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Representing the Western Balkans, Post-war Understandings : A discourse analysis of contemporary representations of Bosnia, Serbia and Croatia in UK press media

During the war in Bosnia in the 1990s, and the Wars of Yugoslav Succession more widely, ‘balkanist’ views, which hold the people of the Balkans as backwards and violent, were widespread in debates in the UK. Using theories of ‘balkanism’ as developed by scholars such as Maria Todorova, Andrew Hammond, and Lene Hansen this thesis explores how the countries heavily involved in the Bosnian War–Serbi

Chinese media representation of Japanese children adopted by Chinese after World War II

This thesis examines how Chinese media reports published between 2010 and 2024 present the subject of the Japanese war orphans in China after World War II. How are Japanese war orphans depicted in official Chinese media? The use of emotional language and connotative word use is analysed in 18 articles published by Chinese state-owned news agencies. By analysing the historical, political and social

Peace Actions and Mainstream Media : Framing Nuclear Disarmament Protests in Welfare Sweden

This chapter investigates how reports in Swedish mainstream media framed the 1980s peace movement collective actions in Sweden. By revisiting press coverage of protest events, the analysis identifies the central characteristics of the framing. Primarily, the protests are found to be framed in positive terms and successfully conveyed what Charles Tilly and others have noted as key for a social move

Torsten Almén (1931-2016) : The father of non-ionic iodine contrast media

The Swedish radiologist Torsten Almén is the first clinical radiologist ever to have made a fundamental contribution to intravascular contrast medium design, the development of non-ionic contrast media. He became emotionally triggered by the patients' severe pain each time he injected the ionic "high-osmolar" contrast media when performing peripheral arteriographies in the early 1960s. One day he

Att se i blindo

Uppsatsen undersöker synförlustens anledningar och innebörder i fyra verk: "Konung Oidipus" och "Oidipus i Kolonos" av Sofokles, "The Country of the Blind" av H. G. Wells, samt "Blindheten" av José Saramago. Gemensamt för samtliga studerade verk är synförlust, och analyserna har fokuserats på denna synförlusts respektive anledningar och innebörder, synförlus

Sounding Museums

AN INTERDISCIPLINARY SYMPOSIUM ON THE FUNCTIONS AND AESTHETICS OF SOUND IN MUSEUMS 2019-04-09 Sound Environment Centre hosted the interdisciplinary symposium on the functions and aesthetics of sound in museums. Sounding MuseumsWithin recent years sound has played a more and more prominent role in museums. Fine art galleries now integrate sound as part of the aesthetic expressions exhibited meanwhi

https://www.lmc.lu.se/en/activities/activities-2019/sounding-museums - 2025-07-21

Between Sovietism and Americanization : Ideals of femininity during and after the Cold War in Finland

During the Cold War, along with the Americanization of its popular culture, Finland was also heavily exposed to Soviet ideological influences, including in relation to notions of desirable femininity. From the late 1960s onwards, Soviet influences can be seen in Finnish public discourses on fashion and decorative femininity. Soviet ideals are also reflected in the emphasis on gender neutrality and

The Burning Qur'an and the Benign Bible : Representation of Scripture(s) in the Swedish Media Debate on the Qur'an Burnings

In this article, we examine the way the (Christian) Bible and the Qur’an are represented in Swedish press in the wake of the Qur’an burnings that took place in Sweden 2020–23. Through critical discourse analysis we investigate debate articles and identify prominent discourses that stress the Bible as benign and the Qur’an as malign for Swedish society. The Bible is framed as harmonizing with Swedi

Atrocity Media: Negotiating the Abject in Images of Torture and Death

This essay discusses the dissemination of atrocity images in contemporary mass media, from the photographs of mass-graves in the Nazi concentration camps to the pictures of torture of Iraqi prisoners in Abu Ghraib. The central question is one of distances: the distance between the image and the event, between the picture and the beholder, and between the destroyed human body and the cultural forms

Russian aggression or Swedish media strategy?

Although the Cold War was thought to be a part of history, Russia has in recent years increased their military capacity and activity which is interpreted by the West as a threat which needs to be addressed. This study aims to present how Sweden has changed its view regarding Russia with time and also to explain why this change has occurred. Although Russia may be constituting a larger threat now t

An Editorial Sewing Circle – Collaborative Storytelling beyond Established Journalistic Platforms: Paper presented at the Media- and Culture Studies Group at the NordMedia11 conference, Akureyri, Iceland, August 11th-13th 2011

This paper starts off with an editorial sewing circle and a patchwork seminar where participants were invited to contribute to an SMS-embroidery-feuillton by embroidering one of their own text-messages. Whereas research on participatory journalism has been based on established journalistic platforms (Karlsson 2010), this paper tries to understand the gathering, processing and publishing of informa

Suppurative otitis media in Angola : clinical and demographic features

Objective: To describe the demographics and clinical findings in patients with otorrhoea in Angola. Methods: A total of 411 patients with otorrhoea presenting in the ear, nose and throat clinic in Luanda and healthcare centres in other Angolan provinces underwent interview and clinical examination. We describe the demographics and clinical characteristics of the patients. Results: The majority (64

Jonathan Schoots

Postdoc Kontaktinformation E-post: jonathan [dot] schoots [at] ekh [dot] lu [dot] se Telefon: +46 70 868 77 75Organisation Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen Besöksadress: Scheelevägen 15 B, Lund Rumsnummer: Alfa 1:2095 Hämtställe: 10 WebbplatsJonathan Schoots profil i Lunds universitets forskningsportalAndra roller Gästforskare Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen Publikationer Visar av publikation

https://www.ehl.lu.se/jonathan-schoots - 2025-07-22

Writing Rights into Thailand's History with Photography

Photography is a recognized medium to spread information about atrocities and to raise awareness about human rights issues. Photography is also widely used by political actors and social move- ments to construct an image of themselves and their causes. The political potential of photography is closely connected to the role of the visual in the public. The language of photography is at the same tim