Search for dissertations about: "Information studies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7817 swedish dissertations containing the words Information studies.

  2. 1. Doing research in primary school : information activities in project-based learning

    Author : Anna Lundh; Högskolan i Borås; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; children; elementary education; ICT; information activities; information literacy; information needs; information practice; information seeking; information use; learning; multimodality; primary school pupils; question-negotiations; Library and Information Science; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap;

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  4. 2. Breathing Life into a Standard : The configuration of resuscitation in practices of informing

    Author : Karolina Lindh; Jutta Haider; Andrew M. Cox; digitala kulturer samt förlags- och bokmarknadskunskap Avdelningen för ABM; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Standards; practice theory; ethnography; information studies; CPR; cardiac arrest; governmentality; library and information science; information practices; Library and Information Science; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap; Standards; practice theory; ethnography; information studies; CPR; cardiac arrest; governmentality; library and information science; information practices;

    Abstract : The study inquires into how a specific piece of standardised information, namely the standard for bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), is configured in the practices of lifesaving and bystander CPR-training. Standardisation is commonly thought of as leading to uniformity and order, while practices are dynamic. READ MORE

  5. 3. Information Systems Actability : Understanding Information Technology as a Tool for Business Action and Communication

    Author : Pär J. Ågerfalk; Göran Goldkuhl; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; information systems; information systems actability; Internet-based information systems; language action perspective; Information technology; Informationsteknologi;

    Abstract : This dissertation is devoted to a perspective from which IT-based information systems are conceived as information technological artefacts intended for business action and communication. The perspective has been made concrete through the concept of information systems actability, which is the main concept under scrutiny. READ MORE

  6. 4. Information Demand and Use : Improving Information Flow within Small-scale Business Contexts

    Author : Magnus Lundqvist; Kurt Sandkuhl; Sture Hägglund; Wolfgang Deiters; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Information Use; Information Demand; Information Logistics; Information Flow; Context; Patterns; Enterprise Modelling; Information Modelling; Informatics; computer and systems science; Informatik; data- och systemvetenskap; Information technology;

    Abstract : Whilst the amount of information readily available to workers in information- and knowledge intensive business- and industrial contexts only seem to increase with every day, those workers still have difficulties in finding relevant and needed information as well as storing, distributing, and aggregating such information. Yet, whilst there exist numerous technical, organisational, and practical approaches to remedy the situation, the problems seem to prevail. READ MORE

  7. 5. Research communication in the climate crisis : Open letters and the mobilization of information

    Author : Carin Graminius; Kultur och Samhälle Informationspraktiker: Kommunikation; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; open letters; research communication; climate change;

    Abstract : What happens to researchers when the topic they study poses an existential threat to the world as we know it? When communication on the topic is politically polarized, but at the same time institutionally encouraged and existentially needed? By what means do researchers come to navigate this complex communication environment? The climate crisis and changing social, political, and academic conditions bring such questions to the forefront in researchers’ public communication on climate issues. This thesis engages with open letters as a form of research communication to explore the practices climate scholars engage in to convey information and inspire urgent action in climate matters. READ MORE