Essays about: "Media and Everyday Life"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 127 essays containing the words Media and Everyday Life.

  1. 16. “I do not know why, but I always wanted to go away”: Brazilian migrants’ reflections on their transnational experiences and sense of belonging in Sweden

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

    Author : Catharina Barbosa; [2022]
    Keywords : transnational experience; sense of belonging; place-making; identity; migration; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to explore the transnational experiences of Brazilian immigrants living in Sweden. As a contribution to media and migration studies, this research investigates the immigrants’ non-mediated and mediated practices that influence their sense of belonging in the host country. READ MORE

  3. 17. Using Artificial Intelligence in Everyday Management of Diabetes Type 1 : A Cross Sectional Study of the Role of AI for Individual Patients

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Sofia Livman; Benjamin Josefsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Diabetes type 1; diabetes management; AI; Artificial Intelligence; glucose monitoring; healthcare technology; AI in healthcare; triangle of diabetes management; technology acceptance model; TAM2;

    Abstract : Diabetes type 1 is an autoimmune, incurable disease which requires careful monitoring and treatment to not result in life threatening complications. Managing the disease is to a great extent made by the patients themselves, implying the disease needs to be constantly taken into consideration when doing even the most simple and regular everyday tasks and activities. READ MORE

  4. 18. “We are also just normal people, like everybody else.” : Young Jehovah’s Witnesses in Belgium and their Experiences of Others’ Conceptions About their Religion.

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för tema

    Author : Liselotte Erika Andersson; [2022]
    Keywords : young Jehovah’s Witnesses; youth’s perspectives; religion; media; mis conceptions;

    Abstract : This study examines young Jehovah’s Witnesses’ experiences of others’ conceptions of their religion in media and through real-life encounters, and how they think it affects their everyday life. To get an insight into their subjective experiences, this research applied a qualitative approach with an interpretivist epistemological standpoint and constructionism as an ontological position. READ MORE

  5. 19. “I am kind of reminded of my mother when I see this image” : A qualitative study within the field of political communication and the phenomenon of personalisation.

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för geografi, medier och kommunikation (from 2013); Karlstads universitet/Avdelningen för medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Emma Norberg; [2022]
    Keywords : Instagram; Personalisation; Political Communication; Political Impression Management; Self Construction; Instagram; Personalisering; Politisk Kommunikation; Politisk Intrycksstyrning; Framställning;

    Abstract : Social media has changed how political communication is distributed (Häussler, 2021) and has led to party leaders’ using the platforms to create an image of themselves as ordinary individuals (Bărbieru, 2020). Ahead of the 2022 election, social media is expected to play a more prominent role, with it being the source of choice for first-time voters (Internetstiftelsen, 2022). READ MORE

  6. 20. Film clubbing : collective rituals for processing eco-anxiety

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

    Author : Felicitas Paul; [2022]
    Keywords : Film clubs; eco-anxiety; processing; emotions; interaction rituals; eudaimonic entertainment;

    Abstract : Research shows that an increasing number of people suffer from the emotional consequences arising from the confrontation with climate crisis (CC), often referred to as eco-anxiety. Due to a lack of opportunities to express and process these emotions, a common response is to withdraw from talking about the CC leading to a constructed silence around the topic. READ MORE