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  2. 1. Musicalized Characters : A study of music, multimodality, and the empiric child perspective on mainstream animation

    Author : Signe Kjaer Jensen; Jørgen Bruhn; Kirsten Drotner; Anahid Kassabian; Birger Langkjær; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Animation; music; children; interview; reception; film music; characters; audiences; multimodality; Musikvetenskap; Musicology; Film Studies; Filmvetenskap; Media and Communication Science; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

    Abstract : This thesis is an audience reception study of film music and animation film. It focuses on the musical construction of characters, looking at how music becomes meaningful in film and how this meaning becomes part of child audiences' interpretation of filmic characters. READ MORE

  4. 2. Design and Development of Recommender Dialogue Systems

    Author : Pontus Johansson; Arne Jönsson; Lars Degerstedt; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Multimodal; PGP; information-providing; dialogue systems; multimodality; Computer science; Datavetenskap;

    Abstract : The work in this thesis addresses design and development of multimodal dialogue recommender systems for the home context-of-use. In the design part, two investigations on multimodal recommendation dialogue interaction in the home context are reported on. READ MORE

  5. 3. Scenes of Writing, Scenes of Looking : Don DeLillo, Claus Beck-Nielsen, and the Politics of the Novel

    Author : Morten Feldtfos Thomsen; Per Bäckström; John Sundholm; Karen S. Jacobs; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; DeLillo; Beck-Nielsen; literature; aesthetics; politics; technology; imagetext; W.J.T. Mitchell; print novel; visual culture; media; intermediality; Rancière; multimodality; materiality; image; vision; Comparative Literature; Litteraturvetenskap;

    Abstract : Cries of the death of the novel and even of literature in general have become cultural commonplaces. In an age seemingly dominated by digital spectacle, many seem to think that traditional print literature has become an almost obsolete cultural practice, bereft of any critical social and political relevance. READ MORE

  6. 4. A Multimodal Seamless Learning Approach Supported by Mobile Digital Storytelling (mDS)

    Author : Susanna Nordmark; Marcelo Milrad; Simon Winter; Jimmy Jaldemark; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; co-design; constructivism; design-based research; digital cultural heritage; mobile digital storytelling; mobile learning; mobile seamless learning; multimodality; new media literacies; technology enhanced learning; Data- och informationsvetenskap; Computer and Information Sciences Computer Science; Media Technology; Medieteknik;

    Abstract : The use of digital tools such as smartphones, tablets and laptops have shown potential to enhance teaching and learning in a wide variety of contexts. 21st century skills such as creativity, problem-solving and innovation as means for supporting learning and knowledge creation, are considered fundamental proficiencies in today's technology- driven society, and they are therefore considered essential to promote, already from the earliest of school years. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Influence of Modality Combinations on Communication in Collaborative Virtual Environments

    Author : Jonas Moll; Eva-Lotta Sallnäs-Pysander; Kerstin Severinson Eklundh; Stephen Brewster; KTH; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Haptics; Audio; Multimodality; Collaboration; Communication;

    Abstract : Although many studies have been performed on collaboration in multimodal interfaces not many of these have looked specifically on how the supported modalities influence the task solving strategies chosen and the communication between users solving a joint task in collaborative virtual environments. Therefore, the thesis studies performed aimed at shedding light on these aspects of multimodality. READ MORE