Essays about: "communication ecology theory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words communication ecology theory.

  1. 1. The state of social media usage to fight malnutrition among children under the age of five years in Tanzania

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Debora Mbilinyi; [2023]
    Keywords : social media; nutrition literacy; malnutrition; behavior change communication; social media usage;

    Abstract : This study has evaluated how Tanzania Food and Nutrition Centre (TFNC), a government institution overseeing nutrition, uses social media to enhance the nutrition literacy of caregivers and parents of children under the age of five years. The study contributes to knowledge on how Tanzania’s resource-constrained health sector’s nutrition communication can benefit from social media by answering the following research questions: Which social media platforms and features does TFNC use to share nutrition knowledge pertaining to children under the age of five years? What kinds of nutrition knowledge pertaining to children under the age of five years does TFNC share on social media? How is nutrition knowledge pertaining to children under the age of five years posted on TFNC social media pages packaged? And, how frequently is nutrition knowledge pertaining to children under the age of five years repeated on TFNC social media pages? These questions have been answered from a social-behavioral change communication perspective that has combined the Media Ecology Theory and the Theory of Planned Behavior. READ MORE

  2. 2. The human-nature relationship in news reporting on environmental issues : A qualitative framing analysis of three news programmes for children

    University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Hannah Lena Weber; [2021]
    Keywords : climate Change; childrens media; communication studies; media studies; ecology; human-nature relationship; news framing; news reporting; environmental issues;

    Abstract : Humans depend on nature to survive and are simultaneously crossing planetary boundaries (Raworth, 2017). Humans’ relationship to nature is, according to constructionist theory, connected with natures’ framing in the public discourse, and therefore also through the media (Hansen,2019). READ MORE

  3. 3. Salt. Fat. Acid. Heat. Media.

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Nila Chea; [2020]
    Keywords : food media; practice theory; communication ecology theory; everyday life; media power;

    Abstract : According to Samin Nosrat’s (2017) best-selling cookbook, salt, fat, acid and heat are key to cooking good food. At the same time, the process of making food has never been more connected with media. Given how intertwined food and media are today, I also add media to the list of ingredients. READ MORE

  4. 4. En kvalitativ studie om redovisningskonsultens roll i beslutsprocessen i små företag

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Ecology

    Author : Fredrik Klang; Linnea Widegren; [2017]
    Keywords : beslutsfattande; beslutsfattande i små företag; finansiell information; kommunikation; ; redovisning; ; redovisningskonsult;

    Abstract : Företagsledare kan använda informationen från redovisningen för att få en överblick av företagets ekonomiska ställning samt använda den som beslutsunderlag. Många företagsledare saknar kunskapen som krävs för att upprätta redovisningen och anlitar därför en redovisningskonsult till detta, redovisningskonsulten kan således ses som företagets ekonomiavdelning. READ MORE

  5. 5. Pics or it didn't happen: Instagram in Prosumer Capitalism and Reflexive Modernity

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

    Author : Aaron Frey; [2012]
    Keywords : Instagram; Facebook; social media; social network sites; mobile computing; prosumption; prosumer capitalism; web 2.0; photography; material culture; reflexive modernity; communities of practice; practice theory; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : Drawing on practice centered approaches to consumption, this study situates a cultural analysis of Instagram, a smartphone-­‐based image sharing application used by over 80 million people worldwide, within wider discourses on reflexive modernity, critical media studies, prosumption, and late-­‐modern consumer culture. A seven-­‐day diary study with 25 international participants, supplemented by participant observation, helps tie these theoretical engagements to specific lived experiences illustrating what it means to live with a networked camera almost permanently on-­‐hand to record and share images of daily life. READ MORE