Ogundeji, Olusegun Israel (Date of defense: 2024-02-02)
There are several reasons why politics is the most discussed topic on Nigeria’s and perhaps Africa’s largest online discussion forum, Nairaland. As Nigeria grows in its population and digital landscape, ...
García-Carretero, Lucía (Date of defense: 2019-10-25)
-depth interviews. Overall, the research identifies different opinion leaders and a hierarchical network according to citizen's feedback, the type of message according to populism as a style of political ...
Widlak, Ewa (Date of defense: 2017-01-03)
The first ladyship is nowadays one of the most mediatized, yet scientifically neglected unofficial institutions to be found in contemporary states. It raises various questions regarding the nature of ...
Martínez Amat, Marc (Date of defense: 2020-09-01)
This thesis analyses the processes undergone by mainstream media during the independence debate in Catalonia, focusing on the relationship among media, their audiences and governments through different ...
Brusattin, Lorenzo (Date of defense: 2012-07-20)
This research project assesses the role played by political sophistication in terms of itsimpact on the voters’ resort to cognitive shortcuts, with reference both to the consciousand non-conscious ...
Fabregat, Eduard (Fabregat Rodergas) (Date of defense: 2016-09-16)
Mainstream press tends to give visibility to immigrants only when problems arise. Through this visibility based on problems a virtual social identity is constructed and given to the immigration population. ...
Sanclemente, Vicenç (Date of defense: 2016-12-19)
Es diu que és impossible que els països autoritaris tinguin una opinió pública plenament desenvolupada. Jürgen Habermas criticava Internet per la dispersió dels continguts i la manca de mediadors. No ...
Schöll, Nikolas Bahati (Date of defense: 2022-01-14)
This dissertation investigates how new technologies such as social media, digitalizing workplaces, and robotization change society and politics. The first chapter focuses on new technologies affecting ...
Ferreira Santos Luís, Rita (Date of defense: 2015-05-11)
The end of both Iberian Dictatorships, the New State in Portugal and Francoism is Spain, distanced more or less a year and a half. During this period, while Spain discussed a way out of Francoism, ...
Schena, Jucinara (Date of defense: 2020-11-12)
Aware of the well-studied non-neutrality of media and the challenge that represents to have mechanisms to objectively identify the ideological bias, this thesis provides a methodological proposal to ...