Search for dissertations about: "role-playing"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 22 swedish dissertations containing the word role-playing.

2. 6. State Learning and Role Playing : International environmental cooperation in the Arctic Council

   Author : Sandra Engstrand; Monica Tennberg; Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Learning; international cooperation; role theory; arguing; symbolic interactionism; environmental norms; the Arctic Council; the Arctic; International relation IR ; International cooperation;

   Abstract : This study investigates state interaction as a social learning process, where the ultimate aim is to enhance an understanding on how states learn of environmental norms. An entry into the domain on such learning processes is offered through a Constructivist approach and more specifically through the employment of a role theoretical perspective; a role here is signified as a state's repertory of behavior and its social position within a group. READ MORE

4. 7. World Builders : A Study on the Development of a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game

   Author : Peter Zackariasson; Anders Söderholm; Nils Wåhlin; Daniel Hjorth; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; MMORGPG; development; video game; organizing; discourse; Business studies; Företagsekonomi;

   Abstract : This dissertation is a study of the development of a video game called Anarchy Online. This game was developed by the Funcom company between 1995 and 2001, and is a so-called Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG). READ MORE

5. 8. Pretend that it is Real! Convergence Culture in Practice

   Author : Marie Denward; Jay Bolter; Malmö högskola; []
   Keywords : media convergence; alternate reality games; broadcast television; pervasive games; culture of production; ethnography; game design; game development; transmedia storytelling; pervasive live action role-playing; fiction; reality; participatory culture; audience; interactivity; public service broadcasting; media studies;

   Abstract : Mediekonvergens definieras och förklaras oftast som en teknisk och industriell företeelse, som den process där ny teknik anpassas till den befintliga medieindustrin och dess produktionskulturer. I dagens hybrida medielandskap kan mediekonvergens också beskrivas som den sociala process och de aktiviteter som medieanvändare deltar i när de rör sig mellan olika medier i jakt på underhållning och erfarenheter. READ MORE

6. 9. Playing for Togetherness - Designing for Interaction Rituals through Gaming

   Author : Karl Bergström; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; game research; interaction design; interaction ritual; togetherness; gamer groups;

   Abstract : Can design facilitate togetherness through games? Seeing the outcomes of a successful interaction ritual – positive emotional energy and a sense of group solidarity – as the main components of the togetherness of games, this thesis seeks to shed light on how design can improve the use of games as vehicles of interaction. The thesis combines six different articles on games, gaming and gamers; the articles illuminate the different ingredients of the interaction ritual afforded by playing games and covers digital-, board- and tabletop role-playing games. READ MORE

7. 10. Mistaken morality? : an essay on moral error theory

   Author : Emma Beckman; Gunnar Björnsson; Bart Streumer; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; moral error theory; Mackie; Joyce; Olson; normative institution; fictionalism; normative error theory; epistemic error theory; irreducible normativity; abolitionism; conservationism; propagandism;

   Abstract : This dissertation explores arguments and questions related to moral error theory – the idea that morality inevitably involves a fundamental and serious error such that moral judgments and statements never come out true. It is suggested that the truth of error theory remains a non-negligible possibility, and that we for this reason should take a version of moral fictionalism seriously. READ MORE