• Prospective
    Students
  • Current
    Students
  • Alumni
  • Research
  • News &
    Events
  • About Royal
    Roads
Main menu
  • Prospective Students
  • Current Students
  • Alumni
  • Research
  • News & Events
  • About Royal Roads
 
    • Admin Login
    View Item 
    •   VIURRSpace Home
    • RRU
    • Student Research Collection
    • Dissertations & Theses @ RRU
    • View Item
    •   VIURRSpace Home
    • RRU
    • Student Research Collection
    • Dissertations & Theses @ RRU
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Fear and power in Northern Uganda : a symbolic interactionist approach

    Thumbnail
    View/Open
    tuchel_daniela.pdf (719.0Kb)
    Date
    2013-05-17
    Author
    Tuchel, Daniela
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Subject
    Child soldiers; Conflict communication; Fear; Lord's Resistance Army; Power
    Abstract
    This thesis explores how fear is used as a communication strategy to create and enhance power in conflict setting. I drew the data from six in-depth, semi-structured interviews conducted in northern Uganda, a region that was ravaged by war for over two decades, as well as from my own experiences of fear in the field, because terror shaped the very nature of my interactions in Uganda. Building on symbolic interaction theory, the analysis explores how the participants created the meaning of "fear" through symbols, culture, language and experiences during and after the war and how fear was used as an agent of control externally and as a dis-enabler internally. The findings support the idea that fear, perceived or otherwise, is strategically important because of its influence on conflict outcomes.
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10170/592
    Collections
    • Dissertations & Theses @ RRU
    • MA Intercultural and International Communication Theses

    Related items

    Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.

    • Thumbnail

      Creating more powerful and engaged teachers for public Schools in India 

      Gupta, Ishneet (Electronic version published by Vancouver Island University, 2018)
      This research project aims to create more powerful and engaged teachers for public schools in India. To achieve this aim, a Professional Development Course for the teachers and principals was prepared to explore the role ...
    • Thumbnail

      Individual preparedness for nuclear power plant emergencies 

      Desantis, Donna (2018-08-09)
      To prepare for nuclear disaster, risk reduction strategies such as the pre-distribution of potassium iodide (KI) pills are essential, along with education on KI pill usage and other emergency preparedness measures. This ...
    • Thumbnail

      Designing a new stage for German power 

      Wise, Michael Z. (Canadian Institute of Planners, 2000)
      For nearly half a century, the Federal Republic of Germany studiously avoided creating grand government buildings. The self-consciously modest, modern West German capital that arose in Bonn after the demise of Nazi ...

    Browse

    All of VIURRSpaceCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

    My Account

    Admin LoginRegister
    back to top  
    Royal Roads University
    Our Location
    2005 Sooke Road
    Victoria, BC V9B 5Y2
    Canada
    •   Campus Map
    Get in Touch
    •   Phone: 250.391.2511
    •   Toll-free: 1.800.788.8028
    •   Email Us
    •   Directories
    @RoyalRoadsRRU FacebookRRU LinkedInRRU YouTubeRRU Pinterest
    • Contact Us
    • Send Feedback
    • Website Feedback
    • Privacy Policy
    • Academic Regulations
    • Copyright
    • Sitemap
    • ©2017 Royal Roads University
     
    DSpace Express is a service operated by 
    Atmire NV