Essays about: "psychology social influence"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 62 essays containing the words psychology social influence.

  1. 1. Using Social Media and Personality Predictions to Anticipate Startup Success

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Matematisk statistik

    Author : Daniel Stenson; [2023]
    Keywords : Machine Learning; Startup Success Predictions; Founder Personalities; Natural Language Processing; Social Media Analysis; Big 5 Personality Framework; Feed-forward Neural Network; XGBoost.; Mathematics and Statistics;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the potential of integrating predicted founder personalities, based on the Big 5 Personality Framework, into Machine Learning (ML) models to enhance the accuracy of early-stage startup success predictions. Leveraging Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques, we extracted personality insights from founders' tweets, focusing on US startups funded between 2013 and 2015. READ MORE

  3. 2. 'It was never about the games' : A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Construction of "Video Game Addiction" in Swedish News 1991-2017

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

    Author : Ulf Benjaminsson; Danielle Unéus; [2023]
    Keywords : discourse analysis; video game addiction; moral panic; moral entrepreneurs; Owe Sandberg; Patrik Wincent; youth culture; juvenism; forced treatment; Sweden;

    Abstract : This theoretical thesis employs critical discourse analysis to scrutinise the construction of video game addiction in Swedish press from 1991 to 2017, and examines its potential contribution to a moral panic. Our research is based on the assumption that media discourse influences societal norms, which in turn, can profoundly affect individuals and groups. READ MORE

  4. 3. From rags to riches - An explorative study of the technological influence within modern retail investor behavior

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Nima Karlsson; Eric Svensson; [2022-08-16]
    Keywords : Retail investing; Investor; Digitalization; Gamification; Persuasive technology; Social media; Information asymmetries CSR; Firm responsibility; Stakeholders;

    Abstract : Swedish citizens have a long background of passively investing in stocks and mutual funds. With the rise of new technologies, an ongoing surge of retail investors actively participating in the financial markets have been identified. READ MORE

  5. 4. Culture's Influence on Product Perception

    University essay from KTH/Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.)

    Author : Rahim Adawi; [2022]
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    Abstract : This thesis sets out to investigate the unexplored cross-disciplinary area of cross-cultural social psychology and product design. Prior research in cross-cultural social psychology has shown that there exists perception differences between people from different cultural backgrounds. READ MORE

  6. 5. Drudgingly the squirrel feeds itself- Performatively collective action influences oppressive norms: Mixed-Method Study on the Subversion of Oppressive Norms in Activist and Policy Discourse

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

    Author : Manon Bisdorf; [2021]
    Keywords : oppressive norms; collective action; performativity; mixed methods; feminist research; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Like a squirrel that slowly collects nuts for the winter, this thesis emphasizes the importance of small acts in the collective struggle for a just world. Currently, oppressive norms confine certain ways of being. READ MORE