Search for dissertations about: "Mediation"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 186 swedish dissertations containing the word Mediation.

2. 6. The mediation of affect : security, fear and subversive hope in visual culture

   Author : Rodrigo Ferrada Stoehrel; Simon Lindgren; Eric Carlsson; Kari Andén-Papadopoulos; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; affect; emotion; aesthetics; visual culture; discourse; Otherness; power; security; media and communication studies; medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

   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

4. 7. Mediation in International Negotiations

   Author : Lars-Göran Stenelo; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Förhandlingar; Internationell politik;

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5. 8. Physiotherapeutic rehabilitation and lumbar fusion surgery

   Author : Allan Abbott; Rune Hedlund; Raija Tyni-Lenné; Elisabeth Skargren; Sweden Stockholm Karolinska Institutet Intervention and Technology Department of Clinical Sciences; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : Biopsychosocial factors; chronic low back pain; disability; health related quality of life; ICF; mediation; outcome prediction; rehabilitation; spinal fusion; Biopsychosocial factors; chronic low back pain; disability; spinal fusion; health related quality of life; ICF; mediation; outcome prediction; rehabilitation;

   Abstract : Over the last two decades, the economic costs and rates of lumbar fusion surgery for chronic low back pain has risen dramatically in western industrialized countries. Data from the Swedish National Spine Register suggest that 25% of patients experience unimproved pain and up to 40% are not satisfied with the outcome of lumbar fusion surgery. READ MORE

6. 9. International organizations as peacemakers : The evolution and effectiveness of intergovernmental instruments to end civil war

   Author : Magnus Lundgren; Jonas Tallberg; Isak Svensson; Yoram Haftel; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; intergovernmental organizations; international organizations; conflict management; conflict resolution; mediation; civil war; armed conflict; institutional design; mediator bias; bargaining theory; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : Across four self-contained essays, this dissertation seeks to identify which features make international organizations (IOs) effective peacemakers in modern civil wars. The first essay introduces an original dataset on the institutional design of 21 peace-brokering IOs between 1945 and 2010. READ MORE

7. 10. Smartphoned Tourists in the Phygital Tourist Experience

   Author : Micol Mieli; Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; smartphone; tourism; phygital; mediation; tourist experience; tourist information search; tourist behaviour; digitalization;

   Abstract : The present thesis explores how the tourist experience is re-articulated through the mediation of smartphones. I adopt the postphenomenological theory of mediation as the overarching ontological position, placing the role of technologies on an ontological level, as mediators of perception and experience. READ MORE