Essays about: "what is intellectual values"
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1. Where do they go? : A study of university academics who choose not to be on Facebook
University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och ITAbstract : This study will look at a group of people not often researched and neglected by organisations; those who actively choose to stay off the social networking site Facebook. The aim is to find out the reasoning behind why a particular group, that is information science university academics, choose to stay off Facebook. READ MORE
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2. Whatever happens, I will never sell the mountains - A reparative analysis of the temporal, political, emotional and intellectual aspects of crafting
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaperAbstract : The aim of this thesis is to investigate time and the values connected to different uses of time. What use is legitimate, and what is seen as a waste of time? I will argue that a general notion of time as ‘bad’ or ‘useless’ will place objects, subjects and practices in the marginal, but also establish what should be seen as important or not, which makes us value things into good and bad, effective and ineffective, worthwhile and useless. READ MORE
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3. A Foucauldian–Fairclaughian Discursive Analysis of the Social Construction of ICT for Environmentally Sustainable Urban Development – the Case of European Society
University essay from Malmö högskola/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : ICT has become so deeply embedded into the fabric of European society – in economic, political, and socio-cultural narratives, practices, and structures – that it has been constructed as holding tremendous untapped and inestimable potential for instigating and unleashing far-reaching societal transformation, addressing key societal challenges, and solving all societal problems. It has recently been seen, given its ubiquity, as a critical driver and powerful catalyst for sustainable urban development due to its potential to enable substantial energy savings and GHG emissions reductions in most urban sectors, especially buildings. READ MORE
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4. R&D, Patents and Firm Value : The Effects of Intellectual Property and Innovation on Firms' Market Values
University essay from IHH, Economics, Finance and StatisticsAbstract : The differences between firms‘ book values and market values has drawn attention to investigate what factors are causing this phenomenon. A considerable amount of research was dedicated to investigating the association between firms‘ innovative activity, which results in the patenting of new products or services and firms market value in the context of United States. READ MORE
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5. Medialization of political decision making?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This study’s aim has been to investigate how media’s reporting may correlate with political decision making based on a theory of medialization of political decision makers. This theory implies a raised level of media consciousness and adjustment to media’s news values among political decision makers in a setting where institutionalized advisory arrangements are no longer exclusive. READ MORE
