Search for dissertations about: "counterpublics"

Found 2 swedish dissertations containing the word counterpublics.

  2. 1. The Rise of Online Counterpublics? : The Limits of Inclusion in a Digital Age

    Author : Malin Holm; Elin Bjarnegård; PerOla Öberg; Alexandra Segerberg; Elizabeth Evans; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : counterpublics; counterpublic theory; privilege; intersectionality; feminism; antifeminism; digital media; online platforms; comment sections; blogs; Twitter; Statskunskap; Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis explores how online platforms mediate the reproduction of privilege, by employing the concept of counterpublics. The term, which has been central to the feminist critique of mainstream public sphere theory, denotes the alternative publics that emerge in response to various exclusions by dominant publics with the goal of targeting and influencing the same. READ MORE

  4. 2. “This is the Face of an Atheist” : Performing Private Truths in Precarious Publics

    Author : Evelina Lundmark; Mia Lövheim; Amanda Lagerkvist; Lynn Schofield Clark; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; atheism; non-religion; nonreligion; non-religious; nonreligious; deconversion; deconverts; YouTube; social media; media; performativity; publics; mediatization; re-publicization; gender; Sociology of Religion; Religionssociologi; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Media and Communication Studies;

    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