Search for dissertations about: "scientific controversy"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 106 swedish dissertations containing the words scientific controversy.

  2. 1. Waves of controversy : gene technology in Dagens nyheter 1973-96

    Author : Anna Olofsson; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Mass media; public debate; agenda setting; content analysis; society and technology; STS; public discourse analysis; gene technology; genetic engineering; biotechnology; scientific controversies; resistance to new technology; s-curve; life-cycle models; Sociology;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the public debate on gene technology, between 1973 and 1996, in one of the agenda-setting media in Sweden, Dagens Nyheter. Gene technology is one of the latest controversial technologies which characterise our present Western society. READ MORE

  4. 2. Regulating a Controversy : Inside Stakeholder Strategies and Regime Transition in the Self-Regulation of Swedish Advertising 1950–1971

    Author : Michael Funke; Dan Bäcklund; Magnus Eklund; Thomas Pettersson; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; advertising; advertising criticism; advertising regulation; advertising history; advertising industry; affluent society; business; business associations; business history; business interest organizations; business studies; competition; consumer; consumer politics; consumer history; consumerism; co-regulation; corporatism; economic history; history; interest groups; market regulation; marketing; marketing history; marketing regulation; marketer; policy studies; policy process; political economy; political science; postwar; regime; regulation theory; self-regulation; market self-regulation; self-regulation history; stakeholder; Sweden; efterkrigstiden; ekonomisk historia; företagsekonomi; företagshistoria; historia; intressegrupper; konsumentfrågor; konsumentpolitik; konsumenthistoria; konsumenträtt; korporatism; lagstiftning; marknad; marknadsföring; marknadsföringshistoria; marknadsregleringar; marknadsrätt; näringslivet; näringslivsorganisationer; politisk ekonomi; regleringar; regleringsteori; reklam; reklambranschen; reklamhistoria; rättshistoria; samhällsvetenskap; samreglering; självreglering; socialdemokratin; statsvetenskap; Sverige; Ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

    Abstract : This thesis concerns the development of the self-regulation of advertising in Sweden from 1950 until 1971. Self-regulation was initiated in the 1930s due to a business desire to regulate fair competition in marketing, and while it initially was a minor operation, the 1950s and 1960s were characterized by extensive development. READ MORE

  5. 3. Citeringens praktiker: Det vetenskapliga publicerandet som teori, metod och forskningspolitik : The practices of the citation: Scientific publication as theory, method and research policy

    Author : Gustaf Nelhans; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; performativitet; citeringskultur; citeringsmangel; citeringspraktiker; citeringsnätverk; citeringstypologi; vetenskapstepori; vetenskapsstudier; vetenskaps- och teknikstudier; performativity; citation practices; citation; mangle; citation culture; citation networks; HistCite; citation map; historiograph; ontology; controversy; Science and Technology Studies; STS; Theory of science;

    Abstract : The thesis investigates the scientific citation and its various functions in the scientific community and develops it as a tool for research in theory of science, scientometrics and science studies. Based on empirical and theoretical studies that utilize both qualitative and quantitative methods the citation’s history, method, as well as its use in research policy is examined. READ MORE

  6. 4. Handling socio-scientific controversy: Students' reasoning through digital inquiry

    Author : Anne Solli; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Science education Sociokulturell samtalsanalys Interaktionsanalys Digitala verktyg Källkritik;

    Abstract : The ambition of this dissertation is to develop knowledge of students’ reasoning and digital inquiry about socio-scientific controversies (SSCs) in science education contexts. Motivating this research is the vast access to information on SSCs that have become readily available to us through network-based digital media and the challenge of selecting, analyzing and evaluating claims from various disciplines and perspectives. READ MORE

  7. 5. Negotiating Heresy : The Reception of Origen in Jerome's Eschatological Thought

    Author : Katarina Pålsson; Kyrko- och missionsstudier; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Jerome of Stridon; Origen of Alexandria; the Origenist Controversy; the Jovinianist Controversy; the Pelagian Controversy; Heresiology; Eschatology; Early Christian Asceticism; Resurrection; Salvation;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to examine the reception of Origen of Alexandria (185-253/54) in the eschatological thought ofJerome of Stridon (347-419/20). Jerome, who was a Christian ascetic writer and a biblical commentator, relied heavily on Origen’s works during the first part of his career. READ MORE