Search for dissertations about: "media accountability"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 21 swedish dissertations containing the words media accountability.
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11. Motivating eParticipation in Authoritarian Countries
Abstract : Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) can enrich the ways in which citizens participate in civic and political matters. Indeed, many theorists on online participation, or eParticipation, proclaim the potential of digital technologies to empower citizens with convenient ways to participate in democratic processes and to hold leaders to account. READ MORE
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12. Working with the Fogbow : Design and Reconfiguration of services and Participation in E-Government
Abstract : This thesis is about the metaphors of the rainbow and the fogbow, investigations and evaluations, public Internet monitors, writing women, reflections and discussions about politics, design and democracy. It is also about the ongoing re-structuring of participation in service design within the development of E-Government. READ MORE
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13. Essays on China’s Economic Development : Innovation, Public Debt and Social Connections
Abstract : The Innovation Cost of Short Political Horizons: Evidence from Local Leaders’ Promotion in ChinaI digitize the career histories of Chinese city leaders and link them to economic policies and innovation outcomes. I exploit political connections formed through previous work ties to generate variation in leaders’ promotion expectations. READ MORE
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14. Avhandling / Av_handling (Dissertation / Through_action)
Abstract : If we are being-of-the-world, how can we ever avoid participation? From this question Avhandling / Av_handling (Dissertation / Through_ action) unfolds. It invites to engage in an ongoing continuum of entanglements, where the moment of connection is unavoidable. READ MORE
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15. Navigating a Network of Competing Demands : Accountability as Issue Formulation and Role Attribution across Organisational Boundaries
Abstract : Organisations are constantly called on to justify their actions to internal and external constituents. What happens if these constituents have divergent or conflicting opinions of what constitutes misconduct? This thesis uses the case of accountability for publicly financed elderly care performed by private providers to explore this question. READ MORE