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Found 4 swedish dissertations matching the above criteria.

  2. 1. Family theme parks, happiness and children’s consumption : From roller-coasters to Pippi Longstocking

    Author : David Cardell; Anna Sparrman; Tom O’Dell; Cook Daniel Thomas; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Happy; emotions; childhood; time; money; value; amusement park; leisure; tourism; mesh; ethnography; Nöjespark; temapark; glädje; nöje; känslor; etnografi; fritid; turism; värde; konsumtion; barn; barndom; familj;

    Abstract : This book provides an ethnographic contribution to research on children’s consumption, family life and happiness. Various and shifting notions of happiness are explored, as well as conditions for and challenges to happiness, through an analysis of video-recorded interviews and mobile ethnography conducted in two of the most popular theme parks in Sweden. READ MORE

  4. 2. Children helping children? : Values and concerns in corporate charity

    Author : Yelyzaveta Hrechaniuk; Anna Sparrman; David Moats; Nick Lee; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Competitions for children; Children s drawings; Creativity; Soft toys; Child design; Play; Child perspective; Children s perspective; Consumption; Money; Tävlingar för barn; Barnteckningar; Kreativitet; Mjukdjur; Design; Lek; Barnperspektiv; Barns perspektiv; Konsumtion; Pengar;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to explore corporate children's charity in practice. This is achieved by examining empirically a campaign organized by the company IKEA in collaboration with the non-profit organization Save the Children. READ MORE

  5. 3. Babies’ engagements with everyday things : An ethnographic study of materiality, movement and participation

    Author : Alex Orrmalm; Anna Sparrman; Michael Tholander; Peter Kraftl; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; babies; material things; everydayness; participation; perspective; space; child and childhood studies; bebisar; materiella saker; vardagsliv; deltagande; perspektiv; plats; barn – och barndomsskapande;

    Abstract : This thesis explores how babies (1-18 months old) engage with material things in their everyday lives. The aim is to contribute with theoretical and empirical insights into babies own practices around material things and how attending to these practices can lead to reflections on participation, material culture and everyday space. READ MORE

  6. 4. TV FOR CHILDREN : How the Swedish Public Service Television Imagines a Child Audience

    Author : Åsa Pettersson; Anna Sparrman; Bengt Sandin; Cynthia Carter; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Children; television; public service; child audience; TV programming; Barn; TV; public service; barnpublik; TV program;

    Abstract : The study explores how the Swedish public service TV institution imagines a child audience in a societal context where the broadcasting landscape hastransformed greatly over the past thirty years and where TV is seen to  constitute both risks and benefits for children. The concept of TV for children is established to broaden the scope for studying what has been broadcast for a child audience on public service TV. READ MORE