Search for dissertations about: "representative roles"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 32 swedish dissertations containing the words representative roles.

2. 1. #InFlux. Journalists' adoption of social media and journalists' social roles

   Author : Ulrika Hedman; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; journalism; journalists; journalistic roles; normalizing; appropriation of technology; accommodation of social media logic; social media logic; social news media logic; social media; Twitter;

   Abstract : #InFlux investigates journalists’ adoption of social media and social network sites (SNS) from the theoretical perspective of journalistic roles. It shows how the social roles of journalists are situated along the axes of formal– personal and news media logic–social media logic: skeptical shunners and activists, lurkers and networkers, news hubs and celebrified marketers, coordinators and ambassadors, professional marketers and pragmatics, entrepreneurs and journalists in incognito mode. READ MORE

4. 2. Cross-Pressure and Political Representation in Europe : A comparative study of MEPs and the intra-party arena

   Author : Magnus Blomgren; Torbjörn Bergman; David Farrell; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Political science; European integration; European Parliament; Members of the European Parliament; MEPs voting behavior; party delegations; party groups; political parties; Political representation; representative roles; Statsvetenskap; Political science; Statsvetenskap; politikvetenskap; political science;

   Abstract : This dissertation explores political representation and its manifestation within the European Union (EU). The main purpose is to examine the representative roles of Members of the European Parliament (MEP) in the context of cross–pressure between the national level and the EU level. READ MORE

5. 3. Alternative NAD(P)H dehydrogenases in plant mitochondria - localisation, catalytic functions and physiological roles

   Author : Agnieszka Michalecka; Biologiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Kärlväxters fysiologi; Physiology of vascular plants; NAD P H dehydrogenase; light-dependence; electron transport chain; alamethicin; alternative oxidase;

   Abstract : In addition to complex I, the plant mitochondrial electron transport chain possesses several alternative NAD(P)H dehydrogenases, not present in animals. These enzymes allow nonenergy-conserving electron transfer from cytoplasmic and matrix NAD(P)H to ubiquinone. READ MORE

6. 4. Young adults in urban Pakistan : barriers and challenges for improving health behaviors in the wake of the HIV/AIDS epidemic

   Author : Syed Farid-ul Hasnain; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Young adults; dropouts; knowledge and awareness; HIV AIDS; STDs; family planning; gender roles; life prospects; Karachi;

   Abstract : Background: HIV/AIDS is spreading globally more specifically among the younger generation. The impact of HIV/AIDS on the youth cannot be underestimated. According to the UNAIDS report 2008; an estimated number of 33 million people around the globe were living with HIV in 2007, and overall, 2. READ MORE

7. 5. Covering distance : essays on representation and political communication

   Author : Martin Karlsson; Joachim Åström; Stig Montin; Thomas Zittel; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; political representation; political communication; participatory initiatives; political blogging; Political Science; Statskunskap;

   Abstract : Political representatives’ democratic legitimacy rests on their ability to cover the distance between themselves and citizens. Representatives must avoid being perceived as distant and aloof from the needs and wishes of those they represent. READ MORE