Essays about: "Swedish popular culture"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 32 essays containing the words Swedish popular culture.

1. 21. How to Dress for Success: A case study on the role of management control systems in managing the trinity of challenges inherent in the fashion industry

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

   Author : Amelie Lindquist; Christina Rödöö; [2015]
   Keywords : management control systems; Tessier and Otley 2012 ; tensions; popular culture; fashion;

   Abstract : This paper aims to investigate how MCS can manage inherent challenges in the fashion industry. This was examined by conducting an in-depth qualitative case study of a Swedish fashion chain, in which the role of MCS in managing tensions between the challenges of creativity, low cost and speed, was investigated. READ MORE

3. 22. Attitudes Towards and Uses of the Japanese Adverbzenzen by Swedish Learners of Japanese

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Engelska

   Author : Jonas Wallgren; [2015]
   Keywords : linguistics; second language acquisition; word usage; adverb; language variation;

   Abstract : The word zenzen is an adverb that is used frequently in daily conversational Japanese. From the Meiji period (1868-1912) until the early Showa period (1924-1989) the word was used together with both affirmative and negative words to form expressions. READ MORE

4. 23. Code-switching online - A case study of Swedish-English code-switching in the blog Charlotta Flinkenberg

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Ingrid Falk; [2014-02-13]
   Keywords : Code-switching; fashion; blog; Swedish popular culture;

   Abstract : This study investigates the form and function of Swedish-English code-switching within Swedish pop culture online through a case study of the fashion blog Charlotta Flinkenberg. Code-switching can be found in a multitude of written data; however, research has primarily focused on code-switching in spoken language. READ MORE

5. 24. Cultural Differences in User Privacy Behavior on Social Networking Sites : An Empirical Study comparing German and Swedish Facebook Users

   University essay from Internationella Handelshögskolan

   Author : Sebastian Falk; Nils Riel; [2013]
   Keywords : Social Networking Sites; SNS; Facebook; Facebook Inc; User Privacy Behavior; UPB; Cultural Differences; Self-Disclosure; Privacy Concerns; Perception of Provided Control; Application of Provided Control;

   Abstract : Social Networking Sites (SNSs), such as Facebook, are becoming increasingly popular. Their worldwide accessibility is attracting billions of SNS users from all over the globe, which results in a variety of different cultures meeting on the respective platforms. READ MORE

6. 25. Warring for Peace? : Swedish television’s take on war in a ‘post-documentary’ culture

   University essay from Institutionen för mediestudier

   Author : Cecilia Månsson; [2012]
   Keywords : media; war; documentary; reality TV; Sweden; Afghanistan; critical discourse analysis; techno-strategic war; masculinities; ‘othering’;

   Abstract : While it has explained how power and knowledge directly imply one another, constructivist theories of international relations have shown how knowledge and language are extensively used for legitimizing war, conflict and intervention. It has further been shown how not only news media, but increasingly popular culture is powerful in creating meaning and establishing knowledge about war and conflict. READ MORE