Search for dissertations about: "information spreading."

Showing result 1 - 5 of 83 swedish dissertations containing the words information spreading..

2. 1. Organization of information pathways in complex networks

   Author : Atieh Mirshahvalad; Martin Rosvall; Santo Fortunato; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Complex systems; Complex Networks; Information; Communication; Community Detection; Significance Analysis; Resampling; Information Spreading.; computer and systems sciences; data- och systemvetenskap;

   Abstract : A shuman beings, we are continuously struggling to comprehend the mechanism of dierent natural systems. Many times, we face a complex system where the emergent properties of the system at a global level can not be explained by a simple aggregation of the system's components at the micro-level. READ MORE

4. 2. A time and place for everything? : social visualisation tools and critical literacies

   Author : Veronica Johansson; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Critical literacy; Document perspective; enactments of meaning; geographic information systems GIS ; ICT; information activities; inscriptions; interaction; library and information science LIS ; representation; social data; social visualisation tools; sociocultural perspective; Library and information science; Library and Information Science; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap;

   Abstract : The aim of this study is to analyse mutual enactments of critical literacies and social visualisation tools as information resources. The central concept of critical literacies as used here extends and redefines prior critical literacy definitions to denote the pluralistic situated enactments of meaning through which study participants identify, question and transform bias, restrictions and power related aspects of access, control and use in relation to the tools. READ MORE

5. 3. Content Moderation and Fact-Checking : A Study of Journalists’ Information Practices in the Contemporary News Media Landscape

   Author : Amalia Juneström; Isto Huvila; Ulrika Kjellman; Hanna Carlsson; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; information practices; information landscape; information infrastructure; genre; discourses; content moderation; fact-checking; digital journalism; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap; Library and Information Science;

   Abstract : This thesis in information studies is about journalists’ and news media professionals’ engagement in two specific information practices that have become integrated into contemporary journalism. Two of the four articles included in this thesis focus on content moderation and two on fact-checking. READ MORE

6. 4. Temporality in the Interaction Design of Information Systems

   Author : Anna Gryszkiewicz; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; temporality; Crisis management; information systems; interaction design; disaster management; human-computer interaction; time;

   Abstract : ABSTRACTThis thesis contributes with two tools that can be used by designers and researchers in exploring how to address time in the design of crisis response and management information systems. By crisis management information system is here meant information systems used by local and regional authorities when responding to events that may disturb important societal functions, such as: floods, storms, terror attacks, and spreading of infectious diseases. READ MORE

7. 5. Modelling Epidemic Influenza : A Novel Approach

   Author : Wah-Sui Almberg; Magnus Boman; Mats Danielsson; Paavo Pylkkänen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Computer and Systems Sciences; data- och systemvetenskap;

   Abstract : Modellering av dynamiska förlopp i socio-biologiska komplexa system är långt ifrån trivialt. Behovet av fördjupad förståelse av sådana förlopp är många gånger stort. Vi har presenterat ett oortodoxt förslag på hur spridning av influensa i mänsklig population kan beskrivas och simuleras. READ MORE