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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"media narratives"”.
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Media Narratives and the Weathering of Climate
… change. This presents a series of challenges in media coverage of such events, as the norms of journalistic practice can be at odds with the norms of good science.
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Investigating media narratives of bisexual people in sport settings
… much focus on it as a separate entity. Moreover, media coverage of bisexuality sports athletes has also been found to be limited in comparison to other LGBTQ+ groups such as lesbian women and gay men in sport. This study takes the stance of a textual media analysis through which the narratives …
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Biased policing, martyrdom, white gratitude & brown pain: media narratives surrounding the Bruce McArthur case
… LGBTQ2SIA+ community. Existing research on news media framing of crime victims lacks to understand how the news media frames queer victims of crime. This research sought to explore the emergent media narratives framing the McArthur case through a critical discourse analysis of 212 news items from …
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Framing the 2024 Quota Reform Movement in Bangladesh: A Comparative Analysis of Media Narratives in Bangladesh and the United States
… investigates how Bangladeshi and U.S.-based media outlets framed the 2024 Quota Reform Movement in Bangladesh. While prior research has highlighted media ownership or ideology, this work explores how the national context influences framing across global North and South outlets. Drawing on …
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Beneath the Beauty: A Mixed Method Approach to Examining Identity Negotiation Among Asian Transracial Adoptees
… testing a brief intervention, to demonstrate how media narratives can positively impact ATRA self-concept and self-esteem. Guided by the meaning-making model and communicated narrative sense-making theory (CNSM), this study uses a three-phase exploratory, sequential, and mixed-method design. Phase …
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For My Oklahomies: Educators’ Perspectives on Policy, Public Discourse, and Professional Wellbeing
… the influence of ultra-conservative policies and media narratives on their professional identity, relationships, and wellbeing? (2) What forms of agency, resistance, or accommodation emerge as Oklahoma educators navigate ideological forces that conflict with their educational values and constrain …
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The Strength of Weakness: Weaponized Information
… disinformation, and encouraging conflicting media narratives. This thesis explores this strategy through Thomas Schelling’s framework of deterrence elucidated in Arms and Influence and uses recent events in Ukraine, Syria, the United States, and Europe to describe the development and …
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The many faces of Rob Ford: the representation of politician deviance, dishonesty and denial
… about the antics of Ford is derived from media representations. The current inquiry sought to understand the treatment of Ford by the media to explore the messages the public receives regarding politician deviance. This was established through the creation of a 45 event timeline and a …
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Media diplomacy in the South China Sea disputes: Vietnam, China and the Philippines 2012 – 2016
… as tensions occurred, due to the battle in the media between the disputants. In order words, the SCS issue became more complicated, not only because of the overlapping claims of the disputants, but also due to the conflicting media narratives of the claimant states. This situation raises …
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Chemical Valley: media representations of an inconvenient truth and a comforting lie
This thesis examines media representations of pollution in Sarnia’s Chemical Valley, focusing on how these portrayals impact marginalized communities, particularly the Aamjiwnaang First Nation. Through an ultra-realist lens, this research explores how dominant narratives shape public understanding …
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Between the Left and the Right: Jihadi Brides' British Media Frames Post ISIS Fall
This thesis analyzes the media frames/representations of Western women who migrated to ISIS, known as "Jihadi Brides," after the fall of ISIS in December 2017. ISIS is a terrorist group that used attractive strategies and techniques in recruiting Western women to join ISIS as Jihadi Brides, …
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Everyday storytelling : supporting the mediated expression of online personal testimony
… our fragmentary memories into shareable narratives helps us to understand and communicate who we are as individual and social beings. This thesis presents 'Everyday Mediated Storytelling', a model of the casual storyteller's process of capturing, creating and sharing personal mediated …
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Cross-Cultural Narratives: A Comparative Analysis of "Yo Soy Betty, La Fea" and "Ugly Betty"
… identity rarely seen in mainstream media.</p> <p>Unlike the Colombian version’s emphasis on physical transformation, Ugly Betty prioritized inner growth and professional merit, reflecting shifts in American cultural values (McCabe & Akass, 2013). The series also innovated Latino …
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Media Hegemony: The Portrayal of Rohingya Refugees in the Canadian Print Media
… genocide. This study focuses on how the Canadian media portrays the Rohingya minority after their displacement from Myanmar and resettlement in Canada. The primary objective is to analyze how different news outlets depict the Rohingya community, with a secondary goal of contrasting media …
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Empathic Narratives: a Case Study of Immigrati/e in Milan Perceiving the ‘Migration Crisis’
… – a trend that is aligned with broader media narratives in Italy, and Europe more generally. This thesis provides a close analysis of the ways in which the ‘immigrati’s’ sense of narrativity is constructed and enacted within these local areas of Milan, and how participants of the …
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Negotiating representation in contemporary China's media: masculinities, femininities and alternative identities
… focus on the role of traditional and new media. It argues that gender in China should be understood as a contested field shaped by historical and state influences, acting as a bulwark of national identity. As such, it highlights tensions between state-endorsed norms surrounding hegemonic …
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Unity Concert Hall: A Monument of Stillness, a Vessel for Harmony
… and mistrust within American society, fueled by media narratives and governmental rhetoric. One key finding of this thesis is the lack of direct, empathetic communication among citizens, which contributes to polarization and erodes democratic values. This thesis proposes an architectural response …
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Transgender representations in television: a provisional study of trans people watching trans people on TV
… trans) voices have not been widely explored in media studies literature. This qualitative work seeks to add to emerging body of transgender media studies by examining via trans participants two recent programs broadcast in US television that feature trans characters and content. The participants …
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Social Change through Community Innovation: Feminist and Participatory Design Approaches to Organizing Inclusive, Equitable, and Joyful Hackathons
… and identity development, and have an impact on media narratives around an issue. Rather than abandoning the hackathon as a social form, this dissertation examines how the union of feminist values and participatory design approaches can mitigate these critiques and help hackathons live up to …
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Conversing with ‘monsters’? Narratives about men who sexually abuse(d) children
This research has examined multiperspectival narratives told about and by men who sexually abuse(d) children. Drawing on institutional, public and private narratives, I have explored how men who sexually abuse(d) children are characterised, how meanings about these men are created, and how their …
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