Search for dissertations about: "Mia Lövheim"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words Mia Lövheim.
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1. Intersecting Identities: Young People, Religion, and Interaction on the Internet
Abstract : The growth of the Internet gave rise to many anticipations and apprehensions of how the new medium would affect the construction of meaning, individual identities, and social interaction. As humanity’s oldest expression of existential meaning, religion provides a challenging case for such studies. READ MORE
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2. Public Religions in Swedish Media : A Study of Religious Actors on Three Newspaper Debate Pages 2001-2011
Abstract : This study addresses issues concerning religion in the public sphere, brought about by the debates over the perceived resurgence of religion and the post-secular. The aim is to analyze the participation of religious actors in the public, using three newspaper debate pages as the empirical material. READ MORE
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3. 'Stay Awhile and Listen' : Understanding the Dynamics of Mediatization, Authority, and Literacy in Swedish Religious Education
Abstract : The aim of this article-based dissertation is to explore the role media play in Swedish Religious Education (RE). The purpose is to study Swedish RE teachers’ practices and how these can be related to various dynamics of mediatization, authority, and literacy. READ MORE
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4. Religion in Nordic Politics as a Means to Societal Cohesion : An Empirical Study on Party Platforms and Parliamentary Debates 1988–2012
Abstract : In this study, I address the relationship between religion and politics in the Nordic countries, 1988–2012, against a background of increasing religious diversity alongside more or less continuous relationships between church and state. My aim is to analyse possible changes in the way religion is referred to by Nordic parliamentary parties, and in the way these parties use religion as a means to societal cohesion. READ MORE
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5. “This is the Face of an Atheist” : Performing Private Truths in Precarious Publics
Abstract : The primary aim of this dissertation is to gain a greater understanding of the particular vulnerabilities attached to wo/men publicly performing atheist selves on YouTube. The purpose is to examine lived non-religion as a performance of a personal and stigmatized identity in a digitally mediated public. READ MORE