Search for dissertations about: "Free Text Communication"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 swedish dissertations containing the words Free Text Communication.

  1. 1. Studies on the design of free text communication and video components in Computer Assisted Learning

    Author : Martin Schittek Janda; Malmö högskola; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Computer Assisted Learning; Free Text Communication; Video instruction;

    Abstract : The research conducted so far in computer assisted learning (CAL) can be categorised in three different levels: the basic level, the component level, and the course or holistic level. Because research in CAL in health education has been driven by enthusiastic teachers, it is well understood that most studies are built around existing structured courses and focus on holistic evaluation of the learning process. READ MORE

  2. 2. Effects of online advertising on children's visual attention and task performance during free and goal-directed internet use : A media psychology approach to children's website interaction and advert distraction

    Author : Nils Holmberg; Humanistlaboratoriet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; online advertising; children; website interaction; visual attention; distraction; cognitive load; eye-tracking; task-orientation; media effects; visual saliency; executive functions; media literacy; inhibitory control;

    Abstract : This dissertation consists of four eye-tracking studies that investigate how salient online advertising and children's level of executive function contributes to their advert distraction. In Study 1, children aged 9 were instructed to surf freely on the internet while all advert material appearing on-screen was registered. READ MORE

  3. 3. Negotiating school identities : a multimodal analysis of upper secondary school promotion on the web

    Author : Cia Gustrén; Pelle Snickars; Magnus Fredriksson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Upper secondary school; web pages; multimodal analysis; logics; strategic communication; visual culture; media and communication studies; medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

    Abstract : The research interests of this doctoral thesis are the mediated ways of presenting and promoting Swedish upper secondary schools on the web to attract students. The thesis studies the rationale of schools’ strategically designed attempts to reach out with their educational offers in a highly competitive school market. READ MORE

  4. 4. Contribution to multiagent planning for active information gathering

    Author : Jennifer Renoux; France Université de CaenCaen GREYC; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Decentralized planning; Multiagent systems; Information relevence; Planification décentralisée; Système multiagents; Pertinence de l’information;

    Abstract : In this thesis, we address the problem of performing event exploration. We define event exploration as the process of exploring a topologically known environment to gather information about dynamic events in this environment. READ MORE

  5. 5. Understanding the social integration of adolescents of foreign origin : Longitudinal investigations of inter-origin friendship formation

    Author : Olov Aronson; Disa Bergnéhr; Arne Gerdner; Sofia Enell; Michael Wells; Emma Sorbring; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; social integration; friendship; adolescence; longitudinal; Sweden; LoRDIA; Resettlement Strategies in Families;

    Abstract : The present dissertation aims to understand some of the opportunities for, and influences on, the social integration of adolescents of foreign origin in Sweden. Informed by previous research, the dissertation suggests that successful social integration involves friendship formation between peers of similar origins (intra-origin friendship formation) as well as friendship formation between peers of different origins (inter-origin friendship formation). READ MORE