Search for dissertations about: "Media and Communications Information Studies"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 290 swedish dissertations containing the words Media and Communications Information Studies.
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16. Voices in the Arena: A Participation-Centred Study of Multivocal Risk and Crisis Communication on Social Media
Abstract : Contemporary risk and crisis communication take place in a complex multiplatform and multivocal environment, where numerous social media foster and facilitate online participation. Lay social media users are thus able to create, maintain, and share their own crisis narrative(s), which exist alongside official information and media reports. READ MORE
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17. The mediation of affect : security, fear and subversive hope in visual culture
Abstract : The overarching purpose of this study has been to problematise how visual practices and the mediation of affect is linked to the capacity to produce (new) perceptual realities, sensations and imaginaries, ultimately aiming to legitimate or counter-legitimate the hegemonic discourses and practices mobilised in the name of security. The first part of my thesis approaches this matter through an analysis of media cultures and discursive systems circulating within the court and the state military. READ MORE
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18. Cloudy talks : Exploring accounts about cloud computing
Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to discuss the character, purpose, and use of the language surrounding new technology, specifically cloud computing. The thesis is situated within library and information science. READ MORE
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19. Physicians‟ information practices : a case study of a medical team at a Teaching Hospital
Abstract : This thesis is a user study within library and information science on participatory practices of a professional group in work activity. This has been investigated only to a minor extent in previous library and information science research. READ MORE
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20. Development and Implementations of Virtual Reality for Decision-making in Urban Planning and Building Design
Abstract : The use of Virtual Reality (VR) has been seen by many as holding great potential for increasing the effectiveness and improving communication in the decision making process in urban planning and building design. VR can facilitate processes so that participants can together better understand, identify and analyze problems to improve their decision making and thereby the future urban environment. READ MORE