Search for dissertations about: "Media and Communication Studies"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 344 swedish dissertations containing the words Media and Communication Studies.
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21. Communication as structuration : Viewing learning through the lens of communication
Abstract : This dissertation is about enlightening the relationship between organizational communication and learning. In doing so, I explore and build upon existing theories that address the relationship from a structuration perspective. Specifically, I turn to discursive communication theory and sociocultural learning theory. READ MORE
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22. Risk, language and discourse
Abstract : This doctoral thesis analyses the concept of risk and how it functions as an organizing principle of discourse, paying close attention to actual linguistic practice. Article 1 analyses the concepts of risk, safety and security and their relations based on corpus data (the Corpus of Contemporary American English). READ MORE
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23. Exploring Collaboration Between the Fire and Rescue Service and New Actors : Cost-efficiency and Adaptation
Abstract : The emergency services serves an important purpose in society by ensuring that people in need, regardless of their geographical location, receives help when they fall victims to undesirable incidents. Existing resources are however often limited and concentrated to urban areas making travel distances to remote areas long. READ MORE
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24. Generational Use of News Media in Estonia : Media Access, Spatial Orientations and Discursive Characteristics of the News Media
Abstract : Contemporary media research highlights the importance of empirically analysing the relationships between media and age, changing user patterns over the life course, and generational experiences within media discourse beyond the widely hyped buzz terms such as the ‘digital natives’, ‘Google generation’, and other digitally and technologically capable generation groups. This doctoral thesis seeks to define the ‘repertoires’ of news media that different generations use to obtain topical information and create their ‘media space’. READ MORE
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25. Parkinson’s Disease and Communication : Intelligibility, Interaction and Participation
Abstract : Parkinson’s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder affecting dopamine production in the basal ganglia. It is a common cause of disability among elderly people. The main symptoms are tremor, rigidity, and bradykinesia, but there is a substantial individual variation of how the disease manifests itself. READ MORE