• The outsider’s gaze in documentary: is a decolonial approach to ‘Otherness’ a possibility?

  Reijnen, Ambra (2022)

  This thesis explores the ethics of filming in a community to which the documentarian does not belong. The study enquires whether, in spite of an outsider’s gaze, a decolonial approach to ‘otherness’ in documentary is a ...
• A critical gaze at the image of woman in cinema: theoretical exploration of feminist film theories

  Mohajer-Taleghani, Sanaz (2023-09-26)

  This theoretical dissertation examines theories and concepts which explore the construction of the image of Woman in Hollywood cinema. By using an imaginary scene, this paper intends to explore the ethics and implications ...
• From pandemic solidarity to industrial action hostility: british media representations of workers during Covid-19 and the 2022-23 strikes

  Collinson, Daniel (2023-09-26)

  The study investigated and compared the British media's framing of workers during two months of the Covid-19 pandemic and two months of the 2022-23 strikes. A qualitative content analysis was conducted of 160 articles ...
• Productive paradise? Postcolonialism, the digital nomad phenomenon, and the portrayal of Southeast Asia on YouTube

  Bagalay, Carmelrose (2023-09-26)

  Southeast Asia has become a popular digital nomad destination. The rise of the digital nomad phenomenon can be seen as a shift in the landscape of labor in which technology has enabled location-independent remote work. ...
• Cutting the cord: examining social hierarchies and public perception of “Full Surrogacy” labour industries

  Bajs, Vanda (2023-09-26)

  Both transnational gestational surrogates (TGS) and migrant nannies are economically exploited, socially marginalised and engage in kinning beyond genetics. Yet, academically speaking, these roles were never put in ...
• A thematic analysis of asians in beef: stereotypical portrayals or subverting expectations?

  Pham-Ada, Mailan (2023-09-26)

  This study utilized a thematic analysis and looked at Netflix’s TV series Beef. It looks at the representation of Asians/Asian Americans and identifies if the characters’ traits are stereotypical or not. The literature ...
• La cobertura de la violencia feminicida en la prensa mexicana: el caso de Debanhi Escobar

  Diéguez Martínez, Katia (2023-09-08)

  Informar sobre el feminicidio conlleva un alto grado de complejidad y responsabilidad al que se enfrenta la prensa mexicana. Entre las responsabilidades implica comprender el término que definió Marcela Lagarde (2006) ...
• Existing is resisting: a decolonial path on brazilian audiovisual ‘Medida Provisória’

  Melo Braga, Ana Luiza (2023-09-07)

  Drawing a decolonial turn from a non-Iberian perspective, this essay explores the Brazilian dystopian audiovisual narrative ‘Medida Provisória’ through the lens of decoloniality, and the representative symbol of malandragem. ...
• The flavors of sexual liberation: exploring the normalization and dangers of Non-Vanilla Sex and relationship rortrayals on TikTok

  Gay, Emily Dianne (2023-09-07)

  This thesis explores how the theories of postfeminism, neoliberalism, social learning, and sexual scripting contribute to the normalization of toxic, abusive, non-vanilla sex and relationships, especially as it is seen ...
• Defund, Reform, Abolish: an analysis of the media coverage of the police and prison abolition movement in the United States

  Mortensen, Sara (2022)

  Critiques of the systems of justice and punishment in the United States are not new, but are experiencing unprecedented momentum after the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer in May of 2020. After this ...
• La cultura del empoderamiento femenino: el caso de Savage X Fenty

  Mendez, Florencia (2022)

  Esta investigación examina cómo se construye la identidad femenina en los tres espectáculos audiovisuales de la marca de lencería Savage x Fenty que se estrenaron en 2019, 2020 y 2021. El objetivo es entender cómo se ...
• La discapacitat a través de TikTok: una anàlisi de contingut dels vídeos publicats per persones amb discapacitat

  Garreta Passola, Joana (2022)

  Les xarxes socials han significat, per als grups minoritzats en general, i les persones amb discapacitat en específic, un espai on compartir i crear comunitat. TikTok, la xarxa social amb més creixement del moment, també ...
• There's more than one way to peel a potato: how speciesism is reinforced in plant-based meat alternative marketing through the ‘overt referent’

  Kloft, Hannah (2022)

  Environmental, ethical, and animal defense reasons have led to a rise in the consumption of plant-based meat alternatives. The marketing of these products, however, can reinforce speciesist tropes. While attempts to sell ...
• The 'most wanted' of animal kingdom: news coverage of ‘invasive species’ in The New York Times

  Saydı, Larissa Deniz (2022)

  The purpose of this study is to shed light on how invasive species are conceptualised in The New York Times’ coverage between the time frame 2000-2022, and how their coverage/representation reproduces anthropocentric ...
• Beautiful suffering? An analysis on young people’s narratives of their experiences with mental illness on TikTok

  Schipper, Hilke (2022)

  The aim of this paper is to investigate how youth depict their personal experiences with mental illness on TikTok. For this purpose, the following research question is posed: How do TikTok users depict their personal ...
• “I was born wrong”: sexualised self-presentation of teenage TikTok influencers and its effects on their communities

  Fragoso, Sofia de Saboia (2022)

  Adolescence is a period of life when teenagers develop senses of identity and belonging. In that context, social media has become a prominent environment for teenagers to exercise their self-expressions, as they have ...
• ‘The sex lives of college girls’. A case study about sexual consent communication in teen shows

  Bachmann, Tamara Natascha (2022)

  Within debates about sexual violence one concept has increasingly moved to the fore - sexual consent. As consent is closely tied to power dynamics within heteronormative discourses, its negotiation depends on the people ...
• Involuntary celibates or voluntary terrorists? The media coverage of misogynistic incel mass violence in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom (2014-2021). A critical discourse analysis

  Ágoston, Dorottya Luca (2022)

  The misogynistic-extremist involuntary celibate (incel) movement – as well as the threat it poses to both national security and to the lives of (primarily) women – is growing and globalising. Since 2014 approximately ...
• The hashtag conflict: social media players in the Israeli-Palestinian crisis and the battle for public opinion

  Klajnowska, Julia (2022)

  The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has taken place across various arenas and social media has undoubtedly become a major battlefield that draws global attention. Many key media players including legacy outlets such as The ...
• Resistance through grime: using music to fight racism and discrimination

  Bertran Claravall, Sònia (2021)

  Grime is a musical genre born at the beginning of the 21st century, in poor and unattended areas of East London. Influenced by genres such as Hip Hop, Reggae and Dancehall, the new music style became a movement and culture ...

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