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2. 1. Order in Ruins : British Society and the Media Assemblage of The World at War c. 1970-1975

   Author : Allan Burnett; Mediehistoria; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Media history; History; Media; History; 20th Century; Media analysis; media and communication studies; Media and democracy; media and political engagement; media and politics; media and power; media and social relations; Media ecology; media ethics; Deleuze and Guattari; McLuhan; Gender history; British history; Social history; Memory studies; Nationalism; Transnational; National Identity; Second World War; Cold War; Cold War culture; European history; African history; Television; television production; television and everyday life; television history; Film and history; film as historical source material; television culture; film analysis; film archives; film archive; Oral history; Media technology; broadcasting history; 1960- och 1970-tal; 1970s; Assemblage theory; Public history; Postcolonial; war history; Military history; Holocaust memory; memory culture; history culture; British Empire; Enoch Powell; Thatcher; New Left; history of class divisions; Women s movement; Women s history; postmodernity; generational relation; generational shift; Holocaust; postwar era; Journalism and New media; Journalistic culture; journalistic ideology; journalistic roles; journalistic practices; journalistic techniques; Anglo-american; European Community; Decolonisation; Decolonization; migrational history; National identity; Communities of belonging; Globalisation; nuclear age; atomic age; Apocalyptic narrative; Apocalyptic; documentary; Documentary film; documentaries; Filmmaking; Filmmakers; Soviet history; Nazi Germany;

   Abstract : This thesis studies a period of intense crisis and creativity in British media, society, and culture, when the settled outcome of the Second World War (WW2) was perceived to be disintegrating. The post-world-war order was becoming an ‘order in ruins’. READ MORE

4. 2. Beyond Orientalism and Occidentalism : Identity constructions in Arab and Western news media

   Author : Mahitab Ezz El Din; Stig-Arne Nohrstedt; Leonor Camauër; Åsa Kroon; Göran Eriksson; Peter Hervik; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Orientalism; Occidentalism; Arab; West; Othering; identity; media constructions; tolerance; multiculturalism; xenophobia; Peace Journalism; Global War on Terror; Media and Communication Studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Journalistik; Medievetenskap och journalistik; Media and Communication Science;

   Abstract : 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. READ MORE

5. 3. The Mediated Representation of Working Conditions in the Global South : Discourse, Ideology and Responsibility

   Author : Vladimir Cotal San Martin; Peter Berglez; Michal Krzyzanowski; David Machin; Anna Roosvall; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Working Conditions; Global South; Media Studies; Journalism; Representation; Discourse; Ideology; Capitalism; Transnational Corporations; Media and Communication Studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the mediated representation of workers’ working conditions in the Global South. Using a qualitative approach inspired by Critical Discourse Studies, it focuses on ideological representation in newspapers from Sweden, the USA, Chile and China/Hong Kong. READ MORE

6. 4. The Discourse and Practice of Constructive Journalism

   Author : Joy Kibarabara; Christian Christensen; Anna Roosvall; Karen McIntyre; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Constructive Journalism; Critical Political Economy; Cultural Studies; Mixed Methods; Journalistic Role Conceptions; Socially Responsible Journalism; Journalism; journalistik;

   Abstract : This dissertation critically interrogates constructive journalism for the purposes of developing, enhancing and contextualizing related theory and practice. Constructive journalism is an emerging approach that aims for societal well-being by covering stories about progress, achievement and collaboration as much as stories about devastation, corruption and conflict. READ MORE

7. 5. Oscar Night in Hollywood : Fashioning the Red-Carpet from the Roosevelt Hotel to International Media

   Author : Elizabeth Castaldo Lundén; Jan Olsson; Mary R. Desjardins; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Red-Carpet; Academy Awards; Oscars; Fashion; Oscarcast; Epiphenomena; Red-Carpet Treatment; Celebrity Culture; Hollywood Royalty; Stars; Glamour; Media History; Hollywood Designers; Edith Head; Fashion Expert; Fashion Consultant; Best- and Worst- Dressed List; Public Relations; Endorsement; Americana; Television; pseudo-event; media event; vortextuality; modevetenskap; Fashion Studies;

   Abstract : This study investigates the red-carpet phenomenon from a historical perspective, seeking to understand how the Academy Awards’ red-carpet became the most prominent fashion show in media culture. The connections between Hollywood and the fashion industry predate the inception of the ceremony, and so does the role of Hollywood actresses as trendsetters. READ MORE