Search for dissertations about: "multimodal analysis"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 114 swedish dissertations containing the words multimodal analysis.

  2. 1. Negotiating school identities : a multimodal analysis of upper secondary school promotion on the web

    Author : Cia Gustrén; Pelle Snickars; Magnus Fredriksson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Upper secondary school; web pages; multimodal analysis; logics; strategic communication; visual culture; media and communication studies; medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

    Abstract : The research interests of this doctoral thesis are the mediated ways of presenting and promoting Swedish upper secondary schools on the web to attract students. The thesis studies the rationale of schools’ strategically designed attempts to reach out with their educational offers in a highly competitive school market. READ MORE

  4. 2. Decoding the complex brain : multivariate and multimodal analyses of neuroimaging data

    Author : Alireza Salami; Lars Nyberg; Cheryl Grady; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; multivariate analysis; univariate analysis; multimodal imaging; episodic memory; aging; functional magnetic resonance imaging; diffusion tensor imaging; biology; biologi; Psychology; psykologi; datoriserad bildanalys; Computerized Image Analysis;

    Abstract : Functional brain images are extraordinarily rich data sets that reveal distributed brain networks engaged in a wide variety of cognitive operations. It is a substantial challenge both to create models of cognition that mimic behavior and underlying cognitive processes and to choose a suitable analytic method to identify underlying brain networks. READ MORE

  5. 3. Representing the Roma in Romanian Media : A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis

    Author : Petre Breazu; David Machin; Göran Eriksson; Tommaso Milani; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Roma; Multimodal Critical Discourse analysis; racism; rightwing populism; Romanian media;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I addressed the representation of the Roma in Romanian newspapers, television news, and social media. I focused on Romania, a country with the largest Roma population in Europe, and where the Roma have historically experienced centuries of discrimination and social exclusion. READ MORE

  6. 4. Challenging Normative Beauty Ideals by Undressing Online? Body Acceptance, Identity Politics and Construction of Non-normativity : A Multimodal Critical Discourse Analysis

    Author : Cansu Elmadagli; David Machin; Marc Etienne Lafrance; Åsa Kroon; Jane Mulderrig; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Body positivity; self-acceptance; identity politics; online social movements; non-normativity; multimodal critical discourse analysis;

    Abstract : This thesis is concerned with the problematics of contemporary identity politics of body acceptance as situated in the visibility logics of digital media. It examines how seemingly progressive narratives of body-acceptance can rely on normative discourses and dominant ideologies. READ MORE

  7. 5. Expressing emotions through vibration for perception and control

    Author : Shafiq ur Réhman; Li Liu; Xiaoyi Jiang; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Multimodal Signal Processing; Mobile Communication; Vibrotactile Rendering; Locally Linear Embedding; Object Detection; Human Facial Expression Analysis; Lip Tracking; Object Tracking; HCI; Expectation-Maximization Algorithm; Lipless Tracking; Image Analysis; Visually Impaired.; Signal processing; Signalbehandling; Image analysis; Bildanalys; Computer science; Datavetenskap; Telecommunication; Telekommunikation; Systems engineering; Systemteknik; datoriserad bildanalys; Computerized Image Analysis; business data processing; administrativ databehandling; Electronics; elektronik; Systems Analysis; systemanalys;

    Abstract : This thesis addresses a challenging problem: “how to let the visually impaired ‘see’ others emotions”. We, human beings, are heavily dependent on facial expressions to express ourselves. A smile shows that the person you are talking to is pleased, amused, relieved etc. READ MORE