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Not Another Polar Bear: Exploring Emotional Detachment from Water-Related Climate Change Risks through Participatory Art

Some forests are burning in the US, the North of Italy gets flooded, and early spring days start to feel like midsummer. But it seems more important what kind of lunch to have for Tuesday, or which coffee blend is best for the new espresso machine. What makes people really care about climate change, not just in terms of awareness, but emotionally? This thesis aims to explore the motifs behind and

“All I miss is soul”: Negotiating Legitimacy, Identity, and Taste in the Age of AI Music

This thesis investigates how AI-generated music challenges traditional systems of cultural legitimacy, identity, and musical taste. Drawing on Bourdieu’s theory of cultural fields and symbolic capital, and supplemented by Simon Frith’s insights into authenticity and identity performance, the study examines how emerging technologies reconfigure creative authority within platform-driven environments

When Criticism Becomes Vilification: A Qualitative Text Analysis of YouTube Comments on Greta Thunberg

In the digital age, public figures are no longer defined solely by their actions or media representation, but also by how they are discussed and interpreted by social media audiences. This thesis explores the evolving nature of digital criticism and symbolic vilified identity construction through a qualitative text analysis of YouTube comments about Greta Thunberg from 2019 to 2024. Drawing on 840

CAT AS MEDIATOR. A Digital Ethnography Study About Digital Migration from TikTok to RedNote

In January 2025, following renewed threats of a TikTok ban in the United States, over half a million users migrated overnight to RedNote (also known as Xiaohongshu), a Chinese lifestyle-sharing platform. This unexpected influx marked the first large-scale digital migration from a Western user base into a Chinese social media space. Among these users, who are self-described as “TikTok refugees”, a

Var finns vikingahamnen i Löddeköpinge?: en jämförande studie med andra vikingatida handelsplatser: Birka, Hedeby och Ribe

In order to get an answer to the question of where a Viking-era harbor could possibly be placed in Löddeköpinge, indicators such as Lödde kar, Lödde å, the seasonal market place at Vikhögsvägen in Löddeköpinge, the permanent settlement in Löddeköpinge, the church village in Löddeköpinge, the burial field and the church in Löddeköpinge and Borgeby's trelleborg need to be studied in relation to

Physiological Characterisation of Nitrogen Fixing Bacteria in Pure and Mixed Cultures

The scope of this Master Thesis project is divided in two parts. In the first part, the objective is to characterise various strains of Azotobacter vinelandii under diazotrophic conditions with regards to growth rate and production of metabolites, such as ammonium or PHB. This will allow for an assessment on which nitrogen fixing strain displays the most promising results for use in the second par

Producing Feminist Health Knowledge from Below: A Case Study of Visual Framing, Situated Experience, and Audience Engagement in Pause in Dialogue on Xiaohongshu

This study investigates how feminist health discourse is collaboratively produced on Xiaohongshu, a Chinese social media platform known for its female-dominated user base and stringent censorship environment. Focusing on the account Pause in Dialogue, the thesis explores how stigmatized topics such as menstruation, sexual health, and bodily discomfort are reframed through multimodal strategies and

Voices of Exile: Navigating Ethical Challenges and Anonymity in the Context of Path- Dependent Media Repressions

Political oppression, massive exiles, censorship, and repression of freedom of speech have followed the post-Soviet states from their Sovietisation to the mimicked efforts of independence. This thesis explores how exiled journalists from post-Soviet countries, such as Russia and Belarus, redefine their professional roles and journalistic identities amidst severe authoritarian repression followed b

How much can we rely on Broadsheet Journalism as the watchdog of Morality in the age of con artists?

Con artists, those who use their charm and confidence to scam people, are thriving in modern society. They signified the moral crisis in neoliberal culture, where morality, the idea of supporting group goods, is desensitized and secondary to individual profits. The media content played a crucial role in intensifying the crisis. The monetization of criminality indicates that moral transgression is

Bodily self-representation and ‘Everyday resistance’ of Gao-Da-Zhuang women in China

RedNote (Xiaohongshu) is one of the most influential women-centered platforms in China. Due to its highly feminized features, female users curate and share contents related to their body image, reflecting the prevailing representations of Chinese aesthetic ideals and normative femininity. This thesis examines Gao-Da-Zhuang (tall, large-sized and strong/muscular) women’s bodily self-representation

I Feel it Coming? Exploring the Relation Between Personality Traits, Expectations, and Precognition in a Forced-Choice Experiment

Denna uppsats ämnade att undersöka relationen mellan de oberoende variablerna öppenhet, extraversion, tro på att lyckas i ett prekognitivt test och den beroende variabeln prekognition, som mättes genom ett forced-choice prekognitivt test vid namn Selfield. Sextio deltagare rekryterades och slutförde totalt 2 381 omgångar. Personlighetsdrag mättes med den svenska versionen av Big Five Inventory (BFThis thesis aimed to explore the relation between openness to experience, extraversion, belief in succeeding in a precognitive task, and precognition, measured with the forced-choice precognitive task the Selfield. Sixty participants were recruited and completed a total of 2,381 trials. Personality traits were measured using the Swedish version of the Big Five Inventory (BFI) and belief in succeed

“We all live with many selves at once – that’s the true nature of life.” - Exploring Tibetan Identities through Audience Study on Native Tibetan Film Balloon (2019)

This thesis explores the construction and negotiation of Tibetan identities through the lens of native Tibetan cinema, with a focus on Pema Tseden’s Balloon (2019). Drawing on theories of identity as construction, cultural hybridity, and minor cinema, the study examines how cinematic narratives and audience interpretations intersect to produce a nuanced understanding of Tibetan identities in conte

Modification and Mediation: A Qualitative Study of the Modification Practices of the Wuling Hongguang Mini EV on the RedNote Platform

This study explores how young Chinese car owners creatively modify a specific model, the Wuling Hongguang Mini EV, and mediate these behaviors through the social media platform RedNote, transforming this affordable micro-electric vehicle into a vehicle for identity performance and resistance. Based on media and cultural studies, this study adopts a qualitative method, combining qualitative text an

From stories to loyalty - How does digital narratives on Instagram influence consumer engagement with premium clothing brands in Scandinavia?

This study investigates how premium clothing brands use digital narratives on Instagram to foster meaningful consumer engagement, explicitly focusing on Scandinavian cultural contexts. The study used a combination of survey data and expert interviews to examine how branded content could mediate consumers' emotional and cognitive responses based on the structures of Instagram. The findings indi

What is Love?Virtual Intimacy and Real Power in Otome Games, Cosplay Commissions, and Role-play Chatting

This thesis explores how young urban Chinese women construct virtual intimate relationships within the context of otome games and related practices, Cosplay commissions and role-play chatting (RPC). By combining autoethnography and semi-structured interviews, the study delves into the emotional practices and gender dynamics that emerge from players’ engagement with virtual romance and semi-virtual

Playing Her Story: Gender Negotiation, Cultural Memory, and Players’ Engagement in Code: Kite

This study explores the interplay between gender, gaming, and cultural memory through the case of Code: Kite, a Chinese female-oriented historical game that reimagines the Three Kingdoms era from a female perspective. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with eleven female players and analyzed through thematic analysis, the research examines how players perceive gender expression in the game, how

Between Memory and Myth: Reimaginative Resistance and Mediated Imaginaries of Berghain

This thesis investigates how Berghain, a well-known Berlin nightclub, is imagined, mediated, and contested as a queer space in digital environments. Due to Berghain’s strict no-photo policy, direct visual representations are limited. In response, users have turned to storytelling, affective reflection, and symbolic representation to recreate its atmosphere and meaning across online platforms. Whil

Voicing the Everyday: Humor as Affirmation and Resistance in Chinese Women’s Stand-Up The case of Chinese online stand-up comedy shows

This thesis investigates how Chinese female stand-up comedians construct gendered narratives through humor and how female audiences interpret and respond to these performances. Focusing on two popular online shows—Stand-up Comedy and Its Friends and Comedy King (Stand-up Season)—the study examines how humor becomes a space for negotiating feminist expression under ideological, cultural, and commer

Möjligheter och begränsningar med termografi som metod för broinspektion

Denna studie undersöker möjligheter och begränsningar med termografi som metod för broinspektion, med fokus på dess förmåga att identifiera skador och fukt i betongkonstruktioner. Metoden utvärderas både utifrån vilka typer av skador som kan detekteras och hur omgivningsfaktorer påverkar mätresultaten. Vidare undersöks potentialen i att använda maskininlärning för att automatiskt identifiera skadoThis study examines the opportunities and limitations of thermography as a method for bridge inspections, focusing on its ability to identify defects and moisture in concrete structures. The method is evaluated based on the types of defects that can be detected and how environmental factors influence the results. Furthermore, the study explores the potential of using machine learning to automatica

The Death of a Cinephile? Performing Identity and Cultural Capital in the Online Film Community of Letterboxd

This thesis investigates the evolution of cinephilia in the digital age through a case study of Letterboxd, a popular and culturally significant yet understudied social platform dedicated to film logging, reviewing and film discussion. Grounded in theories from film studies, this thesis adds a necessary media and communication perspective to explore how contemporary cinephile identity is performed