts in order to see what potential stereotypes and tropes may be in play aswell as to compare it to what has been done before in other forms of storytelling. The question at hand for this thesis is regarding Queer representation in the commercial game The Last of Us Part II, released in 2020. READ MORE

6. 5. The Final Girl

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Bildproduktion

   Author : Calle Svensson; [2016]
   Keywords : Halloween; kvinnlig huvudroll; feministisk filmteori; slasher; the Final Girl; Halloween; kvinnlig huvudroll; feministisk filmteori; slasher; the Final Girl;

   Abstract : Den här vetenskapliga uppsatsen analyserar den kvinnliga huvudkaraktären Laurie Strode i John Carpenters original och Rob Zombies remake av slasherfilmen Halloween. Uppsatsens syfte är att studera hur samma karaktär har porträtterats ur ett feministiskt perspektiv och hur vi kan förstå dem utifrån de epoker de skapades i. READ MORE