Search for dissertations about: "television studies"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 55 swedish dissertations containing the words television studies.

  2. 21. Political comedy engagement : Genre work, political identity and cultural citizenship

    Author : Joanna Doona; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; political comedy; audiences; satire; engagement; citizenship; cultural citizenship; genre; hybridity; identity;

    Abstract : Political comedy is a hybrid genre that mixes political news and analysis with comedy and entertainment. As it becomes more and more popular in most media forms and national contexts, researchers struggle to understand its role in relation to other types of political media, and of citizenship; in this sense, it challenges scholarly conceptualisation of political media and citizenship. READ MORE

  4. 22. Ageism in the Media : Online Representations of Older People

    Author : Wenqian Xu; Annika Taghizadeh Larsson; Lars-Christer Hydén; Andreas Motel; Alexander Peine; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Ageism; Power relations; Representations of older people; Third age; Social media logic; Ålderism; Maktrelationer; Representationer av äldre; Tredje åldern; Social medialogik;

    Abstract : Ageism is a social problem that has harmful effects on the wellbeing of older people and needs to be tackled. It is pervasive and evident in the media (e.g., films, television, print and social media). READ MORE

  5. 23. Making sense of TV-narratives : Children's readings of a fairy tale

    Author : Ingegerd Rydin; Karin Aronsson; Sonja Livingstone; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Television; media reception; the fairy tale genre; narrative coherence; cultural and narrative codes; identification; the qualitative interview; child drawings; cultural dispositions; media literacy; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

    Abstract : The present study deals with young children's' reading and reception of television fiction. Theoretically, the study is inter-disciplinary, combining text-reader oriented approaches within literature theory and sociocultural approaches within psychology and sociology. READ MORE

  6. 24. Screen Rites : A study of Swedish young people´s use and meaning-making of screen-based media in everyday life

    Author : Ulrika Sjöberg; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Leisure; Audience research; Media landscape; Media use; Young people; Internet; Television; Computer games; Meaning-making; Press and communication sciences; Journalistik; media; kommunikation;

    Abstract : We are all aware of how many different media have become a familiar equipment in the home, perceived as any other furnityre. The media have become more or less unconsciously intertwined in everyday routines. READ MORE

  7. 25. The Mahdi Wears Armani : An Analysis of the Harun Yahya Enterprise

    Author : Anne Ross Solberg; Elizabeth Özdalga; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Religion Theology; Religionsvetenskap Teologi;

    Abstract : The prolific Turkish author Harun Yahya attracted international attention after thousands of unsolicited copies of his large-format and lavishly illustrated book Atlas of Creation were sent free of charge from Istanbul, Turkey, to schools, universities and state leaders worldwide in 2007. This book stunt drew attention to Islamic creationism as a growing phenomenon, and to Harun Yahya as its most prominent proponent globally. READ MORE