Search for dissertations about: "online ethnography"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 25 swedish dissertations containing the words online ethnography.

  2. 16. Virtual worlds and social interaction design

    Author : Mikael Jakobsson; Erik Stolterman; Ralph Schroeder; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Interaction design; virtual worlds; massively multiplayer online games; internet studies; computer mediated communication; virtual reality; virtual ethnography; human-computer interaction; interacture; social interaction design; Informatics; Informatik;

    Abstract : This dissertation is a study of social interaction in virtual worlds and virtual world design. A virtual world is a synchronous, multi-user system that offers a persistent spatial environment for iconically represented participants. Together, these form an example of social interaction design. READ MORE

  4. 17. Politics of Contemporary Education Policy : The case of programming in the Swedish curriculum

    Author : Anthemis Raptopoulou; Tore West; Jonas Gustafsson; Ulrika Bennerstedt; Neil Selwyn; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; policy; politics; education policy; educational technology; digitalization of education; programming; coding; policy networks; network ethnography; critical discourse analysis; pedagogik; Education;

    Abstract : In recent years, computer programming has been introduced into school curricula in several national education systems across the world making it a key issue on the education policy agenda. In March 2017, the Swedish Government announced their decision to introduce programming as a mandatory teaching element as of the first grade of primary school. READ MORE

  5. 18. Recharging Future Mobility : Understanding Digital Anticipatory UX through Car Ethnographies

    Author : Thomas Lindgren; Vaike Fors; Magnus Bergquist; Martin Berg; Robert Broström; Marc Hassenzahl; Högskolan i Halmstad; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Anticipatory; User Experience; Design Ethnography; Entanglement; Digitalisation;

    Abstract : Cars have created many positive experiences for people by providing them freedom of mobility, exciting driving thrills and status in society. However, cars are also known to create problems such as pollution, traffic congestion and accidents. READ MORE

  6. 19. Intersecting Identities: Young People, Religion, and Interaction on the Internet

    Author : Mia Lövheim; Alf G. Linderman; Knut Lundby; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sociology of religion; Internet; religion; identity construction; young people; discourse; late modernity; media ethnography; religious autobiographies; repertoire of possibilities; arena of circulation; gender; Religionssociologi; Sociology of religion; Religionssociologi;

    Abstract : The growth of the Internet gave rise to many anticipations and apprehensions of how the new medium would affect the construction of meaning, individual identities, and social interaction. As humanity’s oldest expression of existential meaning, religion provides a challenging case for such studies. READ MORE

  7. 20. Organising Intimacy : Exploring Heterosexual Singledoms at Swedish Singles Activities

    Author : Andreas Henriksson; Gerd Lindgren; Åsa Wettergren; Annika Jonsson; Sasha Roseneil; Karlstads universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; singledom; heterosexuality; intimacy; Carol Smart; personal life; multi-sited ethnography; community; courtship; dating; internet dating; sociology of family; relationality; close relations; liminal space; singelskap; heterosexualitet; intimitet; Carol Smart; personligt liv; multi-sited ethnography; gemenskap; kurtis; dejting; internetdejting; familjesociologi; relationalitet; nära relationer; liminalt rum; Sociologi; Sociology;

    Abstract : Single activities have long been places where single people can come to meet friends, build community or look for partners. The activities have relevance for studies of heterosexuality, intimacy, personal life and space. READ MORE