Search for dissertations about: "connected world"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 240 swedish dissertations containing the words connected world.

2. 1. The Global Art World, Inc. : On the globalization of contemporary art

   Author : Charlotte Bydler; Hedvig Brander Jonsson; Hans Hayden; Sarat Maharaj; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Art history; globalization; art world-system; biennials; contemporary art; art historiography; Arthur C. Danto; Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak; Gerardo Mosquera; Paul Virilio; interpellation; Konstvetenskap; Art; Konstvetenskap;

   Abstract : This study examines certain segments of the art world-system in which geographical distances seemed to vanishing as a result of faster and more intense interaction levels. This particular art world-system has been conceptualized in contradictory ways. READ MORE

4. 2. Being connected to the world through a robot

   Author : Patrik Björnfot; Victor Kaptelinin; Karin Danielsson; Rikard Harr; Mattias Arvola; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Human-Computer Interaction; Interaction Design; Robotic Telepresence; Mobile Robotic Presence; Activity Theory; Phenomenology; Embodiment; human-computer interaction; människa-datorinteraktion;

   Abstract : Robotic telepresence systems enable humans to be present physically and socially in a distant environment. Robotic telepresence technology is the latest in the line of communication technology development. The unique feature of such technology is that its users can act in a distant environment and interact with other people through these systems. READ MORE

5. 3. Cosmopolitanism in a Mediatized World : The Social Stratification of Global Orientations

   Author : Johan Lindell; André Jansson; Miyase Christensen; John Tomlinson; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cosmopolitan disposition; mediated cosmopolitanism; mediatized cosmopolitanism; cosmopolitanization; media practice; survey research; media sociology; Media and Communication Studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

   Abstract : The contemporary media landscape invites us to experience a belonging to various distant places, mourn the victims of faraway disasters, expose ourselves to foreign cultures and engage in political issues in places far from our local context of living. In other words, we are invited to become citizens of the world – cosmopolitans. READ MORE

6. 4. More than Meets the Eye : Transmedial entertainment as a site of pleasure, resistance and exploitation

   Author : Karin Fast; André Jansson; Michael Karlsson; Jonathan Gray; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Transmedial; entertainment; world; brand; media convergence; producer; consumer; fandom; power; Media and Communication Studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

   Abstract : Today’s converging entertainment industry creates ‘transmedial’ brand worlds in which consumers are expected to become immersed. Integrated marketing campaigns connected to these worlds encourage various kinds of consumer productivity and invite consumers to partake in brand-building processes. READ MORE

7. 5. On Privacy and Security in Smart Connected Homes

   Author : Joseph Bugeja; Andreas Jacobsson; Paul Davidsson; Marc Langheinrich; Malmö universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; smart connected homes; Internet of Things; smart homes devices; smart home data; threat identification; risk analysis; privacy; security; vulnerability assessment; mitigations; threat agents;

   Abstract : The growth and presence of heterogeneous sensor-equipped Internet-connected devices inside the home can increase efficiency and quality of life for the residents. Simultaneously, these devices continuously collect, process, and transmit data about the residents and their daily lifestyle activities to unknown parties outside the home. READ MORE