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Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD) has been a contentious disorder for years and incorrect beliefs and assumptions about the disorder are still common both in the medical community and the public’s perception. Previous research has exemplified this by demonstrating that the representation of ADHD in traditional mass media consists of few depictions and homogenous stereotypes. In recent
This study examines the social phenomenon of Naked Attraction and its significance in our society, rather than its relationship to established parameters in our society. The approach in this thesis is to try to understand Naked Attraction from the perspective of our civilization's attitudes towards public nudity. The study is based on a qualitative case-study method with analytical theories of
Hamilton tells the story of the life and career of Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant who came to America at a young age and grew up to be a founding father as well as the first Treasury Secretary of the United States of America and the face of the US ten-dollar bill. Since premiering in 2015, the hip-hop-musical grew into a popular culture phenomenon, resonating with people all over the world while
Public libraries are not warehouses for books but education supporters, social justice and inclusion promoters and socialising providers by virtue of their comprehensive and well-organised media resources and the space of library buildings. Based on the social impacts mentioned above, public libraries play a significant role in social integration and cohesion, which is one of their responsibilitie
Since 2014, a large number of medical documentaries have appeared in China. These documentaries have been well received and recognised by Chinese audiences. This also proves that new forms of narrative medical practice, represented by documentaries, play an essential role in health communication. Among the many medical documentaries, the second season of the Life Matters was chosen as a case study
This thesis explores the experiences of radio talk show participants in Liberia, using the Okay Morning Rush of Okay FM as a case study. The thesis probes the Liberian perspective of how talk shows give voice to citizens in public discourses and the resulting experiences for both the participants and the society. It considers the theoretical and analytical scope of Habermas public sphere and Goffm
It’s not unusual for young people these days to take and edit a selfie. With the rise of consumerist culture and the popularity of mobile Internet, nowadays selfie applications, including beauty cameras and photo-beautification applications, have become the most well-accepted products/brands among Chinese women, who have grown accustomed to showing only one exquisitely edited face in digital photo
Bourdieu once spoke of ‘autonomy’ as a cornerstone to the making of a field, an element that demands the creation of contextually tied social values and hierarchies. Within the literary field, these hierarchical structures have been embedded for a long time, ranking cultural producers and other industry-leading agents above the social and the common; the ordinary reader. But what happens when boun
The thesis focuses on the combination of the rock groupie subculture and online community. It aims to explore how groupie, as an extreme form of a fan, uses subcultural capital to shape the fandom hierarchy in an online community and how social media play the role in groupies' online participation and gender resistance towards gender stereotypes rooted in rock culture in China. To better explo
Mobile video games play an important role in people's everyday lives in the digital age. This thesis investigates how transmedial digital games are embedded in audiences' daily practices and the dynamic transnational engagement of the transnational audiences in everyday life through a case study on a mobile video game: Harry Potter Magic Awakened (2021). A mix-methods approach, including a
The human right violations in Kurdish cities in 90s is the focus point of the Kurdish documentary cinema. Although there are several documentary studies on trauma, little attention has been given to experiences of audiences. The aim of this study is to explore the ways in which the audience engages with the documentary in the context of The Well (Bîr, dir. Veysi Altay, 2018), which is one of the i
A member of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), after breakdown of genocidal regime in 1979, Cambodia started to build its economy from scratch. Regarding the press freedom, Cambodia was graded 128th in 2016 in the World Press Freedom Index (WPFI) by the Reporters Without Borders. The rank has deteriorated after the suppression on non-governmental organizations, opposition party and in
This Master’s thesis analyzes the narratives that are used to portray the LGBTQ+ community and how they relate to the political parallelism of the Polish media system. The focus is on the online edition of TVP Info – the news channel of TVP, Poland’s public service broadcaster. The research investigates the structural changes of the media system, which occurred after the Law & Justice Party (P
Gender roles and constructions of ideals have long imposed unrealistic expectations on people to behave in certain ways and even be certain types of people. Women, more so, than others. Ideals of womanhood, what it means to be a woman, a good woman, a new woman, have required women to perform who they are at all times. The imaginary of the “New Woman” is only of these ideals that has been around g
