Dissertations / Theses: 'Communication and Media Research'

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Lahti, Michele Lynn. "The effects of media richness on communication competency ratings in an organization." Scholarly Commons, 1998. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/512.

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This study investigated how a medium's richness, the type of organizational communication message, and organizational level of the respondent affected two dimensions of communication competence: appropriateness and effectiveness. In total, 93 employees of a single organization responded to a three-part questionnaire that posed episode specific questions assessing the competence that they would attribute to the use of each of five media in each of the three episodes. Research questions addressed the effects of the richness of five media (face-to-face; voice mail; electronic mail; written memo; and typed document) on communication effectiveness and appropriateness ratings when episodes involving production-, innovation-, and maintenance-type organizational functions were considered. Also considered as an independent variable was respondent occupation level (physical, clerical, managerial) to determine if ratings of communication competency change given the organizational level of the respondent. A 3 x 3 x 5 factorial analysis of variance (AN OVA) was employed to analyze the effect of the three independent variables on perceived communication effectiveness and appropriateness. Results showed that the effect of type of medium on perceived communication effectiveness and communication appropriateness of a message depended on the nature of the situation in which the medium was used and that the effect of organizational level on perceived communication competence depended on the type of medium used. Organizational level alone did not have an effect on perceived effectiveness and appropriateness, nor did the interaction of organizational level and type of message affect communication competency ratings. Strong support was found for the role of face-to-face communication as the most effective and appropriate medium for organizational communication regardless of the situation.

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Bakarman, Maryah. "SAUDI FEMALES’ SOCIAL MEDIA USE AND ATTITUDES TOWARD COSMETIC SURGERIES." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1560793387780191.

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Zhang, Dan. "Communication research in China : a comparison of Mainland China and overseas communication journal articles from 1995 to 2005." Thesis, University of Macau, 2007. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b1874189.

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Köhler, Thomas, Thomas Weith, Lisette Härtel, and Nadin Gaasch. "Social Media and Sustainable Communication. Rethinking the Role of Research and Innovation Networks." TUDpress, 2016. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A33943.

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Purpose – Recent studies demonstrate the serious influence of social media on scholarly communication. However, scientists from academia seem to be rather carful in trying new technologies (Kaiser, Köhler, Weith 2016), with most preferring private channels first (Pscheida et al., 2013). Nevertheless, science and innovation are a public issue of wide interest. Communication is a fundamental prerequisite for transfer of information and creation of knowledge, but not sufficient to sustainably implement knowledge in society (Johnson & Chang 2000). Any innovative development from R&D needs to be published and distributed by means of communication and learning. Only if processes of learning are added relevant knowledge can be converted into actions and become effective (Larsen-Freeman 2013). Design/methodology/approach – New media technologies open up a variety of technological tools and innovative individual and organizational collaboration patterns. Does science consider such opportunities? What kind of data can be used to investigate the ICT / social media usage from a functional perspective? The authors decided to build their argumentation on two cases studies, describing the structural design of research networks, which are indeed quite similar. Therefore, the funding measure „Sustainable Land Management” as well as the research network „eScience Saxony” were considered. Both combine a series of smaller R&D projects within the context of a wider network. The data shows, however, differences in structure and scope (some projects follow a transdisciplinary approach while others do not) as well as further similarities in relation to the usage of social media. Originality/value – As a research question it is examined how actors of network projects design processes of transfer and implementation of knowledge in their project networks. For the empirical investigation, qualitative data of the two cases is obtained and evaluated systematically. The findings emphasize (1) the equality of knowledge communication and organization of joint learning experiences and, moreover, (2) similar conceptual understanding of transfer across projects. Moreover, they (3) consider similar media scenarios as appropriate. Marginally, also (4) processes of communication and learning receive attention – which are used as the operationalization of transfer and implementation in the studied networks. Practical implications – The aim of the research presented is to investigate the various effects of the research networks as a specific form of organizational intervention (Härtel et al, 2015). The authors thereby give attention to the transfer and implementation strategies from the perspective of knowledge communication, in respect of knowledge management, and use theoretical approaches from different disciplines including developmental and social sciences (Stützer et al., 2013) as well as education and organizational studies to elaborate the meaning of research and innovation networks.

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Schmitz-Justen, Felix. "A network for communication, art and technology and the three key elements environment, group and stage : a complete documentation of complex development processes /." Sankt Augustin, Germany : GMD-Forschungszentrum Informationstechnik, 2000. http://www.gmd.de/publications/research/2000/007/.

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Wang, Yajiao. "Changing media, changing cultural values - Chinese young adults' micro-blog usage and cultural values." Scholarly Commons, 2013. https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/uop_etds/209.

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This study investigated the relationship between Chinese young adults' usage of micro-blog and their cultural values. Data was collected from a group-administered survey, which was constituted by 484 students aged from 17 to 30 in variety majors in five colleges in Beijing. Results answered two research questions, indicating that there is a strong relationship between traditional cultural values' changes in Chinese young adults and micro-blog usage. The results also indicated that the more Chinese young adults engaged in micro-blog usage, the more likely they would show distinctive features in both Eastern and Western cultural values. In other words, highly active Chinese micro-blog users have crossed the Eastern and Western cultural boundaries and are developing bicultural identity due to globalization in media environment.

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Willis, Laura Elizabeth. "Promoting Health Knowledge: The Impact of Public Relations Efforts on News Media Coverage of Health Research." The Ohio State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1397730678.

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Moberg, Åsa. "Assessment of media and communication from a sustainability perspective." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Miljöstrategisk analys, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-12502.

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This thesis aims to assess potential environmental impacts of media and communication and to contribute to the development of methods for sustainability assessment. Although the main focus is on printed and electronic media products and environmental impacts, a broader sector analysis is also included and social aspects are discussed. The thesis provides a review of different environmental assessment tools in order to better understand their relationships and the appropriateness of different tools in different situations. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is used to assess printed and electronic versions of newspapers, books and invoices. Results of the screening LCAs of newspapers and books indicate that when comparing printed and electronic versions there are benefits and drawbacks for both. For news and books read on e-reading devices with energy efficient e-ink screens, the main environmental impacts in the studies stemmed from the production of the device and partly from disposal, with the latter having the potential to reduce some environmental impacts through recycling of materials. However, there are data gaps regarding the production of the e-reading devices, most notably for the e-ink screen and the waste management of obsolete e-reading devices. Existing data on internet energy use are uncertain. The potential impacts from a hypothetical total change from paper invoices to electronic invoices in Sweden were assessed through a screening consequential LCA regarding greenhouse gas emissions and cumulative energy demand. The results indicate that emissions and energy demand could decrease as a result of a change. The screening LCAs performed indicate that users’ practices could substantially influence the environmental impacts. Key factors which can influence results and comparisons of printed and electronic media products are total use of electronic devices, total use of printed media, amount and type of paper, energy use of electronic devices, potential printing of electronic media, electricity mix, and the system boundaries set for the assessments. To get a wider perspective, a sector study of the ICT sector and media sector concerning global greenhouse gas emissions and operational electricity use was performed. It was estimated that the contribution to global greenhouse gas emissions in 2007 was roughly 1-2 % for each sector. To assess media and communication products from a sustainability perspective, social aspects should also be covered. The author participated in an international project group on social aspects and LCA, one outcome from which was guidelines for social LCA (S-LCA). In addition to providing guidance for S-LCA, another important role of the guidelines is to facilitate discussions, criticism and proposals for improvement and development of the methodology being developed. The LCA and sector studies in this thesis are limited to direct and to some extent indirect environmental impacts. Further studies of the environmental impacts of more long-term changes in practices and potential structural changes, as well as potential social impacts, could provide important additional insights. This could increase the possibility of facilitating sustainable practices related to ICT and media.
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Mack, Adrian. "Film as a Mirror of Evolving Consciousness| The Politics of Representation, the Power of Social Media, and Shifting Landscapes." Thesis, California Institute of Integral Studies, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10615336.

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Social paradigms establish narratives that dictate society. Film, as a form of public pedagogy, mirrors social narratives on screen and instructs society how to view others and think about the world. Diverse individuals and groups view the world differently based on their environment and development. When individuals view film content, their unique perceptions support their understandings of the film content. Without dialogue and reflection, particularly with people with different worldviews and backgrounds, inaccurate, incomplete, and harmful information that is exhibited on screen may continue to influence one’s view of society. One way for dialogue to occur is through social media, which can expose individuals from diverse backgrounds to each other. This transdisciplinary inquiry theorized, “How might conversations on social media impact the social consciousness among viewers of dystopian films?” The literature review underscored why film and dystopian literature are significant and how social media’s prevalence as channels for communication can spark intellectual debate, which links to public pedagogy, with the aim of developing social consciousness. The research was composed as a dystopian fiction novel, using fiction-based research, because fiction, like film, disseminates social narratives. Dystopian literature and film’s plots typically center on social critiques, and are socially conscious in nature. Critics often debate these types of works because of opposing ideologies. Other topics of debate include identity politics surrounding the subtext of fiction and film, casting in film, and governing social dynamics that influence the film industry, such as White supremacy. Unlike with film that has visual representations on screen, readers often have to use mental imagery to interpret and understand fiction writing. When in dialogue with others, individuals can reflect on their projections and interpretations. The fiction incorporated the concepts of the literature review and Urie Bronfenbrenner’s (1978/2005) bioecological systems theory of human development. This theoretical framework as the foundation of the fiction-oriented research demonstrated how environments, such as social media, influence one’s view of the world.

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Cloete, Ewoudt. "An exploration of the strategic implementation of marketing communication within social networking communication context." Thesis, North-West University, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/9004.

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Taking into consideration the dramatic changes ushered in by the exponential growth of social networking, marketers are left without a dependable framework on how to implement social networking strategically and in alignment with other modern as well as traditional marketing disciplines. In light of this, the study aims to explore the strategic implementation of social networking within the context of a dependable marketing theoretical model, known as the marketing communications mix. During the study’s literary exploration, social networking’s capacity as a viable professional marketing tool was discussed. Thereafter, the study’s main theoretical underpinning, marketing communications was discussed and analysed. During the empirical phase of the research, a process of grounded theory was firstly followed in order to compile a list of typical social networking communications actions that are performed on social networking platforms. The list of typical social networking communication actions were then compared with the five disciplines of the marketing communications mix and consequently paired, based on their inherent similarities in regards to characteristics. In an attempt to illustrate the practical use of the paring of social networking actions and the disciplines of the marketing communications mix, the empirical study conclusively followed a process of action research in order to analyse an organisation’s social networking strategy. It was established that the model could possibly increase the strategic alignment of an organisation’s social networking initiatives but that it should only be used as a guiding and adaptable framework as to not hamper the creative capacity of social networking marketing. It was suggested that a follow-up study explore the ways in which social networking can complement and support other modern as well as traditional marketing initiatives as way to strengthen the case for an integrated approach to professional, strategic marketing.
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Johnston, Philip. "Exploring New Types of Motives in Social Media." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1397836029.

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Ostler, Alison Rachel. "The Impact of Statistical, Research-Based, andNarrative Anti-Pornography Messagingon Psychological Reactance." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2018. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/7722.

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Although many studies have been published detailing the effects of narratives on persuasion, no literature has been published on the impact of narratives on psychological reactance in the context of anti-pornography campaigns. This study expands on prior narrative research by measuring adults' aged 21-76 (N=187) level of psychological reactance to statistical, research-based, and narrative videos. The study also explored Intrinsic Religious Motivation and perceived threat and susceptibility as factors. No significant relationship between narratives and reduced psychological reactance was found, however, findings indicated that viewing anti-pornography narratives caused individuals to view the threat of pornography as being more severe while simultaneously considering themselves less susceptible to the threat. This suggests the presence of optimistic bias. The study's findings also suggested that having strong beliefs is connected to a having greater perceived threat and susceptibility to pornography addiction.

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Abell, AnneMarie. "Keeping Students in the Green: Examining Social Media as a Tool to Improve Communication with University Students." The Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1250561794.

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Järplind, Marcus, and Gunnar Lundberg. "”Skydda, hjälpa, ställa till rätta!” : En kritisk diskursanalys av Polisen Södermalms kommunikation på Facebook"." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-64872.

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Police presence on social media in Sweden has grown in recent years. New social networking tools have resulted in changes of practice in communication. This qualitative study examines how one local Police department in Sweden presents themselves on Facebook. Drawing on critical discourse analysis this paper focuses on uncovering personal values and power relations in various Police discourses but also how identity is shaped. Analyzing one year of Facebook posts from Polisen Södermalm, we identified several thematic discourses and found that content in the informal discourse reproduce some values not supported by policy or principles of public servantship. Our study contributes with qualitative analysis and findings in a field that still needs more work.

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He, Yin. "Immersive Storytelling for Environmental Communication." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för datavetenskap, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-158200.

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As one of the earliest attempts to apply immersive technology in environmental communication, this design research project tries to answer the following research question: how do we communicate the connections between food-related behaviors and environmental impacts through immersive storytelling? During the project, an immersive story called "Trik’s' Party" for dome shows and a journey map of an immersive visitor experience are created. These design outcomes and this paper are built on the knowledge of scientific findings, communication methods, content creations, and service design. To support the creation process, new sketching, storyboarding and prototyping methods were developed for dome content creations. The core message of this paper is that effective environmental communication is not just about informing the public about facts and data from scientific studies. It is also about giving individuals and communities the knowledge, tools and spaces to develop a vision of their own future. Immersive storytelling is one of the methods for creating these spaces. It has a large potential to raise public empathy with other people and their future-self when the long-term and abstract impacts of the environmental problems become more visible and comprehensible in an imaginary space.

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Herbig, Art, Andrew F. Herrmann, and Adam W. Tyma. "Beyond New Media: Discourse and Critique in a Polymediated Age." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2016. https://www.amzn.com/1498507379/.

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Beyond New Media: Discourse and Critique in a Polymediated Age examines a host of differing positions on media in order to explore how those positions can inform one another and build a basis for future engagements with media theory, research, and practice. Herbig, Herrmann, and Tyma have brought together a number of media scholars with differing paradigmatic backgrounds to debate the relative applicability of existing theories and in doing so develop a new approach: polymediation. Each contributor’s disciplinary background is diverse, spanning interpersonal communication, media studies, organizational communication, instructional design, rhetoric, mass communication, gender studies, popular culture studies, informatics, and persuasion. Although each of these scholars brings with them a unique perspective on media’s role in people’s lives, what binds them together is the belief that meaningful discourse about media must be an ongoing conversation that is open to critique and revision in a rapidly changing mediated culture. By studying media in a polymediated way, Beyond New Media addresses more completely our complex relationship to media(tion) in our everyday lives.
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Tornberg, Aron, and Sofia Wennström. "Development and Research in Previsualization for Advanced Live-Action on CGI Film Recording." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Medie- och Informationsteknik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-137670.

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A major disadvantage of shooting on green screen with CGI is that the director cannot see or interact with the virtual elements in the scene and thus get a realistic view of how the end result will look like, and also not being able to make changes as necessary by moving objects and actors around during the shooting session. This disadvantage can be mitigated by the use of previsualization where the director is given a rough take of what the final cut will look like by combining the filmed material with the virtual environment in real-time. This masters thesis work aims to come up with solutions for improving the film studio Stiller Studioss previsualization system. This involves a review and integration of game engines for previsualization in a motion control green screen studio, a camera calibration process with blur detection and automatic selection of images as well as research into camera tracking and depth compositing.

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Brown, Tyra L. "The Next Disaster... Will Be Televised| An Exploratory Qualitative Media Analysis of Hurricane Preparedness in Television Newscasts." Thesis, Nova Southeastern University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10264499.

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Major hurricane landfalls are the most dangerous natural hazard threats experienced in the U.S. Television news is a primary sources of hurricane hazard information and has the ability to influence what viewers understand about and how they respond to these events. While it is understood that media plays a central role in communicating weather, it is unknown whether or not news media content communicates the recommended hurricane hazard adjustments that are needed for preparedness and protection. Thus this study supports prior research calling for a closer examination of the role and effects of visual information in media documents. Using the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season, the present research employs qualitative media analysis to explore the framing of hurricane preparedness through television newscasts covering Hurricane Katrina from August 23-29, 2005. Key findings from this study suggest that there are five common frames through which hurricane information is presented to viewers of the national news broadcasts surveyed in this study. Preparedness information was found to be mainly represented through visual content but sparsely mentioned in reporting. The study also found that more often visuals were used to aid story development instead of provide educational or instructional messages that model the adoption of hazard adjustments and have the potential to motivate protective actions and behaviors by helping to increase self-efficacy. The present study concludes by discussing underlying aspects of conflict present within the media frames and offering recommendations for better integration of media content into risk communication campaigns for severe weather.

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Huffstetter, Olivia Claire. "Feminist Pedagogy, Action Research, and Social Media: TabloidArtHistory's Influence on Visual Culture Education." The Ohio State University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1619043241765287.

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Dahl, Jonatan. "Designing Interaction and Visualization for Exploration of System Monitoring Data : A design-oriented research study on exploring new ways of designing useful visualizations and interaction for system monitoring data using web technologies." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för datavetenskap och kommunikation (CSC), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-171947.

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System monitoring is a practice that is frequent within companies providing digital products to consumers and is a common way to help developers contribute to a good enduser experience by ensuring a high availability and good performance of the product. This thesis is a design-driven exploratory study on designing interaction and visualization for system monitoring data, using web technologies. The design space spans over interaction design and technical domains, exploring system monitoring data interaction and visualization from an HCI perspective as well as technical possibilities and limitations of the web platform. An artifact embodying new ideas and design visions regarding the topic is created in close collaboration with the target users. The artifact expresses possible and potentially valuable inventions regarding exploration of system monitoring data. It also emphasizes the close relationship between system monitoring and physical space and how the interaction with it can provide a useful sense of place to the data. Technical insights and good practices regarding developing performant data visualization user interfaces is also presented and motivated, where two methods providing different strengths and weaknesses are described.

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Kejser, Katrine. "“Pop a titty for the boys” -A qualitative study of negative communication towards femalestreamers on Twitch." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskap, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-92543.

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The development of technology has created many platforms for entertainment, participatorycommunities and socialization online. One of the largest current platforms for live streamingis Twitch.tv with a focus on gaming and eSports. This is a male-dominated field wherewomen often face harassment and a non-welcoming community. This paper is a qualitativestudy of the negative communication towards female streamers on Twitch with a focus onthe context in which said communication takes place. The aim of the study is to understandthe circumstances in which negative communication occurs and how it changes dependingon context. The study takes a qualitative approach and analyses the content of six streamsfrom five different channels, as well the negative communication in their chat room. Theresults show that negative communication varies depending on the content as well as thenature of the community built around the channel.

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Blom, Lucas, and Johanna Stenbäck. "The golden ratio - still golden? A research of the gold ratio in digital formats." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Medie- och Informationsteknik, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-121676.

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Gyllene snittet har sedan en mycket lång tid tillbaka använts som begrepp för att beskriva en proportion som är behaglig för det mänskliga ögat. Proportionen har dels använts för att formge byggnader och måla konstverk men används som flitigast i den grafiska branshen. Då främst gällande affisher och andra format av trycksaker där det är viktigt att läsaren känner att en harmoni existerar. Webbdesign är ett relativt nytt ämne och handlar om hur en webbsida formges, webbsidor har idag många olika uttryck och funktioner och nästan alla människor i Sverige vet vad en webbsida är och vad man använder den till. Syftet med denna studie är att ta reda på hurvida användningen av gyllene snittet på webbsidor ändrar användarens upplevelse samt att kartlägga om gyllene snittet används på de tio mest besökta webbsidorna i Sverige. För att svara på syftet har semistrukturerade intervjuer gjorts för att samla in data. Dessa intervjuer har gått ut på att deltagaren fått se och jämföra bilder på webbsidor. En del av bilderna har varit med orginallayout och en del har varit med gyllene snittet applicerat. Deltagarna har fått titta på bilderna en och en men också samtidigt för att kunna jämföra. Studiens intervjuer har fokuserat på känslor kring bilderna, och hur betraktaren uppfattar det som hen sett framför sig.

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Leong, Rosa. "A study of research trends in international public relations." Thesis, University of Macau, 2009. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b2120010.

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Zhang, Ruonan. "Beyond Narcissism: Developing a Comprehensive Model of Motivations for Selfie-Taking and Selfie-Posting on Social Media." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2019. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1558521422150505.

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Smidt, Corwin Donald. "The spinning message how news media coverage and voter persuasion shape campaign agenda /." Columbus, Ohio : Ohio State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=osu1217332406.

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McGladrey, Margaret Louise. "BECOMING BODIES: HOW PREADOLESCENT GIRLS CONSUME AND PRODUCE MEDIA IN 21^st CENTURY AMERICA." UKnowledge, 2011. http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_theses/102.

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This study investigates preadolescent girls’ interpretations of images of and messages about women’s bodies presented in both traditional and online media in the American cultural context. Using qualitative methods including in-depth interviews, email diaries, and digital photo collages, this study gives voice to girls aged nine to eleven from diverse racial and socioeconomic backgrounds so that they might tell their stories about interacting with media that is relevant to their relationships with their bodies. Employing objectification theory as well as concepts from the cultural studies tradition, the findings suggest that the process of becoming a female body in the 21st-century American media environment is far more complex than a simple linear, cause-effect equation can express. Differences among girls in terms of media use, degree of media criticism, age, and interpersonal discursive environments moderate their relationships to mediated imagery and to their bodies. The findings also describe the mediated bodily ideal that is most relevant to preadolescent girls, the celebrity girls who embody this ideal, the ways in which girls experience self-objectification and body surveillance, and the nature of girls’ conversations with friends and family members about body-related topics. The study concludes by providing recommendations to concerned researchers, educators, and parents.

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Björkbom, Amel, and Kimberly Nguyen. "Roadblocks Hindering a Fossil-Free Stockholm : Research of the Impact of Food Delivery Technology." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-298327.

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Online food delivery (OFD) services have become increasingly popular and accessible, allowing customers to choose between a wide range of restaurants conveniently, compare meals and prices effectively, and arrange the delivery of the meal immediately. Thus, the number of last-mile online food deliveries has increased, creating challenges for urban cities. Based on the goal that the City Council of Stockholm has set up regarding becoming fossil-free by 2040, this report examines the effects of the last-mile deliveries in the food delivery sector, particularly how the food is delivered to consumers today, and what challenges the OFD companies are facing in relation to lowering emissions from last-mile deliveries in the urban area. The study consists of empirical data collected from a quantitative survey answered by food delivery consumers in Stockholm, a qualitative interview with Sofia Leffler Moberg, Head of Sustainable Transformation at PostNord, and secondary data published online. The results show that there is a discrepancy between how the food was delivered to the customer and what the respective OFD platform recounted in their application to be the delivery method. The in-app visualization shows that the predominant vehicle used for delivery was bicycle, however, the answers from the participants in the investigation indicate that fossil-driven vehicles such as cars and mopeds are used for delivering. The findings also indicate that there is, to a certain extent, an awareness and a presence of sustainability work in relation to carbon dioxide emissions, however, the work is argued to be limited in relation to what is actually needed in order to contribute to becoming a fossil-free city. Therefore, a large commitment by both the OFD companies and the City Council of Stockholm is needed to accelerate the transition from fossil-driven to fossil-free delivery fleets in order to reduce the GHG emissions from the last-mile deliveries within the sector.
Matleveranstjänster har blivit alltmer populära och tillgängliga, vilket gör att kunderna enkelt kan välja mellan ett brett utbud av restauranger, jämföra måltider och priser effektivt och ordna leveransen av maten direkt. Således har antalet sista mil matleveranser ökat och skapat utmaningar för städerna. Baserat på det mål som Stockholms Stad har satt upp om att bli fossilfritt till år 2040, undersöker denna rapport effekterna av leveranserna i sista milen inom matleveranssektorn, särskilt hur maten levereras till konsumenterna idag och vilka utmaningar matleveransföretagen står inför i förhållande till att minska utsläppen från sista milen leveranser i stadsområdet. Studien består av empirisk data insamlad från en kvantitativ undersökning besvarad av personer som konsumerar matleveranstjänster i Stockholm, en kvalitativ intervju med Sofia Leffler Moberg, hållbarhetschef på PostNord, och sekundära data publicerade på nätet. Resultaten visar att det finns en avvikelse mellan hur maten levererades till kunden och vilken leveransmetod respektive matleverans-plattform angav i sin applikation. Visualiseringen i applikationen visade att cykel var vanligast för matleveranser i Stockholm, men deltagarna i undersökningen indikerade att fossila fordon som bilar och mopeder används oftare än cykel. Resultaten tyder också på att det till viss del finns en medvetenhet och närvaro av hållbarhetsarbete i förhållande till koldioxidutsläpp, men arbetet är begränsat i relation till vad som behövs göras för att uppnå målet om att bli en fossilfri stad. Därför behövs ett stort åtagande från både matleverans-företagen och Stockholms Stad för att påskynda övergången från fossildrivna till elektriska leveransflottor för att minska växthusgasutsläppen från sista milen leveranser inom sektorn.

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Galant, Raashied. "The coalface of journalism: A qualitative research investigation into development communication objectives amongst rural newspapers in the Overberg District." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/4190.

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This thesis explores how six commercial local newspapers based in the towns of Swellendam, Bredasdorp, Caledon and Gansbaai are reporting on gender and HIV/AIDS in ways that may help to shift specific attitudes as well as to generate appropriate community responses. The overall aim of the study is to advance theories around the location of commercial news media in the development context. It also aims to inform and empower development workers and activists on the opportunities or pitfalls in engaging with rural local media to advance their development goals. In most prior studies into the nature of gender or HIV/AIDS reporting in the media in South Africa, the focus has been exclusively on mainstream corporate and/or urbanbased media titles and very little investigation has been done into the performance of small ruralbased media. The study employs two methods of data collection namely, a quantitative content analysis of newspapers and structured interviews with the editors of the papers, and a sample group of government employees and community activists in the respective towns. The structured interviews provide a qualitative dimension to the content analysis, bearing in mind the dangers of quantifying media content and making isolated judgements on the actual context of journalistic practice. Through the interviews, the researcher has been able to explore the extent to which the perceptions of the media editors visavis a public interest role with respect to gender and HIV/AIDS actually differs from the quantitative evidence of their performance and the perceptions of key informants in their communities. The findings of the study suggest that local rural media hold out great hope with respect to the advancement of development communication goals through commercial media platforms. The editors in the four towns have established organic connections with their community, albeit tenuous, but which extend into the ranks of development workers in their towns. The data from the content analysis suggests that women enjoy high visibility in the pages of their local papers, and they are most likely to be portrayed as positive achievers than as women encountering violence. The tenuous nature of the connections between editor and community are most starkly evident around the issue of HIV/AIDS, with coverage of this being very low despite much work being undertaken in the community to deal with the pandemic. With respect to the issue of gender, there was demonstrable evidence from actual examples of content, that showed on the one hand the capacity to motivate for change in women's lives, but also on the other hand a danger of reinforcing attitudes that compound women's oppression. The study offers recommendations to a range of roleplayers to ensure, firstly, the continued survival of local rural newspapers, and also support in building capacity to see these papers mature into journalism products that are integrative and transformative.
Ford Foundation and the Media Development and Diversity Agency

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Zhao, Meng. "The Media, Education, and the State: Arts-Based Research and a Marxist Analysis of the Syrian Refugee Crisis." Chapman University Digital Commons, 2019. https://digitalcommons.chapman.edu/education_dissertations/8.

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By 2019, the Syrian civil war has lasted for nearly eight years and it has created the largest humanitarian crisis since WWII (Achlume, 2015). Using the siege of Aleppo in 2016 as a case study, the author applied a Marxist-humanist theoretical framework and incorporated arts-based research methodology to examine how US news media supports capitalist social relations. The research question for this study was: how do the US media depictions of the siege of Aleppo, Syria in 2016 reflect capitalist social relations? There were three sub-questions that followed: (1) Which elements of the siege of Aleppo in 2016 get the most attention in the specific outlets examined? In what ways do these depictions support the US government and/or corporate interests? (2) What are some of the ways in which Syrian refugees are depicted in the various outlets examined? How and in what ways is US humanitarian policy reflected? How are Syrian’s racialized through these depictions? and (3) How are corporate and government interests tied to these media outlets? This study used narrative inquiry, visual analysis, and critical discourse analysis as research methods to discover five major themes found in US news media’s reporting on the siege of Aleppo in 2016. The author then examined these five main themes through a Marxist-humanist lens to discover how the US news media, the supposed “gatekeeper” for the public, establishes, maintains, and reinforces an ideology that supported hegemony for the dominant class.

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Szalvai, Eva. "Emerging Forms of Globalization Dialectics: Interlocalization, a New Praxis of Power and Culture in Commercial Media and Development Communication." Bowling Green, Ohio : Bowling Green State University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=bgsu1214241605.

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Gu, Liang. "Looking back while moving forward : a retrospective of advertising research articles in Mainland China's academic journals (1994-2008)." Thesis, University of Macau, 2009. http://umaclib3.umac.mo/record=b2162042.

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HERZBERGER, JONATHAN D. ""Can you hear me now?" Experimental research on the efficacy of pre-crisis messages in a severe weather context." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1408374541.

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Tang, Tang. "Active within Structures: An Empirical Integration of Individual, Structural and Technology Adoption Determinants in Predicting Internet Use." Ohio : Ohio University, 2008. http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/view.cgi?ohiou1218041064.

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Gething, Leverne. "MRC scientists and the media : attitudes to and experiences of reporting their findings to the public." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/52347.

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ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Background: Scientists seem to have an 'international corporate culture' of mistrusting the media. Attitudes of South African scientists to the media and their experiences of reporting findings to the public and media have not been documented. The South African Medical Research Council (MRC) is a statutory research body with an excellent research record - but awareness of the MRC among the South African public is almost non-existent. The MRC needs to publicise and increase knowledge of its goals and research findings by promoting scientists' engagement with the public and other stakeholders. Objective: A postal survey was carried out among MRC scientists to obtain a 'baseline' indication of attitudes and experiences regarding communication to the public and media. Results would inform development and implementation of strategies to fast-track a turnaround in culture at the MRC towards promotion of science communication. Method: A questionnaire with prompted responses was sent to 253 MRC scientists. One hundred were returned (39.5%), representing an impressive assemblage of the MRC's research leaders. Findings: Although 48.9% of the scientists had each published over 30 articles in peerreviewed journals, 38.9% had never had these articles mentioned in the lay media. Yet the scientists regard 'the public' and 'policy makers' as the most important groups they should communicate with, and most think the public glean their knowledge of scientific research and its implications from the lay media. The scientists might not trust the media to provide accurate scientific information, but they feel that the general public do. The vast majority (92.8%) strongly agree or tend to agree that they have a duty to communicate their research and its implications to the public, and 70.8% would like to spend more time on this. However, the scientists also agree that the day-to-day requirements of their jobs leave them with too little time to communicate the implications of their research to others (47.5%) or even to get on with research (36.4%). Most of the scientists had never had contact with the media, or only every few years. When the source or subject ofa news story, 65.4% had been either 'very satisfied' or 'somewhat satisfied' with the coverage. Many of their comments reflected unrealistic expectations which can only be addressed by training in what the media are all about. Most (86.9%) had never had any training in dealing with the media, but 80.8% would be interested in such training. Conclusions: It is clear that the scientists generally want to communicate and see the potential benefits. For the MRC to become a communicating organisation it must spell out to its scientists the importance and value placed on their communication activities. Science communication and development of links with community and media should be seen as part and parcel of scientific research, and given due recognition and support. Policies must be agreed and communicated with the scientists about recognising, encouraging and rewarding such efforts. The MRC also needs a clear media strategy giving guidelines on specific situations, as well as on the Ingelfinger rule.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Agtergrond: Dit kom voor asofwetenskaplikes 'n 'internasionale gedragskode' het om die media te wantrou. Gesindhede van Suid-Afrikaanse wetenskaplikes teenoor die media en hulle ondervinding van die bekendmaking van hulle bevindinge aan die publiek en die media is nog nooit opgeteken nie. Die Suid-Afrikaanse Mediese Navorsingsraad (MNR) is 'n statutêre navorsingsliggaam met 'n uitstekende navorsingsgeskiedenis - maar die Suid-Afrikaanse publiek is haas onbewus van sy bestaan. Die MNR moet sy doelwitte en navorsingsbevindinge openbaar maak deur wetenskaplikes se kontak met die publiek en ander belangegroepe te bevorder. Doelwit: 'n Posopname is onder die MNR se wetenskaplikes gedoen om 'n 'basislyn' aanduiding van hulle gesindhede teenoor en ondervinding van kommunikasie met die publiek en media te verkry. Die resultate hiervan sal die ontwikkeling and implimentering van strategie om 'n vinnige handomkeer in gebruike by die MNR ten einde die bevordering van wetenskapskommunikasie te weeg te bring, stuur. Metode: 'n Vraelys met voorgestelde antwoorde is aan 253 MNR wetenskaplikes gestuur. Eenhonderd is teruggestuur (39.5%), wat 'n indrukwekkende groep van die MNR se navorsingsleiers verteenwoordig. Bevindinge: AlhoeweI48.9% van die wetenskaplikes elk al meer as 30 artikels in portuurevalueerde joernale publiseer het, het 38.9% nog nooit enige dekking in verband met hierdie artikels in die lekemedia ontvang nie. Desondanks beskou die wetenskaplikes' die publiek' en 'beleidmakers' as die mees belangrike groepe waarmee hulle moet kommunikeer. Die meeste dink ook die publiek verkry hul kennis van wetenskaplike navorsing en die gevolge daarvan vanuit die lekemedia. Die wetenskaplikes mag nie die media vertrou om akkurate wetenskaplike inligting weer te gee nie, maar hulle dink die algemene publiek vertrou wel die media. Die oorgrote meerderheid (92.8%) stem sterk saam of stem saam dat hulle 'n verpligting het om hulle navorsing en die implikasies daarvan met die publiek te deel, en 70.8% sou graag meer tyd hieraan wou afstaan. Die wetenskaplikes stem egter ook saam dat die dag tot-dag eise van hulle beroep te min tyd oorlaat om die implikasies van hulle navorsing aan ander te kommunikeer (47.5%) of om selfs hulle navorsing te doen (36.4%). Die meeste van die wetenskaplikes het nog nooit enige kontak met die media gehad nie, of dan wel slegs met tussenposes vanjare. Wanneer hulle die bron ofonderwerp van 'n nuusstorie was, was 65.4% óf 'baie tevrede' óf 'effens tevrede' met die dekking. Baie van hul kommentaar dui op onrealistiese verwagtinge wat slegs aangespreek kan word deur opleiding oor die 'hoe' en 'wat' van die media. Die meeste (86.9%) het nog nooit enige opleiding gehad om met die media te werk nie, maar 80.8% sou belangstel in sulke opleiding. Gevolgtrekkings: Dit is duidelik dat die wetenskaplikes oor die algemeen wil kommunikeer en ook die moontlike voordele daarvan insien. Om 'n kommunikerende organisasie te word, moet die MNR die belang en waarde wat geheg word aan wetenskaplikes se kommunikasieaktiwiteite, aan hulle uitspel. Wetenskaplike kommunikasie en die vorming van netwerke met die gemeenskap en die media moet gesien word as 'n deel van wetenskaplike navorsing en moet paslike erkenning en ondersteuning geniet. Beleid rakende die herkenning, aanmoediging en beloning van sulke pogings moet vasgestel en oorgedra word aan die wetenskaplikes. Die MNR het ook 'n duidelike mediastrategie nodig wat riglyne oor spesifieke situasies en die Ingelfinger reël gee.

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Maksumic, Elma. "Who are we developing for? : Identifying the users and their needs for the video streaming support service “Streamingkollen”." Thesis, KTH, Medieteknik och interaktionsdesign, MID, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-172325.

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It has become more and more important for creators of technical services to know whom they are designing for so they can satisfy their customers. A way to satisfy the costumers is to include a User Experience (UX) process in line with the creation process of the service. To create a good UX for the users one firstly needs to identify and understand the users. This thesis has investigated how the use of Personas can facilitate the understanding of the user in the context of User Experience (UX). A Persona is a fictive person that is a representation of a user group. A Persona is created with the objective that through the connection of the user goals, attitude and behaviours one can truly understand the users from an UX perspective. This thesis is creating Personas for a service called Streamingkollen. That is a service with the goal to help users with problems they have, connected to Video on demand (VoD) services. A video on demand service is a service that allows the users to watch videos whenever they want. Netflix, SVT play, HBO Nordic, TV4 play, are some examples of VoD services. The user data was collected through user interviews on predetermined users and then segmented into different user groups”. Personas were created, to make the different user group more realistic and easier to communicate. The different findings about the different user groups was put together as a story about one person (representing the user group) with a name, family, a job etc., and different characteristics that reflected the user group. The result is presented in three found user groups. The user groups were put together with different elements thanks to the segmentation and Personas. The segmentation made it possible to identify what causes the different needs that the users had when wanting support with a technical problems connected to VoD service and how these needs could be satisfied.. The Personas translated the user data into stories so that the findings about the users were easier to understand and adapt to. The role Personas play in the UX process is that without the comprehensive picture that is presented in the Personas and created thought data gathering and segmentation, it can be hard to identify the users needs and how they can be achieved.

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Sundstedt, Sara, and Sofia Rytterlund. "Fallstudie för Fishbrain AB : Användarundersökningar för framtagandet av personas där användarna har en geografisk spridning." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Medieteknik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-34634.

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This study is a case study for a mobile app for fishing enthusiasts, Fishbrain with the purpose of presenting personas based on user-research. This assignment was carried out upon request of Fishbrain as the company finds that they lack qualitative data. One main reason for this is that the majority of the users are located in the US. Fishbrain has 4.83 million users mainly across the United States, Australia, Sweden and Brazil (14th of December 2017). This study intends to determine whether our chosen methods for user-research can apply when the interviewers and the responders are located at different geographical locations, and to evaluate if our chosen method for deriving personas can be applied on a large user base. This study is based on quantitative data collected through surveys. Subsequently, interviews were conducted as a method for collecting more qualitative data. Based on this empirical foundation, interesting insights and recurring factors were categorized. Two primary personas and two secondary personas were developed from this analysis. This study finds that our chosen methods for user-research are valid when users and researchers are located in different places, but that there are certain limitations that the researchers should take into consideration, for example the time difference. This may require a longer research timeframe than if the research is conducted in a lab environment.
Denna undersökning är en fallstudie för Fishbrain med syfte att presentera personas framtagna utifrån användarundersökningar. På önskan av Fishbrain genomfördes detta uppdrag då företaget upplever att de saknar kvalitativ data, eftersom majoriteten av användarna befinner sig i USA. Fishbrain har 4,83 miljoner användare fördelat över främst USA, Australien, Sverige och Brasilien (2017-12-14). Med denna studie hoppas vi kunna svara på huruvida våra valda metoder för användarundersökningar är lämpliga då undersökare och deltagare befinner sig på olika geografiska platser, samt att utvärdera huruvida vår valda metod för framtagande av personas kan appliceras på en stor användarbas. Undersökningen utgår från kvantitativt insamlad data från enkätundersökningar. Därefter används intervju som metod för att komma åt mer kvalitativa aspekter. Utifrån denna empiriska grund kategoriseras olika intressanta insikter och återkommande faktorer. Vid analys av datainsamlingen utvecklas två primära samt två sekundära personas. Undersökningens slutsats är att det är applicerbart att genomföra användarundersökningar när användarna och undersökarna befinner sig på olika platser, men att det finns vissa begränsningar som undersökarna bör ta hänsyn till, såsom tidsskillnad. Dessa begränsningar medför att den tidsram som sätts för projektet bör beräknas längre än om undersökningarna genomförs i laboratoriemiljö.

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Heger, Andrew J. "Portrait of a Pioneer: An Analysis of Print Media Coverage of Ryan White, 1985-1990." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1385554352.

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Buabbas, Hasan. "Exploring the level of information and communication technology applications and use in secondary school library media centres in Kuwait : an interpretive case study research." Thesis, University of Salford, 2010. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/26594/.

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The integration of information technology in education has, in the last thirty years, changed from being non-existent to being a fundamental part of a developed education system. A successful School Library Media Centre (SLMC) is central to education. A typical SLMC aims to provide a broad range of printed and nonprinted resources. The technology phenomenon has a new, dynamic role in supporting the learning environment in the SLMC. Schools and school library media centres in developed countries have evolved widely and have an advanced level of ICT integration. On the other hand, educational organisations in Kuwait have, to date, failed to realise their ICT potential. The purpose of this thesis is to explore the provision and use of information and communication technology (ICT) applications and services in secondary schools, and especially in SLMCs, in Kuwait. The study focuses on the school community (teachers and pupils) and their skill with, and knowledge of, ICT. There has been no previous research that has investigated the availability and use of ICT in secondary schools in Kuwait, so this study aims to fill this gap. In order to thoroughly understand the phenomenon, an interpretive case study approach has been adopted and, therefore, multiple data gathering techniques have been utilised. In order to research the subject within its proper context, two bodies of pertinent literature were reviewed, from both developed and developing countries. The data gathering instruments showed remarkable findings. The research argues that the SLMCs were maintained as mere storehouses with meagre ICT integration. Overall, the results indicated there was a significant lack of ICT related services in Kuwaiti schools. Most of the teachers and pupils showed a reasonable knowledge of ICT. The results also showed that integration of ICT services into SLMCs was strongly advocated by headmasters, teachers and pupils alike. To conclude, the results highlight the need to better understand the importance of new environments in education. The research argues the need for Kuwaiti policymakers to provide a groundbreaking policy to improve the current situation. Although the research is limited to Kuwaiti secondary education, the study may be equally applicable to other educational organisations in many analogous developing countries.

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Palmestedt, Bill. "Player perceptions of Pokémon Go." Thesis, Södertörns högskola, Medieteknik, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:sh:diva-32476.

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In a recent pilot study, it was revealed that certain players of Pokémon Go did not account for the game while asked to specify the games they played regularly, although they had previously mentioned that they play the game daily. This paper will explore those player’s perception of Pokémon Go in aim to understand why they did not account for the game. This study uses a series of interviews of the participants to explore how they perceive the game. The interviews are analysed thematically using predefined themes and the results suggests that the reason to why the game was not accounted for might be related to the pervasive nature of the game.

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Setianto, Yearry P. "Media Use and Mediatization of Transnational Political Participation: The Case of Transnational Indonesians in the United States." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1461247603.

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Fenton, Dennis, and Jesper Gardeblad. "Intranätets betydelse för organisationskultur och intern kommunikation : En fallstudie om anställdas upplevda användbarhet av intranätet som information- och kommunikationsverktyg." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Media- och kommunikationsvetenskap, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-36235.

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Anställdas upplevda användbarhet av intranät som informations- och kommunikationsverktyg En enkätstudie i samarbete med ICA Gruppen AB om hur intranätet Worknet används och upplevs ur ett medarbetarperspektiv. En organisation ställer höga krav på den interna kommunikationen. Den ska fungera väl, inspirerande och felfritt. En intern kommunikation som är effektiv har förmågan att ge de anställda en möjlighet att kommunicera med varandra. Den förmågan skapar en vi-anda. Detta gäller även om alla inte befinner sig på samma plats. Syftet med studien är att undersöka hur intranätet upplevs på ICA Gruppen AB från medarbetarnas perspektiv. Vad kan förbättras och förändras? På vilket sätt använder man intranätet och kan intranätet stärka den organisationskultur som lever inom ICA Gruppen AB? Studien utfördes med ett enkätformulär. Vi valde att lägga 14 enkätfrågor på intranätet som anställda fick möjlighet att svara på. De allra viktigaste resultaten som kom fram i studien var att majoriteten var nöjda med intranätet. Dock vill respondenterna se en förbättrad sökfunktion, både grafiskt och tekniskt. Intranätets nuvarande utformning bidrog till en viss “vi-känsla” inom organisationen men de fanns synpunkter där bland annat mer lokala nyheter efterfrågades. Man ville bygga ut den interna sidan med mer riktade nyheter. Resultatet visar att intranätet stärker organisationskulturen.

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Svedenberg, Helena, and Emma Uddenberg. "From tricky data to captivating facts - Research through design regarding interesting and comprehensible charts." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Medie- och Informationsteknik, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-94553.

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Det ligger en stor utmaning i att presentera komplex information visuellt, så att betraktaren kan förstå datan och ta till sig budskapet. Att arbeta kreativt med färg och form för att presentera information kan underlätta förståelsen för datan samt skapa ett intresse. Ett bra verktyg för informationsvisualisering är diagram, med vilket data kan presenteras på ett pedagogiskt och överskådligt sätt. Syftet med detta designarbete har således varit att utforska hur diagram kan utformas så att de både är intresseväckande och lättförståeliga. Diagram som används av företaget Health Profile Institute är ett tydligt exempel på designproblemet, dessa har därför agerat som exempel inom denna studie. Utforskande design har använts som metod inom denna studie. Författarna har därför tagit fram ett stort antal designförslag i form av konceptskisser på olika diagramtyper. Författarna har dragit slutsatserna att diagram som både är intresseväckande och enkla att förstå kan skapas genom en väl utförd formgivning. Genom att arbeta med kontraster i färg och form, samt användning av ikoner och olika nivåer i formgivningen, orienterar diagrammet betraktaren. Dessutom kan intresse skapas eftersom det framkallar associationer hos betraktaren, intresseväckande och lättförståelighet hänger således ihop vid utformning av diagram.

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Lin, David Gang. "How do Chinese print media in New Zealand present ideas of Chinese cultural identity a research of Chinese print media in New Zealand : a thesis submitted to Auckland University of Technology in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Communication Studies (MCS), 2007." Click here to access this resource online, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10292/411.

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Köhler, Thomas, and Nina Kahnwald. "Online Communities: Enterprise Networks, Open Education and Global Communication: 16. Workshop GeNeMe ’13 Gemeinschaften in Neuen Medien: TU Dresden, 07./08.10.2013." Technische Universität Dresden, 2013. https://tud.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A26164.

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GeNeMe steht für Gemeinschaften in Neuen Medien, im englischen Sprachgebrauch bezeichnet als Web-based Communities oder Online Communities. Einen wichtigen Impuls erfuhren die wissenschaftliche Analyse und die wirtschaftliche Nutzung dieser Communities unter der Metapher des Web2.0. Internet-basierte Technologien wie z. B. Social Media Werkzeuge, aber auch (soziale) Intranet-Systeme und Wissensplattformen bestimmen mehr denn je Lernen, Forschen und Arbeiten in Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft und Bildung und insbesondere das private (Zusammen-) Leben. Dabei führt die zunehmende Mobilität moderner multimedialer Systeme (Smartphone, Tablet PC, etc.) zu neuen Nutzungsoptionen und kollaborativen Anwendungen - sei es im Bereich des Gaming, der Barrierefreiheit oder beim gemeinsamen Gestalten digitaler Produkte. Die GeNeMe ’13 richtet sich in gleichem Maße an Wissenschaftler und Praktiker, die sich über den aktuellen Stand der Arbeiten auf dem Gebiet der Gemeinschaften in Neuen Medien informieren möchten. Im 16. Jahr der Tagung geht es weiterhin um Fragen der (Ver-)Gemeinschaftung bei der Nutzung neuer Medien, virtueller Communities und des Social Web. Unabhängig von der sektoralen Zugehörigkeit der behandelten Szenarien zu Wirtschaft, Wissenschaft, Bildung und Unterhaltung geht es schwerpunktmäßig um folgende Themen: • Research Communities • Multi- and Rich Media Communication/Collaboration in mobilen Anwendungsszenarien und Kollaborative Barrierefreiheit • Global Communities, transnationale Kooperationen und - Netzwerke • Virtual and Massive Communities in Education Neben der methodischen und technologischen Perspektive interessiert das Verhältnis von individueller versus gemeinschaftlicher Aktivität, respektive Nutzung. Stärker als 2012 wurde auch die themenbezogene Praxis von Communities berücksichtigt. Der Sammelband zur Tagung „Gemeinschaften in Neuen Medien“ steht 2013 unter dem Rahmenthema „Online Communities: Enterprise Networks, Open Education and Global Communication“ und strukturiert sich in Beiträge zu den Themenfeldern Community Technologies, Community Topics und Community Didactics. Alle in den Proceedings publizierten Beiträge wurden mit Hilfe eines anonymisierten Begutachtungsverfahrens auf Basis von mindestens 2 Gutachten aus einem breiten Angebot interessanter und qualitativ hochwertiger Beiträge ausgewählt.:A EINGELADENE VORTRÄGE 1 A.1 Neue Technologien – Neue Anforderungen an die Forschungsmethoden im Bildungswesen 1 A.2 Bürgerbeteiligung beim Hochwasserkampf - Chancen und Risiken einer kollaborativen Internetplattform zur Koordination der Gefahrenabwehr 13 B COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGIES 23 B.1 Mobile Bildungsmedien für die berufliche Ausbildung lernerorientiert entwickeln 23 B.2 Akzeptanz und Nutzung von E-Books 35 B.3 Einsatz Mobiler Apps im E-Learning 47 B.4 SENSE: Combining Mashup and HSM technology by semantic means to improve usability and performance 61 B.5 Fishification – Visualizing Activity Streams Using the Aquarium Metaphor 73 B.6 Designing e-research: A framework for researcher’s social online knowledge 83 C COMMUNITY TOPICS 101 C.1 Der Einfluss der Länge von Beobachtungszeiträumen auf die Identifizierung von Subgruppen in Online Communities 101 C.2 Topic-Based Aggregation of Questions in Social Media 113 C.3 Zesare: Kompetenzbündelung zur Unterstützung Studierender beim Erwerb studienbegleitender Zertifizierungen an sächsischen Hochschulen – Ein Projektbericht 125 C.4 Die Medienkompetenz Jugendlicher im Umgang mit digitalen sozialen Netzwerken 137 C.5 Status Quo und Bedeutung der Meinungs-führerforschung für Online-Communities 149 C.6 Förderung der Anerkennung in agilen Softwareentwicklungsprozessen 185 C.7 Trauern in virtueller Gemeinschaft. Geteiltes Gefühl in Online Gemeinschaften 189 C.8 Personalmarketing auf Social Network Sites. Die Top-100-Arbeitgeber auf Facebook 209 D COMMUNITY DIDACTICS 225 D.1 Play real – Kollaboratives Mock-Trial-Training in der OpenSim-basierten Virtual Learning World 225 D.2 Empirische Befunde zur mediengestützten Weiterbildung an sächsischen Hochschulen 237 D.3 Lebenslanges „Lernen, Lehren und Forschen” mit brauchwiki.de! Der interdisziplinäre Einsatz einer Web 2.0-Anwendung in einem geisteswissenschaftlichen Kooperationsprojekt an der Universität Augsburg 249 D.4 Kooperative Lehr-/Lernkonzepte im Bereich – tutoriell begleitete, virtuelle, kollaborative Gruppenarbeit in multinationalen Lernergruppen 259 D.5 Entwicklung eines Werkzeugs zur onlinebasierten Bestimmung typenspezifischer Lernpräferenzen 263 D.6 Virtuelle Praxisgemeinschaften in der Hochschullehre: Das mobil-virtuelle Klassenzimmer 273 D.7 Kommunikation geht alle an! – Mitarbeiterkompetenzen für neue Kommunikationsaufgaben durch Social Media 281 D.8 Studierende als Zielgruppe von Open Online Courses: Potenziale und Herausforderungen am Beispiel des SOOC13 293 D.9 Massive Open Online Courses: Kategorisierung und Analyse des Teilnehmerverhaltens am Beispiel der OPCOs 2011 und 2012 305 E POSTERBEITRÄGE 319 E.1 CloudBooks - LOOP ein neues Autorentool 319 E.2 Does community matter? Social and cultural influences on acceptance and use of collaborative educational technologies 325 E.3 Recommending in an Enterprise Social Media Stream without Explicit User Feedback 337

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Schönborn, Konrad J., and Trevor R. Anderson. "Bridging the Educational Research-Teaching Practice Gap: Foundations for assessing and developing biochemistry students’ visual literacy." Linköpings universitet, Medie- och Informationsteknik, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-59468.

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External representations (ERs), such as diagrams, animations, and dynamic models are vital tools for communicating and constructing knowledge in biochemistry. To build a meaningful understanding of structure, function, and process, it is essential that students become visually literate by mastering key cognitive skills that are essential for interpreting and visualizing ERs. In this article, first we describe a model of seven factors influencing students’ ability to learn from ERs. Second, we use this model and relevant literature to identify eight cognitive skills central to visual literacy in biochemistry. Third, we present simple examples of tasks as a foundation for designing more sophisticated and complex items for assessing and developing students’ visual literacy. We conclude that visual literacy is fundamental to the development of sound conceptual understanding and it is crucial to develop visual skills in parallel with meaningful learning outcomes in all biochemistry curricula.

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Polonski, Vyacheslav. "Commitment issues : toward an understanding of young people's social media choices in the multi-platform era." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2017. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:6d738215-33d1-4de2-b680-dd3def88f1bd.

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Social network sites (SNSs) have become a common part of everyday life for billions of people worldwide. Not everyone uses the same sites, nor are sites functionally equivalent in the eyes of users. Both established platforms and new upstarts may provide novel features or access to new audiences, yet users tend to remain on a few dominant platforms, especially Facebook, the world's reigning social network site. The goal of the present study is to understand why people are committed to specific social network sites, given that no site encompasses either all of a person's social connections or all possible gratifications available from online participation. Further, individuals do not always wish to have a single real-name identity for all online interactions, thus implying the necessary use of multiple accounts or sites. To understand SNS commitment, this study employs a mixed-methods research design by combining findings from a survey of 800 respondents with 50 semi-structured interviews. The research focuses on young adults in the UK and their use of four popular SNSs: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Snapchat. Findings indicate that network size has only a marginal effect on commitment, whereas the effect of identity performance is more pronounced, albeit in different ways on different sites. Social and informational gratifications have the strongest effect across all four SNSs, suggesting that commitment is primarily driven by repeated habit-forming experiences. To further help explain SNS commitment, this thesis employs a typology of social media users based on attitudes towards digital technology. It is evident that attitudes explain more variation in commitment than either demographic factors or personality. Qualitative analysis reinforces this finding by showing how users employ specific gratification-based repertoires to determine which sites to use and when. These findings help advance research on affordances, self-presentation and SNS use, while also making practical recommendations for social media platforms.

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Petrov, Peter. "Kvantitativa frågeundersökningar : produktionsvillkor, vetenskaplighet, spridning i medierna." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för kultur- och medievetenskaper, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-30070.

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The primary objective of this thesis is to study the role of surveys as power factor with a particular focus on studies of Internet users. The conditions and practices of the private research field are related to the academic discourse on the essence of science as well as to media's role in society. The methodological basis of the quantitative studies and their practices are examined in relation to a range of competing theories on the nature of science and its role in society. Earlier contributions to the criticism of quantitative surveys are also discussed. The methodological problems are further highlighted by concrete examples based on own analyses of various data collections. One empirical part of the thesis consists of analyses of survey studies as reported in the press coverage of the Internet in 1997, 1999 and 2000. The goal of the analyses is to show that surveys are an important mechanism for creating truth effects. The methodological tools are part of the struggle for mastery of the discourse –thereby confirming or changing existing power relations – in part through the dissemination of selected results in the media. Through a perusal of the newspaper articles with regard to the context in which the keywords "Internet" and "survey" appear and what the specific actor says, to whom, with which intention, an overall discourse appears, which reveals that the leading commercial actors endeavour to promote the development of the Internet in accordance with their aspirations. The published results are also related to other, more complex analyses of data collections from the same period. In another empirical part of the thesis findings from some fifty interviews with various experts are presented. The aim is to evaluate the methodological sources of error associated with sampling, the carrying out of studies, the analysis of results and other factors that have to do with the value of the surveys as basic facts, as well as the survey buyers’ awareness of the nature of the errors and their relevance for the results. The quantitative surveys appear as an uncontrolled and uncertain source of knowledge. The survey industry is profit-oriented and characterised by competition whereby methodological issues often land up in the background. The final discussion addresses a set of mechanisms by which the interested parties from the media industry use the ratings in the internal competition or in various administrative documents. They achieve this by establishing a "common currency" on the basis of such studies, which is valid in relation to other interested parties, such as media owners and advertisers. Different strategies developed by the survey industry in order to lend more market value to their products are also discussed. The methodological problems, the lack of openness to external scrutiny and the dependence on the economic field signify that the praxis of the survey field essentially deviates from the basic concepts of science. Surveys take therefore undue advantage of scientific legitimacy.

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Habel, Klaus Martin. "Kommunikative Operationen und technische Konstrukte : Versuch einer systemtheoretischen Beschreibung moderner Technik /." Aachen : Mainz, 1996. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=007370985&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.

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Schmitz, Michael Glenn. "Key Tension Points of creative Machine Learning applications keeping a Human-in-the-Loop." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-264570.

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Machine learning (ML) and artificial intelligence (AI), might have earlier primarily found industrial use, improving production chains, efficiency and the like but are now an integral part of private and commercial application. Many systems are using, or are claiming to use, machine learning to improve the end user's experience. This study aims to explore applications that are using creative ML, in which output might have a plethora of solutions instead of a single correct one. More specifically the focus is to evaluate which Key Tension Points, central lesser components of a complex and bigger issue, arise for researchers, designers and users coming into contact with this technology. The goal is to draw upon these Key Tension Points and attempt to frame guidelines which researchers and designers can use to further their understanding of the relationship between ML and design and how they can be accounted for to build and develop better application. The study found that these tension points (Impersonality, passive consumers & transparency) vary considerably depending on the application and presents how designers can account for them.
Maskininlärning (ML) och artificiell intelligens (AI) har sedan tidigare oftast använts på en industriell skala, för att effektivisera produktionskedjor eller förfina dessa. Dock har det skett ett skifte och nuförtiden är ML en betydande del i applikationer som har privatpersoner som målgrupp. Den här studien undersöker kreativa maskininlärningslösningar, sådana som kommer med fler än ett förslag. Mer specifikt så undersöker den här studien vilka Key Tension Points, dvs. betydande mindre komponenter av komplexa stora problem, som forskare, designers eller användare kommer i kontakt med. Målet är att ta fram Key Tension Points och sedan undersöka huruvida riktlinjer kan formuleras som underlättar för forskare och designers att hantera frågor rörande design och tillgänglighet av ML. Dessutom underlättar användandet av Key Tension Points vid byggandet och utvecklingen av kreativa ML applikationer. Studien fann att Key Tension Points varierar betydande beroende på vilken typ av applikation som används av konsumenten.

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Blomkvist, Rova Ariel. "Exploring Auditive Story Worlds : Design Sensitivities for Multi-linear Real Time, Mixed Reality, Interactive Storytelling Systems." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-271866.

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Like reading a book, stories told orally or acted out auditory invite subjective co-construction of narrative events through imagination. While an interesting characteristic, audio-based, fictive storytelling is not well explored in HCI. Eavesdropper is a prototype system for Mixed Reality Audionarrative, the stage being a miniature house and the actors residing in a spatialized, virtual, audio world. This work accounts for development and evaluation of some contextually unconventional, properties of one current iteration of the system, aimed at facilitating an exploratory mindset: sections of the narrative unfolding in parallel, controlled by parameters the user is only partially aware of. Through qualitative evaluation with users, I report on how these properties affected the way a story world was experienced, explored and interpreted. The findings, coupled with reflections on the design choices made, are then synthesized to a set of design sensitivities meant to inform and spur discussion and further inquiry into similar systems exploring audio as the primary mean for conveying narrative.
En historia som berättas muntligt, eller drama som ageras ut med rösten (t.ex. radioteater), låter lyssnaren subjektivt konstruera händelser som bilder i den egna fantasin. Det här är en intressant egenskap hos ljudbaserat berättande men inte särskilt utforskat inom Människa-datorinteraktion. Speciellt inte vad gäller fiktiva berättelser för ett underhållningssyfte. Eavesdropper är ett experimentellt, Mixed Reality-system där det dramatiska berättandet har sin hemvist i den virtuella sfären men kontrolleras genom positionering i det fysiska rummet. I den aktuella iterationen är den fysiska platsen ett fullt inrett modellhus i liten skala som agerar scen åt skådespelarnas röster. I den här uppsatsen beskriver jag utvecklings- och utvärderingsarbetet med den aktuella iterationen där särskilt fokus lagts på några berättartekniskt och designmässigt icke-konventionella egenskaper: Användaren uppmuntras att subjektivt utforska berättelsevärlden och dramats olika trådar löper parallellt i realtid utan synbar logik. Genom kvalitativa utvärderingsmetoder så undersöker jag hur dessa egenskaper påverkar hur användare upplever, utforskar och tolkar berättelsevärlden. Resultaten tillsammans med reflektion över designprocessen ligger slutligen till grund för en uppsättning mjuka riktlinjer vilka är menade att användas för att orientera framtida diskussioner om, eller experiment med, liknade system där ljudmedia är huvudsaklig bärare av dramatiskt berättande

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Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Communication and Media Research'

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