Search for dissertations about: "media workers"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 42 swedish dissertations containing the words media workers.

2. 1. The Mediated Representation of Working Conditions in the Global South : Discourse, Ideology and Responsibility

   Author : Vladimir Cotal San Martin; Peter Berglez; Michal Krzyzanowski; David Machin; Anna Roosvall; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Working Conditions; Global South; Media Studies; Journalism; Representation; Discourse; Ideology; Capitalism; Transnational Corporations; Media and Communication Studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the mediated representation of workers’ working conditions in the Global South. Using a qualitative approach inspired by Critical Discourse Studies, it focuses on ideological representation in newspapers from Sweden, the USA, Chile and China/Hong Kong. READ MORE

4. 2. Voices from the margins : People, media, and the struggle for land in Brazil

   Author : Paola Sartoretto; André Jansson; Thomas Tufte; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Social movements; mobilisation; media ethnography; Latin America; Media and Communication Studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

   Abstract : This study looks into communicative processes and media practices among members of a subaltern social movement. The aim is to gain an understanding of how these processes and practices contribute to symbolic cohesion in the movement, how they develop and are socialized into practices, and how these processes and practices help challenge hegemonic groups in society. READ MORE

5. 3. The work of job seeking : studies on career advice for white-collar workers

   Author : Marinette Fogde; Mats Ekström; Kerstin Jacobsson; Örebro universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; job seeking; career advice; employability; governmentality; Media and communication studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Media and Communication Studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

   Abstract : In contemporary working life, training and guidance on how to write a curriculum vitae (CV) or succeed at an interview are fundamental features of job seeking. This kind of training and guidance, which emphasizes communicative skills and performance, entails ideals and norms in the process of becoming employed. READ MORE

6. 4. Postproduction Agents : Audiovisual Design and Contemporary Constraints for Creativity

   Author : Thorbjörn Swenberg; Yvonne Eriksson; Árni Sverrisson; Oskar Juhlin; Mälardalens högskola; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; film production; moving image; audiovisual communication; information design; filmproduktion; rörlig bild; audiovisuell kommunikation; informationsdesign; Innovation and Design; innovation och design;

   Abstract : Moving images and sounds are processed creatively after they have been recorded or computer generated. These processes consists of design activities carried out by workers that hold ‘agency’ through the crafts they exercise, because these crafts are defined by the Moving Image Industry and are employed in practically the same way regardless of company. READ MORE

7. 5. Cross-media News Work - Sensemaking of the Mobile Media (R)evolution

   Author : Oscar Westlund; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Cross-media news work; Journalism; Technology; Business; Newspapers; Mobile media; Convergence; Sensemaking; Participation; Media Production;

   Abstract : This dissertation makes a longitudinal study of transforming tensions in media production processes. It focuses on the thoughts and actions of new and mobile media in the interplay between staff from editorial-, business and IT departments in an organization coupled with the old newspaper medium. READ MORE