Search for dissertations about: "picture communication"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 77 swedish dissertations containing the words picture communication.

  2. 1. Intercultural communication in health care. Non-Swedish physicians in Sweden

    Author : Nataliya Berbyuk Lindström; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; communication; culture; consultation; physician; patient; language; health care personnel; power; gender;

    Abstract : This thesis describes and analyzes intercultural communication between non-Swedish physicians and their Swedish patients, as well as communication between non-Swedish physicians and Swedish medical personnel. The focus is on the impact of cultural differences and the use of Swedish as a foreign language by physicians. READ MORE

  4. 2. When similarity qualifies as a sign : a study in picture understanding and semiotic development in young children

    Author : Sara M. Lenninger; Göran Sonesson; Gisela Håkansson; Frederik Stjernfelt; Sara Lenninger; Lunds universitet; []
    Keywords : Semiotic development; children; picture; communication; iconicity;

    Abstract : The general goal of this thesis is to elucidate children’s early understandings of pictorial meanings, and how one can know anything about them. My central aim is to explore how picture comprehension develops during children’s first 3 years of life, through semiotic-theory-derived analyses of meaning relations. READ MORE

  5. 3. Picture Viewing and Picture Description: Two Windows on the Mind

    Author : Jana Holsanova; Kognitionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; discourse hierarchy; picture description; vision; picture viewing; information flow; discourse segmentation; discourse analysis; coherence; semantics; spatial and temporal relations; cognitive science; linguistics; cognitive linguistics; psycholinguistics; speech; cognition; multimodal communication; mental processes; eye movement protocol; focus of attention; spoken language protocol; information processing; scene perception; areas of interest;

    Abstract : In this thesis, I connect two disciplines, linguistics and vision research, and combine two methods, spoken language protocols and eye movement protocols, in order to cast light on the underlying cognitive processes. In a series of studies, I investigate the processual aspects of picture viewing and picture description. READ MORE

  6. 4. Novel Use of Mobile and Ubiquitous Technologies in Everyday Teaching and Learning Practices : A Complex Picture

    Author : Sadaf Salavati; Anita Mirijamdotter; Christina Mörtberg; Marcelo Milrad; Peter Checkland; Linnéuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; mobile and ubiquitous technology; novel use; technology enhanced learning; rich pictures; soft systems methodology; thematic analysis; unified theory of acceptance and use of technology; compulsory school in Sweden; Informatik; Information Systems;

    Abstract : As of autumn 2011, all schools in Sweden have adopted and applied the latest curriculum for the compulsory school system. The following is written in concern to technology:"The school is responsible for ensuring that each pupil on completing compulsory school: [... READ MORE

  7. 5. Re-Membering Beirut : Performing Memory and Community Across a 'Postwar' City

    Author : Erin Cory; Elana Zilberg; University of California; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Lebanon; memory; performance; postwar; community;

    Abstract : More than 20 years after the end of Lebanon’s civil war (1975-1990), reconciliation remains elusive. A number of factors contribute to this stasis. READ MORE