Search for dissertations about: "weblogs"

Found 4 swedish dissertations containing the word weblogs.

  1. 1. Beyond the Blog

    Author : Stephanie Hendrick; Kirk Sullivan; Anders Steinvall; Annika Egan Sjölander; Christine Hudson; Sigrid Norris; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; weblogs; blogs; community; mediated discourse analysis; nexus analysis; social identity; network;

    Abstract : This dissertation examines weblog community as a materially afforded and socially constructed space. In a set of three case studies, this dissertation examines three separate weblog communities between 2004 and 2008. CASE STUDY I looks at knowledge management bloggers in order to better understand how bloggers form communities. READ MORE

  2. 2. Address Terms in Computer Mediated Communication: Email, Chat and Weblogs

    Author : Linnéa Anglemark; Merja Kytö; Christer Geisler; Geoffrey Leech; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; English language; Engelska språket; English; Engelska;

    Abstract : This dissertation focuses on the use of address phrases in three forms of computer mediated communication (CMC) in English. The aim of the study is to examine how people address each other in email, online chat and weblogs. READ MORE

  3. 3. Discursive skin : Entanglements of gender, discourse and technology

    Author : Katherine Harrison; Nina Lykke; Anne Scott Sørensen; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : gender; discourse; technology; feminism; technoscience; cyberpunk; blog; biotechnology; genus; diskurs; teknik; feminism; technoscience; cyberpunk; blogg; bioteknik; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to explore the relationship between gender, discourse and technology, and the resulting construction of bodily norms, in a contemporary environment dominated by info- and bio-technologies. The premise from which this study starts is that the ‘intra-action’ between gender, discourse and technology plays a central role in shaping contemporary identities. READ MORE

  4. 4. Unstructured overlay networks with guarantees: Algorithms and evaluation methods

    Author : Georgios Georgiadis; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES;

    Abstract : Throughout its lifetime, the Internet was always associated with overlay networks; from the World Wide Web to weblogs and peer-to-peer networks, overlays built on the Internet infrastructure gave it additional value and made it more engaging to everyday users. Common thread to all these developments is an ever increasing need for users to connect and collaborate in a more natural way, one that reflects their existing social relations and enables them to form new ones. READ MORE