Search for dissertations about: "Social Norms"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 631 swedish dissertations containing the words Social Norms.
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21. "The Body is Made to Move" : Gym and Fitness Culture in Sweden
Abstract : Ideas about "exercise" and "health" have varied over time and across cultures. With the recent Euro-American fitness trend, a growing number of Swedes now take part in some kind of physical activity at Gyms or Fitness Centers. READ MORE
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22. Health for future : self-rated health and social status among adolescents
Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to explore self-rated health, subjective social status and smoking in adolescents.This thesis consists of a qualitative and a quantitative study. The qualitative study was an interview study that included 58 participants in the 7th and 12th grades. READ MORE
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23. Legitimacy Work : Managing Sick Leave Legitimacy in Interaction
Abstract : This thesis studies how sick leave legitimacy is managed in interaction and develops an empirically driven conceptualization of ‘legitimacy work’. The thesis applies an ethnomethodological framework that draws on conversation analysis, discursive psychology, and membership categorization analysis. READ MORE
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24. Do Non Player Characters dream of electric sheep? : A thesis about Players, NPCs, Immersion and Believability
Abstract : This is a thesis that deals with the norms and rules of players playing online games together. It is also a thesis about believability, the current capabilities of non-player characters (NPCs) and the attitudes amongst game developers towards dynamic and systemic games AI. READ MORE
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25. THE INITIATION OF A NORM FROM THE GLOBAL SOUTH. Rwanda’s Gacaca, Pioneering the “Traditional” Transitional Justice Norm
Abstract : This thesis investigates the pre-emergence phase of an internationalized norm by focusing on Rwanda’s creation of Gacaca. It argues that the Gacaca pioneered the “traditional” transitional justice norm. READ MORE