Essays about: "strangers"

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  1. 21. Would you share a car? : A qualitative study on the factors affecting consumer participation in car-sharing systems.

    University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Asmae Bemmouna; Hedaya Alyousif; [2020]
    Keywords : Car-sharing; consumer behaviour; sharing economy;

    Abstract : The sharing economy is an evolving economic model that is based on collaboration and sharing access to goods with other people. A leading example of this are car-sharing services, which allow people who are strangers to each other to access a car in return of a fee. READ MORE

  3. 22. Den sociala vintergågatan : en studie om den temporära arkitekturens betydelse för social interaktion på gågator på vintern.

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Moa Lindström; [2020]
    Keywords : temporär; arkitektur; social; interaktion; gågata; vinter;

    Abstract : En gågata är en bilfri och ofta central plats i staden och är således sannolikt en bra arena för folkliv och social interaktion. Det finns forskning kring social interaktion och temporär arkitektur, men det saknas relevant forskning kring temporär arkitektur på gågator vintertid. READ MORE

  4. 23. Adrenaline releases level on skin-to skin touches

    University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper

    Author : Maryan George; [2020]
    Keywords : Touches; fight or flight; adrenaline; indirect competitive ELISA; non-parametric test; human animal interaction; noradrenaline; and oxytocin.;

    Abstract : Human pleasant touches promote feelings of security, supportiveness, and wellbeing. Conversely, human unpleasant touches promote the body for either “fight or flight” or “short term acute stress” during emergencies, feeling of stress or danger. READ MORE

  5. 24. Welcoming Strangers : a study about digitalized hospitality visuals of Airbnb and Couchsurfing dwellings

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

    Author : Anna Puzanova; [2020]
    Keywords : tourism; hospitality; Airbnb; Couchsurfing; digital media; visual analysis; visual culture of hospitality; privacy; metaphors; viewer’s gaze; work of imagination; aestheticization; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : We live in a digitalized world where visuals are as essential to us as they have never been. Tourism and hospitality are not an exception here but rather examples of huge dependence on visual culture. READ MORE

  6. 25. Speech fright : A study into communication apprehension and self-perceived communication competence among upper-secondary Swedish ESL/EFL students

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

    Author : Eren Durak; [2020]
    Keywords : Communication apprehension; language anxiety; willingness to communicate; second language acquisition; self-perceived communication competence; Swedish national agency; ESL EFL;

    Abstract : The topic of communication apprehension and self-perceived communication competence in a second language learning has had a growing resurgence in recent years. The consensus among scholars is that communication apprehension is disruptive and can manifest in difficulties and disabilities for second language acquisition. READ MORE