Search for dissertations about: "opinion shift"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 swedish dissertations containing the words opinion shift.

  2. 1. Opinion-Based Systems : The Cooperative Perspective on Knowledge-Based Decision Support

    Author : Göran Forslund; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : During the last fifteen years expert systems have successfully been applied to a number of difficult problems in a variety of different application domains. Still, the task of actually developing these systems has been much harder than was predicted, and among systems delivered many have failed to meet user acceptance. READ MORE

  4. 2. Reading expectations : How expectations influence our reading, eye movements, opinions, and judgments

    Author : Alexander Strukelj; Kognition och Discourse@Lund (SKD@L) Språk; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; antonyms; cognitive linguistics; confirmation bias; expectations; experimental pragmatics; eye movements: reading; eye tracking; headlines; implicit and explicit detection of incongruities; myside bias; opinion shift; paragraph reading; processing; reading; sentence judgment; visual analog scale;

    Abstract : The way we view the world is constantly affected by our expectations. The aim of this book is to determine how expectations affect the way we read. This will help us better understand how we process information, and how our expectations may change the way we read. The research is situated in experimental pragmatics and reading research. READ MORE

  5. 3. Good Guys : A Cultural Semiotic Study of the Print Advertising of the Oil Industry (1900-2000)

    Author : Pamela Vang; Jan Anward; Angelika Linke; Heidrun Kämper; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : Oil industry; brand; print advertisements; communication; cultural semiotics; dialogism; myth; rhetoric; 20th century; Oljeindustrin; branding; tryckta annonser; kommunikation; kultursemiotik; dialogism; myt; retorik; 1900-talet;

    Abstract : Oil is central to our lives and is the source of many of the conveniences that we take for granted. It can bring wealth and prosperity to individuals and to nations, but is also a source of political conflict and the consequences of its impact on the environment are only now beginning to be fully recognised. READ MORE

  6. 4. Road user charging for heavy goods vehicles - Implementation aspects

    Author : Eva Schelin; Peter Värbrand; Clas Rydergren; Lena Trojer; Eric Sampson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : road user charging; heavy goods vehicles; distance based; marginal cost principle; implementation model; TECHNOLOGY; TEKNIKVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : Several factors have influenced the recent development in charging of heavy goods vehicles in Europe. European legislation is changed and the political will is strong in many countries. The public awareness and acceptance is large for the need to put a price and a cost on the use of infrastructure. READ MORE

  7. 5. The Socialization of Intergroup Attitudes : The Problem of Generations

    Author : David Ekstam; Gina Gustavsson; Anders Westholm; Mikael Hjerm; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Socialization; intergroup attitudes; cohort analysis; generational replacement; age effects; Statskunskap; Political Science;

    Abstract : This doctoral thesis regards long-term aggregate trends in intergroup attitudes and the individual-level mechanisms that underlie change and continuity on the aggregate-level. The thesis focusses primarily on attitudes toward homosexuality in the North American context and attitudes toward immigration in the European context. READ MORE