At the beginning of the twenty-first century, with China's remarkable success in economic developments and greater openness to the outside world, two sharply opposing views of China have appeared in the Western perception of China - a rising superpower as well as a threat to the West, economically, militarily and environmentally. The West, particularly the US and Britain fears that China is likely to take advantage of its growing economic and geopolitical influence in order to change the world's power pattern. Within such a social context, this thesis sets out to explore if the old concepts of Orientalism on China has ever changed in modern times and how the modern images China and the Chinese are framed in the contemporary British news media. It is carried out through four cases – Chinese migration, Hong Kong handover (1997), Tibet issue and Sichuan Great Earthquake (2008). More specifically, the thesis examines: how the two dominating masterframes – ethno-nationalist and liberal individualist masterframes coexist or compete with each other in the reporting; and what the differences are between newspapers in terms of frame choice and the ratio of struggle between two frames. The study implies that the old Orientalist stereotypes, such as ‘Yellow Peril', which were used to describe China and the Chinese have not often appeared in the recent British news media representations in the selected four cases. Instead, the liberal individualist views have been widely and deeply embedded in the British news reporting, criticising China being essentially a Communist dictatorship as opposed to Western democracy. Additionally, the relations between two masterframes appear in three forms – coexistence or intertwining, supporting each other, and struggle.

Submitted by Renata Lopes (renatasil82@gmail.com) on 2016-07-04T19:43:43Z No. of bitstreams: 1 reginaldoramosdebritto.pdf: 7632271 bytes, checksum: 158b62daa4eae1f77f8b208dad0ededa (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2016-07-13T16:22:42Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 reginaldoramosdebritto.pdf: 7632271 bytes, checksum: 158b62daa4eae1f77f8b208dad0ededa (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Adriana Oliveira (adriana.oliveira@ufjf.edu.br) on 2016-07-13T16:22:53Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 reginaldoramosdebritto.pdf: 7632271 bytes, checksum: 158b62daa4eae1f77f8b208dad0ededa (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-13T16:22:53Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 reginaldoramosdebritto.pdf: 7632271 bytes, checksum: 158b62daa4eae1f77f8b208dad0ededa (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-10-06 / Sobre a forma de Educação Financeira, a temática em exame neste trabalho tem se mostrado como “necessária” aos indivíduos, diante da complexidade que os produtos financeiros assumiram no presente. Contudo, acreditamos que, como está proposta, estimula atitudes e desenvolve competências próprias do pensamento liberal individualista ao qual somos contrários. Este trabalho de pesquisa tem dois propósitos que se aproximam, representando em verdade duas expressões de uma mesma iniciativa. Por um lado, assume como estratégia estabelecer reflexão crítica às propostas atuais sobre Educação Financeira as quais qualificamos como dirigidas ao Mercado e à domesticação dos indivíduos. Por outro lado, e, ao mesmo tempo, pretende contribuir para que propostas alternativas possam emergir no campo de investigação em Educação Matemática como um todo, mas principalmente, a Eucação Matemática Crítica. Trata-se de investigação qualitativa com opção por pesquisa documental, que objetiva traçar um quadro teórico da Educação Financeira no mundo* e no Brasil. Além disso, pretende, ao olhar cuidadosamente para inserção dessa proposta nos currículos no Brasil, refletir criticamente sobre o que chamamos de “Processo de Legitimação da Educação Financeira”. Este consiste num conjunto de asserções, não des - intencionadas, sobre a necessidade que os indivíduos dominem, na modernidade liquida, competências que lhes permitam dentre outras coisas, utilizar “melhor” produtos financeiros, transformando-se, em melhores consumidores. De modo específico servirá a professores de matemática – e a outros professores e gestores escolares, também preocupados com essa questão, mas principalmente se dirige a Educadores Matemáticos visto que este processo de legitimação ocorre pela (via) matemática valendo-se de seu “poder formatador” e de sua característica “linguagem de poder”, como estratégia num processo de imponderação da Educação Financeira. / On the form of Financial Education, the theme under discussion in this paper has shown how "necessary" to individuals, considering the complexity of the financial products assumed in the present. However, we believe that, as is proposed, stimulates and develops attitudes own powers of thought liberal individualism to which we are opposed. This research work has two purposes approaching, representing in fact two expressions of the same initiative. On the one hand, assumes as a strategy to establish critical reflection on current proposals Financial Education which qualify as directed to the Market and domestication of individuals. On the other hand, and at the same time, aims to contribute to alternative proposals that may emerge in the field of research in mathematics education as a whole, but especially the Education Critical Mathematics. This is qualitative research with option for documentary research, which aims to outline a theoretical framework of Financial Education in the world * and Brazil.Moreover, intends to look closely at this curricula insertion proposal in the Brazil,critically reflect on the what we call "Legitimation Process of Financial Education." This process consist in the set of assertions, no without intention about the need that individuals dominate in liquid modernity, skills to among other things,to the more use efficient financial products, becoming better consumers. Specifically can serve to math teachers - and other teachers and school managers also concerned about this issue, but mainly addresses Educators Math a since process of legitimation occurs by math availing himself of his "power formatter" and its characteristic "language of power" as a strategy process empowerment of Financial Education.

Globalization has facilitated the growth of “market-friendly” religions throughout the world, but especially in developing societies in the global South. A popular belief among these movements is prosperity belief. Prosperity belief has several characteristics which make it compatible with liberal individualism, the dominant value in a globalized society. At the same time, its compatibility with this value may be limited, extending only to economic liberalism, but not to liberal attitudes on social issues. Data from the Pew Forum on Religious and Public Life’s 2006 survey Spirit and Power: Survey of Pentecostals in Guatemala is used to conduct a quantitative analysis regarding the economic and social attitudes of prosperity belief adherents in Guatemala in order to examine the potential, as well as the limits, of this belief’s compatibility with liberal individualism. Results suggest that support for liberal individualism is bifurcated. On one hand there is some support for the positive influence of prosperity belief on economic liberalism in regards to matters of free trade, but on the other hand, prosperity belief adherents continue to maintain conservative attitudes in regards to social issues. As prosperity belief and liberal individualism continue to grow along global capitalism, these findings have implications for the future of market-friendly religions and for the societies of the global South.