Essays about: "Com-munities"

Found 3 essays containing the word Com-munities.

  1. 1. The Most Boring Game in the World : A study of World of Warcraft as a means for social interactivity within an enclosed group

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

    Author : Ludvig Stone; [2023]
    Keywords : Gaming; Ethnography; Political Discourse Theory; Logics Approach; Social Gaming; World of Warcraft; Com-munities; MMO; Multiplayer Gaming; Digital Humanities;

    Abstract : Gaming as an activity possesses many different facets (Sköld 2018: 134). One important yet relatively underexplored is the social facet, how the act of gaming is impacted by social rules and codes. Previous research on the topic is relatively limited and mainly performed retroactively on older game communities. READ MORE

  3. 2. Seeing is believing is doing? : On the role of future-oriented imagination in developing motivation for a sustainable lifestyle

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för geovetenskaper

    Author : Viktoria Vingmarker; [2018]
    Keywords : environmental psychology; future-oriented imagination; pro-environmental behaviour; pro-environmental self-identity; sustainable development; sustainable lifestyles;

    Abstract : The environmental and climate-related sustainability challenges facing the world today are complex, accelerating and urgent, and they call for change from multiple stake­hol­ders. While govern­ments, busi­nes­ses and other insti­tutions hold a high degree of responsibility for initia­ting and enabling the neces­sary change processes towards sustainable practices, so do also individuals and com­munities. READ MORE

  4. 3. Välkommen till Första klass : en narrativanalytisk studie av Bräcke kommuns marknadsföringskampanj "Första klass"

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Kerstin Magnusson; [2016]
    Keywords : kommunal marknadsföring; Bräcke kommun; narrativanalys; semiologisk analys; semiologisk bildanalys; identitet;

    Abstract : Urbaniseringen är en fortsatt trend som följt med in i tjänstesamhällets samtid. Som en följd av urbaniseringen har många kommuner, i synnerhet landsbygdskommuner avsides från urbana centra, drabbats av ett sjunkande invånartal och de konsekvenser detta för med sig. READ MORE