Essays about: "Late Adoption"

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  1. 16. Media Literacy in Mexico : Towards a critical pluralist approach

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

    Author : Alfonso Mendez Forssell; [2016]
    Keywords : Media literacy; monopoly; pluralism; citizen participation; diversity; media concentration; latin america; Mexico; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The primary purpose of this thesis is to address the present status of the media system in Mexico in order to determine how media literacy can contribute to matters of civic participation and the democratization of media. The research uses qualitative interviews as a primary method with expert media participants or observers, supplemented with policy, economic and political analysis of the Mexican media system. READ MORE

  3. 17. Legitimizing the plastic body: rise of plastic surgery and changing body ideals in contemporary South Korea

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Mia Åberg; [2015]
    Keywords : Cultural Change; Confucianism; Status Competition; Plastic Surgery; South Korea; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : South Koreans today take a remarkably liberal attitude towards plastic surgery, as the highest per capita consumers of plastic surgery in the world. This rise in surgery has accompanied dramatic change in the Korean attitude towards the body and advanced a new attitude, one that was rare as recent as in 1990. READ MORE

  4. 18. Alternative methods for the disposal of biodegradable waste: a cost analysis

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Colin Strobant; [2015]
    Keywords : biological treatment; municipality biodegradable waste; net present value; mechanical-biological treatment; anaerobic digestion;

    Abstract : In France, recycling bins have been adopted in almost all the cities only in the late 90s. In spite of being already present in the most part of the European capitals, they were adopted in Paris only in 2001. READ MORE

  5. 19. PERSIST OR FAIL: CAN THE BROAD FRONT FOR PEACE, DEMOCRACY AND SOCIAL JUSTICE SURVIVE TO BECOME A VIABLE POLITICAL PROJECT FOR THE COLOMBIAN LEFT?

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Romanska och klassiska institutionen

    Author : Piotr Wojciak-Pleyn; [2015]
    Keywords : Colombia; Politics; Political Parties;

    Abstract : The Broad Front for Peace, Democracy and Social Justice is a Colombian coalition party formed by an array of left-wing social and political movements. It is characterized by an agenda consisting of increased citizen participation and the promotion of the Colombian peace process. READ MORE

  6. 20. Spridning av innovationer på en konkurrensutsatt marknad

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Forest Products

    Author : Erik Wetterberg; [2014]
    Keywords : kommunikation; mellanstruken panel; byggvaruhus; diffusion of innovation; competitive landscape; co-opetition; dominant logic;

    Abstract : Skogsindustrin har de senaste decennierna ökat anslag och ansträngningar för att utveckla nya och mer högförädlade produktsegment för att motverka trenden att substitut tar marknadsandelar från träprodukter. Innovation, marknadsföring och kundrelationer är traditionellt områden som skogsbranschen har åsidosatt då ansträngningar och kapital investerats på processutveckling. READ MORE