Search for dissertations about: "gifting"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the word gifting.

  2. 1. Gifting Technologies : Ethnographic Studies of End-users and Social Media Sharing

    Author : Jörgen Skågeby; Vivian Vimarlund; Malin Sveningsson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Sociala medier; virtuell etnografi; fildelning; gåvor; Computer science; Datavetenskap;

    Abstract : This thesis explores what dimensions that can be used to describe and compare the sociotechnical practice of content contribution in online sharing networks. Data was collected through online ethnographical methods, focusing on end-users in three large media sharing networks. READ MORE

  4. 2. Media Technologies in the Making : User-driven Software and Infrastructures for Computer Graphics Production

    Author : Julia Velkova; Patrik Åker; Göran Bolin; Lisa Parks; Södertörns högskola; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; computer graphics; computer animation; user-driven software; infrastructuring; media practice; repair; decommodification; gifting; commons; Blender; Synfig; Morevna project; Cosmos Laundromat; Kritisk kulturteori; Critical and Cultural Theory; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

    Abstract : Over the past few decades there have emerged greater possibilities for users and consumers of media to create or engage in the creation of digital media technologies. This PhD dissertation explores the ways in which the broadening of possibilities for making technologies, specifically software, has been taken advantage of by new producers of digital culture – freelancers, aspiring digital media creators and small studios – in the production of digital visual media. READ MORE

  5. 3. Public and Non-Public Gifting on the Internet

    Author : Jörgen Skågeby; Sture Hägglund; Kevin McGee; Daniel Pargman; Magnus Bergquist; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Communities; End-user content; file-sharing; online methodology; gift-giving; Informatics; Informatik;

    Abstract : This thesis contributes to the knowledge of how computer-mediated communication and information sharing works in large groups and networks. In more detail, the research question put forward is: in large sharing networks, what concerns do end-users have regarding to whom to provide material? A theoretical framework of gift-giving was applied to identify, label and classify qualitative end-user concerns with provision. READ MORE

  6. 4. Performing Ambiguity?: Following Multiplicity in Shared Mobility Markets

    Author : Gianluca Chimenti; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : How do markets change and develop over time? The present PhD project focuses on the dynamic effects of market change in the context of the sharing economy. This phenomenon is of particular interest since it concerns how alternative market forms – such as gifting, collaborating, accessing – are challenging established market conceptions. READ MORE

  7. 5. Sharing Economy Business Models : Addressing the design-implementation gap

    Author : Steven Curtis; Internationella miljöinstitutet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; sharing economy; sharing economy business models; sustainable business models; Design Science Research DSR ;

    Abstract : Despite sharing being a long-practiced form of consumption, the concept ‘sharing economy’ has emerged only recently. New business models have proliferated, utilising technology to reduce transaction costs and facilitate shared access. READ MORE