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Department of Communication and Media

Department of Communication and Media | The website is closed The Department of Communication and Media is closed The subject Rhetoric is now a part of the Centre for Languages and Literature Centre for Languages and Literature website Journalism and Media and Communication Studies are part of the Department of Communication at the Faculty of Social Sciences. Department of Communication's website

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The way a society remembers its past is crucial for how it deals with its present. Migration is one of these historically continuous events that produce memory cultures, which affect how refugees and migrants are perceived today. This thesis presents a case study of mediated memory cultures of migration in Germany. Mediations of migration history from two strikingly similar periods of condensed so

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This open access edited volume shines new light on the history of propaganda and persuasion during the Nordic welfare epoch. A common analytical framework is developed that highlights transnational and transmedial perspectives rather than national or monomedial histories. The return of propaganda in contemporary debate underlines the need to historically contextualize the role and function of pers

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The study circle is a cultural and educational phenomenon that has fundamentally affected Sweden and continues to do so even today. The present study investigates the Swedish study circle as a medium. This is done by looking at the notions about what the study circle would be during its early years (1902-1922), through the Swedish Good Templars and Oscar Olsson, also known as “the father of the st

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In the first years of the twentieth century, numerous attempts were made at powered flight. What is commonly labelled 'the pioneer era' (1900-1914) covers the unsteady beginnings of the motorized airplane as well as its large-scale introduction in warfare and for the transportation of goods and passengers. Initially regarded as a foolish toy for hazardous adventure, the airplane rapidly became a f

Digitala kulturer

Inom forskningsämnet analyseras det digitala samhällets utveckling och dess förhistoria samt dess nuvarande och framtida konsekvenser. Frågor som ställs handlar om vilka konsekvenser lokal och global digitaliseringen har på samhällets kulturella, sociala, estetiska och historiska omvandlingsprocesser? Ämnets forskare ägnar sig åt biohacking, uppkopplade hem och digitala husdrömmar, spelstudier ochDigital Cultures analyzes the developments and impacts of digital culture and society including its prehistory as well as its current and future consequences. The questions posed revolve around the impact of local and global digitalization on cultural, social, aesthetic, and historical transformation processes of society. Our researchers engage in topics such as biohacking, connected homes and dig

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The thesis presents the late 19th-century observers as a part of a highly visualized society able to connect with distant places through a very popular visual medium. The stereoscope provided a three-dimensional experience intended for entertainment and education. The thesis focuses on how American stereographic companies portrayed Mexico. It aims is to examine 25 selected stereographs through a v

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Denna jämförande litteraturstudie behandlar hur öppnandet av den östtyska gränsen skildrades i nyhetsmedier. Syftet är att utröna om Dayan & Katz definition av en mediehändelse är applicerbar på hur händelserna i Östtyskland den 9 november 1989, samt tiden däromkring, skildrades i nyhetsmedierna dagspress, tv och radio. Om ”Berlinmurens fall” är en mediehändelse, vilka frågor kan man då ställa

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The photograph was one of many mediums that went through several rapid changes when its digital counterpart started to surface. The introduction of new media is always accompanied by a mixed reception by its users. In this essay, I am researching the two swedish photographic magazines Aktuell fotografi and FOTO all through the twentieth century, in hope of finding what attitudes accompanied this n

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I samband med moderniteten ägde stora förändringar rum på alla samhällsplan. Även nya medieteknologier förändrade den värld människor levde i och bidrog bland annat till uppkomsten av en global, spiritistisk rörelse på mitten av 1800-talet. Trots att rörelsen var stor och betydelsefull är det först under de sista 30 åren som spiritismens relevans för andra delen av 1800- och början av 1900-talet h

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Uppsatsen syftar till att historiografiskt undersöka och jämföra bildbruket i och kring uppslagsverken NE.se och svenskspråkiga Wikipedia, med betoning på fotografier rörande svenska offentliga personer verksamma under olika delar av 1900-talet. Genom sekundära källor studeras en rad grundläggande villkor; såsom bilders relativt eftersatta status som historiskt källmaterial, utvecklingen av bildby