Search for dissertations about: "mass-media"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 52 swedish dissertations containing the word mass-media.

  2. 1. Enemies of the People : Whistle-Blowing and the Sociology of Tragedy

    Author : Magnus Haglunds; Göran Ahrne; Fredrik Engelstad; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; whistle-blowing; tragedy; dramaturgical sociology; situational analysis; status degradation; identity transformation; mass media; organizations; moral indignation; Henrik Ibsen; seal-hunting; Bofors; Norway; Karlskoga; Sociology; Sociologi; Sociology; sociologi;

    Abstract : Enemies of the People is a book that examines whistle-blowing—i.e., the unauthorized conveyance of sensitive information to mass media and authorities—and the social responses this performance provokes. READ MORE

  4. 2. Perilous Silences and Counterproductive Narratives Pertaining to HIV/AIDS in the Ugandan, Lesotho and Namibian Press

    Author : Cecilia Strand; Mats Edenius; Lowe Hedman; Thomas Tufte; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; HIV AIDS; mass media; homosexuality; Africa; Media and communication studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Media and Communication Studies; International Health; Internationell hälsa;

    Abstract : Research on Western mainstream media’s framing of HIV/AIDS in the 1980’s, showed that media narratives influenced audiences’ understanding of the epidemic, as well as society’s responses. Subsequently, by analyzing a society’s mass media and its framing of HIV/AIDS, it is possible to explore what understandings are given preferential treatment in that society, as well as explore what social change those narratives indirectly or directly facilitate. READ MORE

  5. 3. Essays on Public Finance : Retirement Behavior and Disaster Relief

    Author : Thomas Eisensee; Fabrizio Zilibotti; Kjetil Storesletten; Xavier Mateos-Planas; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Computable General Equilibrium; Retirement; Fiscal Policy; Political Economy; Foreign Aid; Mass Media; Economics; Nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : The dissertation consists of three self-contained essays on Public Finance.“News Droughts, News Floods and U.S. Disaster Relief” studies the mass media's influence on the U. READ MORE

  6. 4. Information, Voting Behavior and Electoral Accountability

    Author : Mattias Nordin; Eva Mörk; Massimo Bordignon; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Information; Voting Behavior; Electoral Accountability; Principal-Agent; Vote Aggregation; Mass Media; News Consumption;

    Abstract : Essay 1: In this paper, I investigate the causal effect of information on citizens’ ability to hold their elected politicians accountable for past behavior. Using survey data from the 2006 U.S. READ MORE

  7. 5. Waves of controversy : gene technology in Dagens nyheter 1973-96

    Author : Anna Olofsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Mass media; public debate; agenda setting; content analysis; society and technology; STS; public discourse analysis; gene technology; genetic engineering; biotechnology; scientific controversies; resistance to new technology; s-curve; life-cycle models; Sociology; Sociologi;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the public debate on gene technology, between 1973 and 1996, in one of the agenda-setting media in Sweden, Dagens Nyheter. Gene technology is one of the latest controversial technologies which characterise our present Western society. READ MORE