Essays about: "Social functioning"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 291 essays containing the words Social functioning.
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21. Understanding teleworking after Covid-19 : Researching office workers in Denmark - a qualitative study on teleworking motivations, experiences and strategies of employees living and working in Copenhagen
University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medierAbstract : This qualitative case study provides a communication-driven perspective into the functioning of teleworking in the post-Covid Danish work society. Teleworking, performing office work outside of the conventional office space by using ICTs, became part of the modern-day work arrangement of many employees, mainly due to the severe effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the world economy. READ MORE
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22. Research on the Impetus of Douyin to City Tourist Image Construction and Dissemination in China - The Case of Xi’an
University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudierAbstract : This thesis investigated how the short video sharing application Douyin produces an effect on city tourist images’ construction and dissemination in China, taking the Internet-famous city of Xi’an as a case study. Based on the semiotic theory and “5W” communication theory, the author collected 30 Xi’an-related short videos on Douyin as samples and recorded the relevant data manually for analysis. READ MORE
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23. ”The shrieking of nothing is killing me” : Representations of society of the spectacle and hyperreality in David Bowie’s lyrics
University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskapAbstract : This text explores how the lyrics of David Bowie can be applied as supporting the critique against hyperreality and society of the spectacle, as articulated by Guy Debord and Jean Baudrillard. This is done by focusing on three questions: 1) what elements in Bowie’s lyrics support Debord and Baudrillard, 2) how can these elements function to portray Bowie as primarily a sociologist and secondly an artist, and 3) what are the benefits of using fiction (in this case lyrics) as empirical material? From a theoretical framework building on Debord’s society of the spectacle and Baudrillard’s focus on hyperreality, I will apply a two-folded methodology of sociology through literature and socio-poetics. READ MORE
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24. A cognitive derby within football supporters : The role of executive functions on aggressive and violent behavior
University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för beteende-, social- och rättsvetenskapAbstract : The purpose of the present study was to evaluate to what extent executive functioning has an impact on aggressive and violent behavior contextualized within football supporters. The sample consisted of 142 (111 males and 31 females) football supporters, between 16-71 years old (M=34,58, SD=12,53) who, during the 2022 season of the Swedish football league “Allsvenskan” visited at least one game. READ MORE
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25. Potential for improving public services by exploring citizens’ communication to public organizations in Sweden
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskapAbstract : Little et al., (1971) define citizen feedback as information from citizens directed to societal institutions, particularly government, to improve their functioning. READ MORE
