Search for dissertations about: "media sociology"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 98 swedish dissertations containing the words media sociology.

  2. 16. Waves of controversy : gene technology in Dagens nyheter 1973-96

    Author : Anna Olofsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; 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;

    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

  4. 17. Reservation Preservation : Powwow Dance, Radio and the Inherent Dilemma of the Preservation Process

    Author : Bradley D Knopff; Sociologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social structures; Sociology; dilemma and invitation.; preservation; modern powwow dance; reserve; reservation; Métis; Lakota; Native North Americans; Ojibway; Cultural anthropology; ethnology; Sociala strukturer; Sociologi; Kulturantropologi; etnologi;

    Abstract : In this dissertation, I have studied Native North American reservations and why they still exist. My research was carried out with the Ojibway, Lakota and Métis peoples in the Midwestern region of the USA and Canada. READ MORE

  5. 18. Magical Flutes : Music Culture and Music Groups in a Changing Bolivia

    Author : Sari Pekkola; Sociologi; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Sociology; Bolivia; ethnography; urban music movement; emergent culture; popular music and society; Music culture; musicians; Sociologi;

    Abstract : The main part of this dissertation consists of an ethnographic study of three music groups which are part of an urban music movement in Bolivia. I describe the groups Los Masis, Inkallajta and Flor Tani Tani, their experiences and their ideas about music-making. READ MORE

  6. 19. From the sea to the land beyond : exploring plural perspectives on whaling

    Author : Benedict E. Singleton; Rolf Lidskog; Michael Thompson; C.S.A. Kris van Koppen; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; whaling; Faroe Islands; ontological turn; cultural theory; the commons; political ecology; environmental conflict; environmental policy; conservation; Sociologi; Sociology;

    Abstract : A perennial challenge in efforts to deal with environmental issues is the question of how to simplify. As such, where and when one simplifies is often a source of conflict, but perversely also paramount to finding a solution. This thesis focuses on one long-standing environmental issue, the whaling debate. READ MORE

  7. 20. This is not citizenship. Analysing the claims of disability activists in Sweden

    Author : Marie Sépulchre; Sandra Torres; Rafael Lindqvist; Angharad Beckett; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; citizenship; disability; activism; social struggles; social stratification; social media; daily newspapers; rights; costs; equality; difference; state; Sweden; Sociology;

    Abstract : This dissertation aims to contribute to sociology, citizenship studies and disability studies by responding to T.H. Marshall’s ([1950]1992) invitation to examine the development of equal citizenship in a context of structural inequality, and Jenkins’ (1991) call to consider disability as a dimension of social stratification. READ MORE