To browse Academia. Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek. Skip to main content. Log In Sign Up. Jules Vivid. Followers 2. Following 1. Public Views. Related Authors. Michaela Schaeuble University of Bern. Eni Buljubasic University of Split, Croatia. Marko Valenta. Daphne Winland. Taylor McConnell. Benedikt Perak University of Rijeka.
Papers by Jules Vivid. The following essay addresses the logic of inquiry and research design of sociologist Lauren A. Rivera's study suggests a new theoretical model for understanding statelevel impression-management strategies with focus on how the Croatian government covered up their war-torn past to safeguard their future.
The theoretical significance of this research project for Rivera is to learn more about the process of cultural and historical representation and how states come to manage and mediate their international standing following reputation-damaging historical events. The following outline of Rivera's logic of inquiry will include her research question, hypothesis, theory, whether it is a causal argument, and the type of case study it is.
Rivera's research question is the first sentence of her article: "how does a country publicly come to terms with reputation-damaging events on an international stage? Rivera draws from Erving Goffman's micro-level interactional theory on stigma management in order to develop her own macro-level theoretical model for understanding how nations with "spoiled" or stigmatized identities come to manage and represent themselves on an international level Download Edit. Gender, the Media, and Postfeminism.
Gill's book, Gender and the Media, analyzes the effects of feminism on media culture, production, and research. She focuses her analysis specifically on how feminist discourse has impacted the platforms of advertising, the news, television talk shows, magazines, and romance literature.
