This thesis investigates the framing of COVID-19 public health interventions by the Victorian State Government, in daily press conferences, and Australian digital news outlets, in their reporting on the press conferences. A mixed-methods approach to framing analysis is used to comparatively analyse the framing by the two sources. The analysis revealed significant differences between the frames ope

Despite advancements world-over in access to basic education, hundreds of millions of children cannot read simple texts nor solve simple math problems, whether or not they have been to school. While there is evidence signalling the significant role of teachers in education outcomes, they are often seen as contributing to the learning crisis. The purpose of this thesis was to explore the perception

Fansub (Fan-subtitled) is the term coined after the action of subtitling a foreign audio-visual production. Fansubs started being studied after the phenomenon started gaining popularity within communities of anime fans that used them as a way of access to the products they desire to consume. This has created different opinions that range as a way of going against the “top-down corporate-driven pro

The aim of this study is to investigate what factors shaped the decision making process regarding the Swedish military contribution to UN mission in Liberia 2003. At the time Sweden already had an on-going mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Swedish Armed Forces was in the midst of a thoroughgoing reform of its military forces as well as its core objectives. The focus of the study

It is no secret how news media struggle these days and have been struggling for quite some time due to distrust, news fatigue and even disengagement among audiences. And so, it has even been discussed whether news can still be regarded as central within democracies and function as a citizenship medium. Right now, news media all over the world e.g., the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Rumania, S

As the environmental crisis intensifies humans are searching in many corners of the world for solutions and actions to take on both a political, economic, and social level. In recent years, psychedelics have been brought forward in Western academia as a potential way of (re-)connecting humans with nature and foster pro-environmental behaviour. Using online, semi-structured interviews with research

Anxiety is increasingly present in contemporary media cultures. In Sweden, Ångestpodden, freely translated as “The Anxiety Podcast”, can be seen as a part of this development. Ångestpodden is the focus of this thesis, which sees the podcast as an interesting case for investigating how anxiety saturates contemporary media experiences. The aim of this study is to investigate the podcast listening ex

Drawing on Charles Taylor’s modern social imaginary, this study offers a perspective for understanding how teachers are represented and characterized in American news media. Specifically, I study the way the social imaginary of teachers contributes to the performance of Arlie Russell Hochschild’s notion of emotional labor. I use this approach to analyze a case study of teacher representations in A

As the 20th century turned into the 21st, and cooperation characterized Europe and the western relationship with Russia, the aim and ambition for Swedish defense policy and the development of the Armed Forces was, that in case of a deteriorated security situation in Europe, Swedish politicians would have strategic warning ten years beforehand in order to adjust the military capabilities. The aim o

The purpose of this paper is to critically examine how older women interact, perform to their heart's content, learn music, and communicate across cultures around square dancing in a Chinese context. The paper explores how retired Chinese grandmothers use square dancing to build social interactions, find friendships and integrate into diverse group life. It also considers the identity backgrou

This thesis provides a historiographical account of the multiple socio-ecological transformations that occurred in Västernorrland, Sweden, during the second half of the 19th century. By engaging with ecological Marxist thinking, such as the world-ecology framework proposed by Jason W. Moore, these transformations are conceptualised as part of a broader movement of commodity frontiers. Drawing upon

The purpose of my research is to investigate the contestation of narratives formed by Bangladeshi fans towards online influencers on YouTube. The evolution of digital technology and the usage of social media platforms (Facebook, YouTuber, Instagram, etc.) is competing with traditional media. It has given power to ordinary people and led to the rise of micro-celebrities. Microcelebrities are gainin

Rumour refutation is a series of campaigns that the Chinese authorities invest in combating 'the overflow' of network rumours, especially since 2017. These campaigns reflect the Chinese's knowledge of rumour as false and harmful. Among which #PoliceRefuteRumours on social media platform Weibo is one of the most typical forms conducted most explicitly and exposed problematically. Throug

The aim of this study is to explore the relationship of recent Turkish immigrants with the city of Berlin through the lens of media and communication, and to identify the identity dynamics in this relationship. The relationship with, and links of immigrants to their countries of origin is a common subject in diaspora studies, human geography, and media and communication studies. However, more rese

This thesis investigates the possibility of the mediated city providing a space for resistance in everyday life in a society where free speech channels are strictly controlled. The case studied in this thesis is the phenomenon of a group of fans of a singer who has been banned by the government in mainland China writing graffiti in public urban space on Rehe Road in Nanjing to express their love a

Genom Sveriges implementering av EU:s 2014 års upphandlingsdirektiv innehåller svensk rätt sedan år 2017 såväl fakultativa som obligatoriska bestämmelser om ställandet av arbetsrättsliga villkor i offentliga upphandlingar. Denna uppsats identifierar dock flera praktiska svårigheter gällande användandet av dessa bestämmelser på grund av den svenska arbetsmarknadsmodellens särdrag. I brist på en lagThrough Sweden's implementation of EU’s 2014 public procurement directives the Swedish legal system contains since 2017 optional and mandatory statutes regarding specific labour law requirements in public procurement. This thesis however identifies several practical difficulties regarding the use of these statutes because of the characteristics typical for the Swedish labour market model. The

Simulating the natural environment of living tissue with in vitro cell culture models has paved the way for scientific discoveries, and provided valuable insight into areas such as drug discovery and regenerative medicine. A new emerging technique of culturing cells on biomimetic three-dimensional scaffolds stands as a promising alternative to the traditional way of culturing cells on two-dimensio

Uppsatsen behandlar hur cyberattacker kan betraktas som en form av krigföring med hjälp av traditionell krigsteori. Mer specifikt prövas Carsons teori om Covert Action i begränsade krig på fallet Stuxnet genom en teoriprövande fallstudie och. Stuxnet var en framstående cyberattack som beskrivs som en skiljelinje i användandet av cyberattacker som en form av vapen. I studien undersöks huruvida Stux