Sökning: "media constructions"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 38 avhandlingar innehållade orden media constructions.
1. Beyond Orientalism and Occidentalism : Identity constructions in Arab and Western news media
Sammanfattning : This study examines how the media construct the identities of the Other by creating various ‘us’ versus ‘them’ positions (Othering) when covering non-violence-based intercultural conflicts in Arab and Western news media. Othering in this study is understood as an umbrella concept that in general terms refers to the discursive process of constructing and positioning the Self and the Other into separate identities of an ‘us’ and a ‘them. LÄS MER
2. Political comedy engagement : Genre work, political identity and cultural citizenship
Sammanfattning : Political comedy is a hybrid genre that mixes political news and analysis with comedy and entertainment. As it becomes more and more popular in most media forms and national contexts, researchers struggle to understand its role in relation to other types of political media, and of citizenship; in this sense, it challenges scholarly conceptualisation of political media and citizenship. LÄS MER
3. "Fotboll är livet" : en medieetnografisk studie om fotbollstjejer och TV-sport
Sammanfattning : Media represent a powerful institution in society reflecting dominant values in society and take part in socialization to gender roles for men and women. The gender discourses in society as well as in mass media are interrelated to a complex system of many parts in people’s every day lives (the family, the school, the peer group, boyfriends etc. LÄS MER
4. On the Visual (Re)production of ‘Refugeeness’ : Images, production sites and oppositional gazes
Sammanfattning : This dissertation explores ways in which images disseminate specific kinds of knowledge and shape the way we understand issues of migration and flight today. In the wake of the 2015/2016 ‘refugee crisis’ in Europe, there has been a vast proliferation of photography depicting flight and people fleeing. LÄS MER
5. Sorgens avtryck : Erfarenheter av medverkan som sörjande i journalistik om brott och olyckor
Sammanfattning : The aim of the thesis is to investigate the experiences of mourners of participating in news reports about grief in connection with crime and accidents. There are two overarching research questions. LÄS MER