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Showing 1 to 10 of 10 for “"Bourdieu’s field theory"”.
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Revealing whiteness: how one group used social media to uncover and challenge white supremacy operating in municipal political online messages
… of the interviews, employing theories such as Bourdieu’s field theory and concept of capital to examine power, was used to reveal that attention from elites was higher when social media messages reached traditional news media sources and that participants of colour experienced more violent …
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Exploring the relationship between academic administrators and teaching-related professional development activities and policies for new teaching faculty
… in Ontario colleges and universities. Using Bourdieu’s field theory, intersections of space, power, and people are discussed in relation to professional development practices and activities. Field theory is used to analyze the social relations within the field of postsecondary education as it …
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Putting Cymru on the Map: Internationalising Children’s Publishing from Wales
… and cultural policy framework. Drawing on Bourdieu’s field theory and Sapiro’s sociology of translation, supplemented by minor literature theory, the study employs a mixed-methods approach combining quantitative analysis of publishing output and qualitative data from 46 stakeholder …
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Issues, successes and coping mechanisms : non-traditional Indian students experience in the context of inclusive practice and internationalisation of higher education in the UK
… of students, who are very experienced in their field and have great potential, yet who could be considered at risk because of their disadvantaged backgrounds. Although the participants share characteristics with those accounted for in the widening participation discourse, they are not British, …
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Education Development in Qatar: Between Geopolitical Influences and Women's Social Mobilities
… that this work aims to address: rentier state theory, theories of tribal and family structure in the gulf, and the emerging literature on western satellite campuses in GCC state. I conclude the chapter by presenting and justifying my choice of qualitative research methods, specifically …
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The evolution of the role of stringers, local reporters and citizen journalists in reporting wars and conflicts: the case of the Syrian civil war
… using a mixed methodology: underpinned by Bourdieu’s field theory, it draws on a news framing and sourcing analysis of news published by five different news outlets in specific time tranches between 2018 and 2020. It complements this analysis through interviews with Syrian and international …
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News as a commodity vs. news as a public good : adaptation strategies of South African Newspapers in the Digital Era
Drawing on labour process theory and Bourdieu’s field theory, this study explores the challenges that newspapers face in maintaining their relevance to readers in an age where news has been de-commoditised and made readily available on the web. Empirically the study is based on four case studies of …
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From the Sustainability Adoption to the Measurement of Social Impact: Interventionist Research in a B2B Organisation
… further interpreting them through the lens of Bourdieu’s field theory, it has been revealed that substantive-symbolic adoption of sustainability standards depends on the power dynamics that enable a shared meaning of sustainability and accordingly shape individuals’ habitus. The second chapter …
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Trials and tribunals: consensus seeking in course design approval in Higher Education
… Drawing on social realism this study applies Bourdieu’s field theory to identify the field of HE as the object of study and curriculum development, as a form of academic development, as a subfield. Bernstein’s code theory and the pedagogic device are applied to develop an external language of …
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Positioning Artists Engaging in Community-based, Participatory Artistic Interventions in Singapore: Deriving a Position of Equilibrium through Constituency, Constraints and Communityship
… sociology of art and contribute to positioning theory. To this end, Equilibrium Positionings Theory presents a new paradigm for positioning theory and research. The theory begins with the assumption that the contemporary art world is built on positioning which draws attention to how …