Shaneland

MA thesis: “Is there a common understanding of what constitutes cyber warfare?”

• Cyber Warfare is a muddled topic and often misunderstood. As part of an MA degree in International Studies at the University of Birmingham (UK) I attempted to put the subject into an academic context. You can read more about this research or download the thesis paper in PDF format.
  

BA thesis: “A linguistic analysis of the representation of ‘foreign’ in the national news section of The Times and The Guardian during a one week period.”

• This paper examines the linguistic representation of ‘foreign’ as a concept in the national news sections of two broadsheet newspapers, focusing on bias and story construction through Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). Download the thesis paper in PDF format.