Search for dissertations about: "discourse analysis"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 553 swedish dissertations containing the words discourse analysis.

2. 11. Swedish alcohol discourse : Constructions of a social problem

   Author : Caroline Sutton; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; Alcohol; Social problems; Social construction; Sweden; Medicalization; Totalconsumption; Public Health; Discourse; Sociologi; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociologi; Sociology;

   Abstract : In this dissertation it is argued that alcohol problems in Sweden are not strictly an objectivephenomenon, but are largely discursive constructions that have been reconfigured in substantial ways since at least 1910. The empirical work aims to identify and discuss thesereconfigurations. READ MORE

4. 12. Representing the Roma in Romanian Media : A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis

   Author : Petre Breazu; David Machin; Göran Eriksson; Tommaso Milani; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Roma; Multimodal Critical Discourse analysis; racism; rightwing populism; Romanian media;

   Abstract : In this thesis, I addressed the representation of the Roma in Romanian newspapers, television news, and social media. I focused on Romania, a country with the largest Roma population in Europe, and where the Roma have historically experienced centuries of discrimination and social exclusion. READ MORE

5. 13. Challenging Normative Beauty Ideals by Undressing Online? Body Acceptance, Identity Politics and Construction of Non-normativity : A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis

   Author : Cansu Elmadagli; David Machin; Marc Etienne Lafrance; Åsa Kroon; Jane Mulderrig; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Body positivity; self-acceptance; identity politics; online social movements; non-normativity; multimodal critical discourse analysis;

   Abstract : This thesis is concerned with the problematics of contemporary identity politics of body acceptance as situated in the visibility logics of digital media. It examines how seemingly progressive narratives of body-acceptance can rely on normative discourses and dominant ideologies. READ MORE

6. 14. Organizational Trust : Discourse Analytical and Experimental Perspectives

   Author : Matteo Fuoli; Kognition och Discourse@Lund (SKD@L) Språk; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; organizational trust; corporate discourse; trust repair; evaluation; appraisal theory; corpus linguistics; discourse analysis; experimentation; multi-method approaches; reliability; triangulation;

   Abstract : This thesis employs a combination of quantitative and qualitative methods of linguistic analysis to investigate how business organizations use discourse as a strategic tool to build and repair stakeholders’ trust. In addition, the thesis makes a methodological contribution by developing a novel corpus annotation method that offers solutions to some of the most significant challenges involved in reliably identifying and quantifying evaluation. READ MORE

7. 15. Conditions for relatives' involvement in nursing homes

   Author : Jessica Holmgren; Henrik Eriksson; Lars E Eriksson; Eric Carlström; Sweden vårdvetenskap och samhälle Institutionen för neurobiologi Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
   Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; discourse analysis; focused ethnography; focus group interviews; gender perspectives; intersectionality; involvement; nursing homes; nursing staff; participant observations; qualitative interviews; relatives; social constructionism and thematic analysis; Discourse analysis;

   Abstract : The overall aim of this thesis was to describe and analyse how the involvement of relatives is conditioned in nursing homes from different critical perspectives. Gender perspectives, discourse analysis and intersectional theory are applied, based on social constructionist ontology. READ MORE