Search for dissertations about: "religion and internet"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words religion and internet.

  2. 1. 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

  4. 2. In the Company of Ghosts : Hauntology, Ethics, Digital Monsters

    Author : Line Henriksen; Margrit Shildrick; Nina Lykke; Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Hauntology; monster; ghost; spectralities; Monster Studies; feminist theory; ethics; digital media; internet; Welcome to Night Vale; Mushroom Land TV; creepypasta; Hauntologi; monster; spöke; spectralities; monster studier; feministisk teori; etik; digitala medier; internet; Welcome to Night Vale; Mushroom Land TV; creepypasta;

    Abstract : This thesis explores French philosopher Jacques Derrida’s ’hauntology’ through the lens of digital monsters and feminist theory.Hauntology – a pun on ‘ontology’ and ‘haunting’ – offers an ethics based on responsibility towards that which cannot be said to fully exist, yet has an effect on our everyday lives nonetheless. READ MORE

  5. 3. Breaking digital firewalls : analyzing internet censorship and circumvention in the arab world

    Author : Walid Al-saqaf; Stig-Arne Nohrstedt; Åke Grönlund; Naomi Sakr; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Internet censorship; filtering; circumvention; Alkasir; Arab Spring; free speech; liberation technology; authoritarianism; freedom of expression; Media and Communication Studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

    Abstract : This dissertation explores the role of Internet censorship and circumvention in the Arab world as well as Arabs’ views on the limits to free speech on the Internet.The project involves the creation of an Internet censorship circumvention tool named Alkasir that allows users to report and access certain types of censored websites. READ MORE

  6. 4. Developing Internet Interventions to Improve Psychosocial Outcomes in Breast Cancer Survivors : Attitudes and practices in Portuguese cancer settings

    Author : Cristina Mendes Santos; Gerhard Andersson; Elisabete Weiderpass; Rui Santana; Irma Verdonck-de Leeuw; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ACT ; Attitudes; Breast cancer Survivors; Cognitive Behavioural Therapy CBT ; Digital Mental Health; Internet interventions; Usability; User-centred design; Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ACT ; Attityder; Bröstcanceröverlevande; Kognitiv beteendeterapi KBT ; Digital psykisk hälsa; Internebehandling; Användbarhet; Användarcentrerad design.;

    Abstract : Background: Despite the psychosocial treatment gap in cancer settings and the significant body of evidence on the efficacy and cost-effectiveness of internet interventions, research targeting Breast Cancer Survivors (BCS) is scant, and implementation in clinical settings is limited. While the reasons for this research and implementation gaps are multifactorial, including funding, technical and organizational barriers, the attitudes of the distinct stakeholders in the internet interventions’ ecosystem have been posited to play an important role in this regard. READ MORE

  7. 5. Lovers of Muhammad : A Study of Naqshbandi-Haqqani Sufis in the Twenty-First Century

    Author : Simon Stjernholm; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sufism; Islam; Britain; Naqshbandi-Haqqani; Shaykh Nazim; Hisham Kabbani; Sufi Muslim Council; transnationalism; discursive tradition; narrative; hagiography; dhikr;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to contribute, both empirically and theoretically, to the field of study within Islamology that concerns contemporary Sufism in non-Muslim majority societies. It does so by investigating how activities and narratives provide meaning and identity for participants in the transnational Sufi movement Naqshbandi-Haqqani. READ MORE