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Visar resultat 11 - 15 av 29 uppsatser innehållade orden Connective action.
11. $GME To The Moon : Mapping Memetic Discourse as Discursive Strategyin Reddit Trading Community r/WallStreetBets during the GameStop Short Squeeze Saga
Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/JMKSammanfattning : As social media has emerged to become a key site for contemporary communications and cultural production, the internet meme has penetrated every level of social networking online. Albeit being a global phenomenon with pervasive discursive power in a number of fields ranging from humour to international politics and cyber warfare, comparatively little research has been made into how internet memes work on the discursive level of identity formation and their influence on the formation of internet-based social movements. LÄS MER
12. Women’s rights movements in Ethiopia : The role of activism via social media on traditional gender norms and attitudes
Magister-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Sammanfattning : The main aim of this Degree Project was to investigate the role of social media for women’s rights movements in Ethiopia, specifically for the #MeTooEthiopia movement, and whether utilising social media in their operations and mobilisations has enhanced the movements’ ability to raise awareness and challenge traditional gender norms. The research was investigated through the lens of digital activism and via the logic of connective action, by utilising in-depth semi-structured interviews with women’s rights activists in Ethiopia and overseas and undertaking a review of the #MeTooEthiopia movement social media platforms. LÄS MER
13. The Hashtags Rivalry behind the Controversial Bill : A comparative study on the Opposition and Support Movement of Omnibus Law Bill in Indonesia.
Master-uppsats, Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)Sammanfattning : A controversial bill aimed to stimulate investment and boost the economy in Indonesia, called the Omnibus Law Bill, is followed by both protest and support expressed in social media prior to its signatories in October 2020. During that time, the Twittersphere is packed with both the Opposition and Support movement of the bill, who both benefit from the use of hashtags. LÄS MER
14. Collective identity formation and commercial platform logics in social activism: Representation of women and black feminist activism on Instagram under #BlackLivesMatter
Magister-uppsats, Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Sammanfattning : Due to the participatory nature of social media platforms, users contribute to the narratives built around online action for social change and shape the discourse on societal topics through their participation. At the same time as social media has become a space for societal activism and participation facilitating connective action of individuals, social media platforms are ultimately, for most, owned by private companies. LÄS MER
15. “We’re not selling” : En studie av r/wallstreetbets
Kandidat-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och mediaSammanfattning : In the beginning of 2021, the stock of strained and heavily shorted company GameStop rose by almost 2,000 percent. The meteoric rise was caused after users of the subreddit r/wallstreetbets mobilized to buy up stock of the business, hoping that short- sellers would be forced to close their positions, leading to further upside. LÄS MER
