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Smartphone Panopticon and the Securitized Plurality: A study of the relationship between the Islamic State, Media and Power
(2017-10-09)
The events caused by the Islamic State can be read close-to-daily in Swedish newspapers.
Since the Islamic State came under the scope of the four major Swedish newspapers
Aftonbladet, Dagens Nyheter, Expressen and Svenska ...
“What makes you Israeli”: A qualitative study of young men’s testimonies on military service, nationality and identity in Israel
(2016-06-13)
Military service is an important site of contact between the state and citizen. Studying military
service can highlight the penetrating power of nationalism, as the state makes a claim of the
individual’s sacrifice in ...
"We do not want any refugees!": The Perception of Identity on Migration Crisis and the Migration Crisis Implications on Hungary
(2017-04-20)
This study aims to investigate to what extent identity plays a role in Hungary’s policy and stance towards the migration crisis which occurred in the middle of 2015. Since it started, Hungary has shown its strong stance ...
Hiphop över klasserna: En studie om lyssningsvanor, identitet och social hållbarhet bland gymnasieelever
(2017-10-09)
Hip-hop as a subject in social science has not been around for as long as many other music
genres and this study is therefore able to fill a research gap when it comes to appropriation of
this global genre between social ...
“Babe your ass is looking tight”: En jämförande studie om kvinnliga utseendeideal, en hälsosam livsstil och den feminina kroppen på hälsobloggar
(2017-10-09)
Health and people's wellbeing is an important issue in the Western society today. Moreover had today’s technology changed the way we look at bodies in the fashion industry and in social media. Women’s bodies are sometimes ...
“I am East German” - How an East German identity is experienced and defined by the generation born after reunification
(2019-10-18)
The increased success of right-wing movements and populist parties in East Germany since 2015 led to a public debate about the East and the people who live there. An increased number of young East Germans are now participating ...
Hur motiveras svensk biståndspolitik genom diskurser om säkerhet?: En kritisk diskursanalys av policyramverket för svenskt utvecklingssamarbete och humanitärt bistånd (2016)
(2021-07-07)
This essay is a critical discourse analysis of representations of security that are visible in the Swedish aid policy. The text aims to analyse discourses of security, through lenses of poststructuralist critique, in the ...
PLIKTENS ÅTERKOMST: En innehållsanalytisk studie av Försvarsmaktens kampanjfilmer och dess gestaltning av den svenska soldaten efter värnpliktens återinförande 2017.
(2022-03-30)
By using qualitative content analysis this study aims to examine the framing of the Swedish
soldier in the video marketing campaigns of the Swedish Armed Forces, since the reactivation
of conscription in 2017. The role ...
“The natural evolution of non-alignment” A qualitative case study of how Sweden’s identity as non-aligned is reconstructed through narratives in a changing security context
(2022-02-02)
Sweden’s defence policy is characterized by non-alignment, which historically has meant avoiding military alliances to stay neutral in war. This policy of non-alignment is over 200 years old and deeply ingrained into Swedish ...
“Det mäktigaste landet i världen”: En diskursanalys av USA:s identitetsskapande genom kärnvapenstrategi under president Obama respektive Trump
(2022-04-07)
This bachelor thesis analyzes how identity is constructed through US nuclear strategy along
three themes. The research questions are: which similarities and differences exist between the
US nuclear strategy during ...