Search for dissertations about: "reading as a social practice"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 40 swedish dissertations containing the words reading as a social practice.

2. 1. SOUND READING : Exploring and conceptualising audiobook practices among young adults

   Author : Elisa Tattersall Wallin; Anna Lundh; Jan Nolin; David Gunnarsson Lorentzen; Högskolan i Borås; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; audiobooks; reading practices; subscription services; apps; practice theory; timespace; transaction logs; interviews; digital methods; young adults; Library and Information Science; Biblioteks- och informationsvetenskap;

   Abstract : Audiobooks and subscription services are becoming increasingly popular in Sweden as well as many other parts of the world. This compilation thesis develops knowledge and conceptualisations of audiobook reading practices in the context of subscription services and apps. READ MORE

4. 2. The hermeneutics of medicine and the phenomenology of health : steps towards a philosophy of medical practice

   Author : Fredrik Svenaeus; Lennart Nordenfelt; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Attunement; clinical encounter; Gadamer; Heidegger; hermeneutics of medicine; phenomenology of illness; philosophy of medical practice; theory of health; understanding; unhomelikeness; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN; MEDICINE; Philosophy subjects;

   Abstract : This study is an attempt to develop an ontology and epistemology of medicine with the aid of the philosophical theories of phenomenology and hermeneutics. Medicine, in this work, is considered to be a particular form of practice with a certain intersubjective structure, rather than an assembly of scientific theories and technologies applied in the clinic. READ MORE

5. 3. Bookonomy : The Consumption Practice and Value of Book Reading

   Author : Pamela Schultz Nybacka; Pierre de Monthoux Guillet; Thomas Bay; Margaret Hogg; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Consumption practice; Reading; Literacy; Books; Value; Consummation; Post-scarcity; Bookonomy; Business studies; Företagsekonomi; Business Administration; företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : In contemporary society, book readers are increasingly being valued as consumers. Literacy and reading are often subjected to an economic logic and seen as constituting economic operations in themselves. READ MORE

6. 4. Does It Pay to Practice? : A Quasi-Experimental Study on Working Memory Training and Its Effects on Reading and Basic Number Skills

   Author : Karin I. E. Dahlin; Mara Westling Allodi; Mats Myrberg; Linda Siegel; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Working memory training; attention deficits; special educational needs; reading; basic mathematics; computer assisted instruction; specialpedagogik; Special Education;

   Abstract : This dissertation is based on results from an intervention study targeting working memory training. A group of 46 boys and 11 girls (aged 10.7) that were attending special units in 16 regular schools participated in the study. READ MORE

7. 5. Making sense of TV-narratives : Children's readings of a fairy tale

   Author : Ingegerd Rydin; Karin Aronsson; Sonja Livingstone; Linköpings universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Television; media reception; the fairy tale genre; narrative coherence; cultural and narrative codes; identification; the qualitative interview; child drawings; cultural dispositions; media literacy; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS; TVÄRVETENSKAPLIGA FORSKNINGSOMRÅDEN;

   Abstract : The present study deals with young children's' reading and reception of television fiction. Theoretically, the study is inter-disciplinary, combining text-reader oriented approaches within literature theory and sociocultural approaches within psychology and sociology. READ MORE