Essays about: "thesis knowledge communication"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 822 essays containing the words thesis knowledge communication.

  1. 1. Potential and Limitations of the Sketch Map Tool in the International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Kimon Letzner; [2024]
    Keywords : Disaster risk reduction; Participatory action research; Community risk mapping; International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement; Colombia; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : In disaster risk management, participatory mapping (PM) closes spatial data gaps in communities by integrating local risk knowledge. The thesis examined the potential and limitations of the Sketch Map Tool (SMT) as a PM tool for community-based disaster risk reduction (DRR) through an International Red Cross Red Crescent Movement case study. READ MORE

  2. 2. Communication Professionals as the Office Factotum: A Study of Emotional Labour and Well-Being in the Communication Profession

    University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi

    Author : Evelina Winberg; Jordan Thunell Idumwonyi; [2023-11-22]
    Keywords : communication professionals; emotional labour; emotional labour; job demands-resources theory; well-being;

    Abstract : This thesis investigated the concept of emotional labour for communication professionals in an internal communication context. Recently, the well-being of communication professionals has caught public attention in Sweden since the communication practitioner is considered an office factotum or all-purpose servant with numerous responsibilities and activities and is frequently overwhelmed by their multifaceted work assignments. READ MORE

  3. 3. FACEBOOK IS NOW META. Meta's corporate sociotechnical imaginary and the discursive construction of the Metaverse as the social platform of the future

    University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi

    Author : Marc Castell; [2023-11-22]
    Keywords : corporate sociotechnical imaginary; corporate communication; future narratives; Metaverse; platform capitalism; strategic narratives; Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse;

    Abstract : The interpretive discourse-analytic framework of the Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse is used to analyze how Meta's senior executives discursively frame the use of augmented reality and virtual reality in order to position the Metaverse as the next social platform during Connect 2021. The findings suggest five interpretive schemas that characterize the Metaverse as a social platform of the future: (a) the Metaverse as the next version of the Internet; (b) the Metaverse as a facilitator of presence and a connector of people; (c) the Metaverse as a marketplace in the Metaverse economy; (d) the Metaverse as a ubiquitous place in our daily lives; and (e) the Metaverse as a space designed in a responsible manner. READ MORE

  4. 4. Unlock those closed doors

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvård

    Author : Giulia Gualandri; [2023-10-18]
    Keywords : Heritage Conservation; Communication; Public outreach; Public engagement;

    Abstract : The present work aims to investigate the current situation regarding the conservation profession and the communication to the public through outreach initiatives, especially from the point of view of the conservators. In the latest decades outreach and communication have been taking a preponderant role within the profession of conservation, causing changes in the daily tasks of conservators and new demands in terms of skills which professionals need to acquire. READ MORE

  5. 5. Crossing the digitalisation chasm: Overcoming barriers to industrial digitalisation

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Innovationsteknik

    Author : Anton Öreberg; Anton Nyberg; [2023]
    Keywords : digitalisation; digitalization; digital transformation; industry 4.0; manufacturing industry; challenges; barriers; digitalisering; industri 4.0; tillverkningsindustri; utmaningar; barriärer; Technology and Engineering;

    Abstract : Digitalisation is a global megatrend revolutionising every aspect of society and especially impacting businesses. Consequently, the term Industry 4.0 has emerged in the manufacturing industry. READ MORE