Search for dissertations about: "woman in media"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 swedish dissertations containing the words woman in media.

2. 1. "We are like Chameleons" : Changing Mediascapes, Cultural Identities and City Sisters in Dar es Salaam

   Author : Ylva Ekström; Lowe Hedman; Bodil Folke Frederiksen; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Media; Popular Culture; Africa; Tanzania; Gender; Globalisation; Youth; Ethnography; Media and communication studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Media and Communication Studies;

   Abstract : The consequences of expanding mediascapes and processes of cultural globalisation during the early 21st century is the focus of this thesis. The author has conducted extensive field studies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. 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

5. 3. Women narratives from Tornedalen, northernmost Sweden : gender and culture in perspective

   Author : Ann-Kristin Juntti-Henriksson; Luleå tekniska universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Man Machine Relation Focusing Gender; Människa-maskin med inriktning mot genusforskning; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Media and Communication Science;

   Abstract : This thesis concerns gender issues based on 103 interviews with women from the northernmost borderland of Sweden (Tornedalen area). The interviews become women narratives as told from their lives, including anecdotes of particular events as well as a vast amount of information related to gender and equality. READ MORE

6. 4. Adolescent Eating Disorders in a Sociocultural Context

   Author : Barbro Thurfjell; Ingemar Engström; Anne-Liis von Knorring; Mona Eliasson; Ingemar Swenne; Fredrik Almqvist; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Child and adolescent psychiatry; Adolescent psychiatry; Eating disorders; Adolescents; Gender; Ideals; Outcome; Sociocultural; Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri; Child and adolescent psychiatry; Barn- och ungdomspsykiatri;

   Abstract : Adolescence means an increased risk for eating disorders (ED) and the female gender is the most important risk factor. Empirical studies of the perceptions of gender ideals—as potential mediating factors between the socio-cultural context and ED—were this thesis’ primary goals. READ MORE

7. 5. Information, identitet, medborgarskap : unga kvinnor berättar om val av preventivmedel

   Author : Johanna Rivano Eckerdal; digitala kulturer samt förlags- och bokmarknadskunskap Avdelningen för ABM; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Library and Information Studies; Democracy; Credibility; Identity; Contraceptives; Information Literacy;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to study how young women’s information literacies are enacted in practices related to evaluation and use of information sources before choosing a contraceptive and thereby to discuss how these practices relate to the young women’s sexual and civic identities. A sociocultural perspective, which brings with it a view on information literacy as contingent and enacted in practices, is adopted. READ MORE