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MAGALHÃES, Caio César Mota. Comunicação comunitária como articulação hegemônica na mídia convencional: um estudo de caso do Parceiros do RJ. 2015. 145f. – Dissertação (Mestrado) – Universidade Federal do Ceará, Programa de Pós-graduação em Comunicação Social, Fortaleza (CE), 2015. / Submitted by Márcia Araújo (marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2015-12-22T11:33:33Z No. of bitstreams: 1 2015_dis_ccmmagalhaes.pdf: 1130560 bytes, checksum: 894b35ac7d565397ca9a2e055570ac73 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Márcia Araújo(marcia_m_bezerra@yahoo.com.br) on 2015-12-22T12:24:03Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 2015_dis_ccmmagalhaes.pdf: 1130560 bytes, checksum: 894b35ac7d565397ca9a2e055570ac73 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-12-22T12:24:03Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 2015_dis_ccmmagalhaes.pdf: 1130560 bytes, checksum: 894b35ac7d565397ca9a2e055570ac73 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015 / Este trabalho tem o objetivo de investigar o projeto Parceiros do RJ, quadro do telejornal RJTV, da TV Globo do Rio de Janeiro. Iniciado em 2011, o projeto selecionou uma turma de 18 moradores de nove áreas da cidade do Rio de Janeiro para que estas pessoas pudessem mostrar a realidade onde vivem. Essa prática é denominada “comunitária” pela emissora, mas abre espaço para questionamentos acerca da apropriação do termo. Estudamos a formação desse modelo de comunicação, investigando se a apropriação pela Rede Globo de uma prática de comunicação que se autodenomina comunitária poderia conferir à emissora hegemonia junto a comunidades do Rio, garantindo-lhe maior legitimidade política e, portanto, maior relevância social e ampliação do seu valor junto à sociedade. Essa legitimidade é trabalhada a partir do conceito de hegemonia em Gramsci, numa reconstituição da história da TV Globo, em paralelo com sua aproximação com as comunidades, nos conceitos de comunidade e comunicação comunitária. Trazemos ainda a perspectiva do civic journalism, modelo de jornalismo implementado a partir da década de 1980 nos Estados Unidos, que vem sendo importado para o Brasil e, em muito, confunde-se como gênero jornalístico de serviço. A pesquisa tem base na análise de conteúdo das veiculações do mês de junho de 2013, que engloba a segunda edição do Parceiros do RJ, e de uma pesquisa de campo realizada com o acompanhamento de um dia de apuração e reunião de pauta, além de entrevistas com alguns dos jovens participantes do Parceiros do RJ e jornalistas responsáveis.

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This thesis attempts to understand how American hegemony is reproduced. Despite heavily criticizing American military expansion, the foreign policy elite still abet the expansion of the American military apparatus. I argue that international liberalism is used to capture the hearts and minds of the professional-managerial class. Specifically, the framings of the democratic peace theory, multilateralism, and international law soften the violent and deleterious interventionist decisions made by the foreign policy elite. Furthermore, these framings are used to academically bolster liberalism and add to their cultural legitimacy and saliency in civil society. By interrogating a podcast made by foreign policy elites, I show how podcasts function as a key site of hegemonic reproduction. / Master of Arts / It is not uncommon for foreign policy diplomats, strategists, and advisors to become media pundits after they finish their careers in foreign policy. As foreign policy careerists filter into the media apparatus, they also transfer their ideological beliefs through the media outlets that they operate. First, this thesis investigates the international actions and ideological assumptions of foreign policy careerists. Subsequently, this thesis argues that foreign policy careerists spread their ideological positions through podcasts to make their preferred policy decisions seem commonsensical and benevolent. They have the power to do this, in part, because they have successfully associated themselves with the authority of intellectual thought.

M.A. / On the African continent South Africa is unequivocally the economic and military giant. As the continental hegemon, the state has sought the reform of the unequal global economy in order to enhance the participation in the global political economy of all African countries. The South African government projects the discourse of African solidarity in driving global reforms, emphasising that such reforms will be of benefit to both the continent as a whole, and to the South African state. Within this context, it is the purpose of this dissertation to determine with greater clarity who stands to gain from South Africa’s efforts. In other words, is South Africa acting to acquire economic growth and development for Africa as a whole, or is the country primarily acting to secure its own wealth and power? In short, this study investigates whether South Africa – as the continental hegemon – is acting in a benevolent or selfish manner in its undertakings. The assessment of South Africa’s hegemony is presented in a theoretical schema constructed with a focus on the three main theories of international relations, namely liberalism, realism and structuralism. Each of these theories is employed descriptively as well as prescriptively as tools to evaluate the nature of the African political economy, and South African action versus rhetoric. Applying these conceptual lenses, South Africa’s position on three aspects of the African political economy are assessed and evaluated. These three areas of the political economy – trade, debt and foreign direct investment – serve as case studies revealing South Africa’s benevolence and/or selfishness. In brief, South Africa is pressing for the reform of the international financial architecture; rhetorically, the state seeks free trade and enhanced export opportunities for all African states; the country is urging foreign creditors to reduce Africa’s external debt; South African leaders have recommended that their counterparts establish an investor-friendly climate in Africa as a means to enhance foreign investments on the continent. South Africa’s actions have the potential to benefit the African continent as a whole, and simultaneously advance the state’s interests. The findings of this study point out that (a) each of the three theories can be utilised to describe South Africa’s rhetoric and actions, and (b) the essence of South Africa’s hegemony is neither entirely benevolent, nor exclusively selfish. / Prof. D.J. Geldenhuys Mr. P.P. Fourie

1998 Dozier Award Winner / A 1994 article by Virginia Dominguez proposes that institutional practices of hyperprivileging minorities do not challenge, but instead reproduce structures of racialization in American society. Minority scholars benefitting from these practices are therefore complicit in the very processes that make them "Other." The classic Gramscian dichotomy of force and consent, however, is inadequate for understanding the complexity of Dominguez's thesis regarding the social construction of minority types. This paper offers an approach to understanding the more complex processes of hegemony that forestall an oversimplified conceptualization of "force" and "consent" by examining the ways in which relations of domination are experienced and negotiated daily by those in positions of subordination. An outline of the psychological implications of "diversity" are explored within a problematized framework of hegemony that highlights the non-homogenized nature of racial opposition to dominant discourses and ideologies. The paper moves beyond the social construction of minority types to explore the performative aspects of minority participation in racializing cultural practices. Minority strategies of acting "as if" point to the potential explanatory power of performance theory within the realm of hegemonic social formations.

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The purpose of this essayis to find out how masculinity, based in Raewyn Connells theoriesabout hegemonic,subordinated, complicitand marginalized masculinities,is constructed in James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Stephen Dedalus, Joyce’s alter ego, is the main object for the analysis.It becomesclear that there aretwomaintypes of hegemonic masculinity, one very strict and disciplined among the priests in the Jesuitschools Stephen attends to, and one of a more intellectualkind at the University.The strong influence from the Catholic church in Ireland is however noticeable in every context Stephen presentshimself. Also, there areseveral examples of subordination, complicity and marginalization among the men in the novel.

This dissertation is based on the study that has been conducted in the form of an ethnographic field research in Nardaran, an ancient Azeri village of Absheron peninsula, Baku, Azerbaijan. As a result of many historical and political reasons it can be argued that the two nation states, Azerbaijan and Iran, have not been overly friendly throughout the history. However, interestingly enough, Nardarani villagers, unlike the broader Azeri society, are tightly linked to Iran. Therefore, the primary goal of this dissertation is to investigate the prominent reasons, which rendered these villagers Iranian proponents. By adopting the concept of ‘hegemony’ as primary theoretical approach, the dissertation primarily investigates the hegemonic efforts of Iran upon Nardaran to account for the current situation and the future of the village. After looking at the broader Azerbaijan and the rural communities of the region and providing a selective historical sketch, it is the aim of the study to provide the reader with the opportunity to make comparisons and to locate Nardaran within the broader picture. In what follows, it presents the Iranian hegemonic consequences upon the village and seeks to identify the implications of the concept of change over Nardaran. Finally, the study investigates the underlying reasons and the processes that led to the aferomentioned situation under the title of ‘hegemony and peaceful mechanisms of change’. Since the study is the only anthropological one that specifically handles Nardaran, the researcher tried to conduct the research in the form of an anthropological community study. Accordingly, the dissertation attempts to take an overall picture of the village. This manner, namely adopting a holistic approach, was not only useful but also necessary in terms of answering the research questions. In other words, looking at the history, geography, economy, material culture, environmental design and so forth, seem to be essential in terms of understanding the case of Nardaran.