Search for dissertations about: "news consumption"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 swedish dissertations containing the words news consumption.

2. 1. Generational Use of News Media in Estonia : Media Access, Spatial Orientations and Discursive Characteristics of the News Media

   Author : Signe Opermann; Göran Bolin; Cecilia von Feilitzen; Cristina Ponte; Södertörns högskola; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; generation; media use; media repertoires; media landscapes; news consumption; age; life course; social space; Estonia; Kritisk kulturteori; Critical and Cultural Theory; Östersjö- och Östeuropaforskning; Baltic and East European studies;

   Abstract : Contemporary media research highlights the importance of empirically analysing the relationships between media and age, changing user patterns over the life course, and generational experiences within media discourse beyond the widely hyped buzz terms such as the ‘digital natives’, ‘Google generation’, and other digitally and technologically capable generation groups. This doctoral thesis seeks to define the ‘repertoires’ of news media that different generations use to obtain topical information and create their ‘media space’. READ MORE

4. 2. A Beef with Meat : Media and Audience Framings of Environmentally Unsustainable Production and Consumption

   Author : Kajsa-Stina Benulic; Anna Maria Jönsson; Magnus Boström; Ulrika Olausson; Södertörns högskola; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Meat; news media; audience; environment; framing; consumption; participation; responsibility; Environmental Studies; Miljövetenskapliga studier;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to identify potential routes of participation in environmentally sustainable changes of the Swedish meat production and consumption. Changes are needed as meat production and consumption have been linked to serious environmental problems, such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and land use change. READ MORE

5. 3. Online news behavior

   Author : Adam Åbonde Garke; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

   Abstract : Technological developments in the last decades have fundamentally transformed the news industry and the way citizens interact with media. Personal computers and smartphones abound, and internet has become the most common way citizens access news. READ MORE

6. 4. Information, Voting Behavior and Electoral Accountability

   Author : Mattias Nordin; Eva Mörk; Massimo Bordignon; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Information; Voting Behavior; Electoral Accountability; Principal-Agent; Vote Aggregation; Mass Media; News Consumption;

   Abstract : Essay 1: In this paper, I investigate the causal effect of information on citizens’ ability to hold their elected politicians accountable for past behavior. Using survey data from the 2006 U.S. READ MORE

7. 5. Media Convergence and Digital News Services

   Author : Ester Appelgren; Nils Enlund; Robert Picard; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Media convergence; newspaper production; online newspaper; Media and communication studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

   Abstract : In this thesis, media convergence strategies and added value of digital news services are investigated, focusing on the newspaper industry and it’s audience. Convergence implies that previously unalike areas come together, approaching a common goal. A subordinate concept of convergence, i.e. READ MORE