Search for dissertations about: "ICTs"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 30 swedish dissertations containing the word ICTs.

  2. 16. Emergency visualized : exploring visual technology for paramedic-physician collaboration in emergency care

    Author : Hanna Maurin Söderholm; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; 3D video; emergency care; e-health; paramedic; collaboration; collaborative work; computer supported cooperative work; CSCW; information ecology; information practice; pre-hospital care; sociotechnical; telemedicine; telepresence; video communication; visual technology; Library and Information Science; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the potential of visual information and communication technologies (ICTs) for collaboration in emergency care. The thesis consists of four studies exploring future technology, 3D telepresence technology for medical consultation (3DMC), from several different methodological and analytical perspectives. READ MORE

  4. 17. Bridging the blocked river : A study on internet and mobile phone practices within an environmental movement between 2005 and 2008 in Argentina and Uruguay

    Author : Virginia Melián; Kari Andén-Papadoupolos; Anna Roosvall; Christian Christensen; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; internet; mobile phones; collective action; environmental movements; social movements; Latin America; protest; public sphere; medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Communication Studies;

    Abstract : In recent years mobile phones and the internet have played an increasingly significant role, assisting in the organization of dissent worldwide. Only a few studies have dealt with the interplay between social movements and these digital media in Latin America so far. READ MORE

  5. 18. Improving Implementation of e-Government Services in Rwanda : An Organisational Perspective

    Author : Pierre Bakunzibake; Gunnar Klein; Åke Grönlund; Sirajul M. Islam; Ulf Melin; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; e-government implementation; e-government services; organisational issues; socio-technical theory; Least Developed Countries; process improvement; PDER; Rwanda;

    Abstract : As part of realising development programmes faster, developing countries have been adopting, from developed ones, modern ICTs and implementing e-government towards better public services. However, efforts of implementation of e-government services have been often resulting in unsatisfactory outcomes and even total failures. READ MORE

  6. 19. Lifelong learning : The social impact of digital villages as community resource centres on disadvantaged women

    Author : David Hallberg; Anders G. Nilsson; Christina Keller; Lars Svensson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; community resource centre; digital village; disadvantaged women; lifelong learning; social change; social impact; social informatics; stressor; telecentre; Computer and Systems Sciences; data- och systemvetenskap;

    Abstract : The overall aim of this research was to enhance the understanding of what affects the social impact of ICT in lifelong learning on disadvantaged women.In contributing to the field of social informatics, this research employs behavioural theories as strategy and analytic possibilities. READ MORE

  7. 20. Access Barriers - from a user´s point of view

    Author : Olof Nilsson; Sara Eriksén; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; User centred access; information society; access barriers; Computer and systems science; Data- och systemvetenskap;

    Abstract : Abstract The aim of this thesis is to suggest a model to assist in the ability to judge access by private persons to Information Technology, IT, and to Public Information Sys-tems, PIS. It has its starting point in the Swedish Government´s endeavour to turn Sweden into the first information society for all. READ MORE