Sökning: "Book of Strangers"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 31 avhandlingar innehållade orden Book of Strangers.

  1. 1. Sorgens avtryck : Erfarenheter av medverkan som sörjande i journalistik om brott och olyckor

    Författare :Anette Forsberg; Ester Pollack; Kristina Widestedt; Gunilla Jarlbro; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; mourners; grief journalism; source relations; journalism ethics; ethics of proximity; news values; narratives; journalistic strategies; sörjande; sorg; journalistik; källrelationer; journalistisk etik; närhetsetik; nyhetsvärde; narrativ; journalisters strategier; journalistik; Journalism; Journalistik;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of the thesis is to investigate the experiences of mourners of participating in news reports about grief in connection with crime and accidents. There are two overarching research questions. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The "strangers" among us : The social construction of identity in adult education

    Författare :Ali Osman; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Adult education; ethnicity; culture; multiculturalism; social constructionism.;

    Sammanfattning : The aim of this study is to critically examine the labelling practices in the multicultural discourse in two adult education settings. The theoretical perspective used in order to understand and interpret the actors' labelling practices is social constructionism. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The Sociality of Gaming : A mixed methods approach to understanding digital gaming as a social leisure activity

    Författare :Lina Eklund; Karin Bergmark; Lars Udehn; Mia Consalvo; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Digital games; video games; computer games; online gaming; gender; sociality; social relationships; social interaction; everyday life; MMO; World of Warcraft; Sociology; sociologi;

    Sammanfattning : This dissertation is an exploration of the practice of social digital gaming, using a mixed methods approach with complementary data and analytical methods. The main themes are the prevalence and meaning of gamers’ experiences of social gaming and the underlying structures limiting or assisting social gaming, both material and social. LÄS MER

  5. 4. "Women", welfare, textual politics and critique : different categories of "women", the making of welfare states and emancipation in a Nordic welfare state context

    Författare :Mona Livholts; Umeå universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Academic social work; social categorisation; marginalisation; different categories of women; feminism; the Nordic women-friendly welfare states; emancipation; social construc¬tionism; discourse analysis; individual memory work; academic writing; forms of knowledge; critique; social change; Social work; Gender studies;

    Sammanfattning : The overall purpose of this thesis is to analyse and interpret the relationship between the social construction of different categories of 'women' and the making of welfare states in specific mo­ments of textual politics in a Nordic welfare state context. Furthermore, the aim is to develop a methodology for critical self-reflection in the process Of producing academic knowledge. LÄS MER

  7. 5. När livsvärldens mönster brister : erfarenheter av att leva med demenssjukdom

    Författare :Rune Svanström; Karin Dahlberg; Ingela Krantz; Staffan Höjer; Växjö universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; dementia; lived experience; caring science; lifeworld; intentionality; identity; Caring sciences; Vårdvetenskap; Medical sciences;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis is focusing on the lived experience of dementia. Both living with a partner as well as living alone. There is no unequivocal picture of how it is to live with dementia and few studies have been carried out in homes of afflicted persons. LÄS MER