Search for dissertations about: "Communication Studies system"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 683 swedish dissertations containing the words Communication Studies system.

2. 1. The kaleidoscope of communication : Different perspectives on communication involving children with severe multiple disabilities

   Author : Cecilia Olsson; Siv Fischbein; Mats Granlund; Juliet Goldbart; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; dyadic interaction; pre-symbolic communication; multiple disabilities; system theory; communication process; communication models; Education; Pedagogik;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of six publications presenting a theoretical framework, a methodological proposal and three empirical studies. The aim of the work is; to gain knowledge on how children with severe multiple disabilities communicate with their caregivers, to analyse how different research strategies can add knowledge from different perspectives on communication, and to develop models for analysing and describing the dyadic interaction. READ MORE

4. 2. Human interaction as a model for spoken dialogue system behaviour

   Author : Anna Hjalmarsson; Rolf Carlson; David Schlangen; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Acoustics; Akustik; Human communication; Kommunikation mellan människor;

   Abstract : This thesis is a step towards the long-term and high-reaching objec-tive of building dialogue systems whose behaviour is similar to a human dialogue partner. The aim is not to build a machine with the same conversational skills as a human being, but rather to build a machine that is human enough to encourage users to interact with it accordingly. READ MORE

5. 3. In the gap between legality and legitimacy : illegal hunting in Sweden as a crime of dissent

   Author : Erica Von Essen; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : It may be challenging to see how illegal hunting, a crime that ostensibly proceeds as shoot, shovel and shut up in remote rural communities, at all communicates with the regime. Examining the socio-legal interplay between hunters and state regulation, however, clarifies illegal hunting to be part of a politically motivated pattern of dissent that signals hunters’ disenfranchisement from the polity. READ MORE

6. 4. Moments of lobbying : an ethnographic study of meetings between lobbyists and politicians

   Author : Camilla Nothhaft; Göran Eriksson; Mats Eriksson; Øyvind Ihlen; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; lobbying; Brussels; communication; interaction; shadowing; ethnography; strategies; organizing principles; impression management; relations; Media and Communication Studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to define and further the understanding of the practice of lobbying as it manifests in the participants’ interactions with each other and to identify its specific conditions (rules, standards, traits).A research overview shows that lobbying as a political phenomenon is well researched, but that the action per se tends to been taken for granted as ‘talking’. READ MORE

7. 5. Energy Efficiency in the Residential, Service and Energy Sectors : Barriers, Drivers and System Studies

   Author : Stefan Blomqvist; Louise Ödlund; Patrik Rohdin; Erik Dahlquist; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Energy Efficiency; Barriers; Drivers; System Studies;

   Abstract : Increased energy efficiency is a prerequisite for achieving the national energy and climate goals, the goals set by the European Union, and the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations. Close to 40% of Sweden’s total energy use and approximately 20% of domestic greenhouse gas emissions are allocated to the residential and service sector. READ MORE