Essays about: "group togetherness"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words group togetherness.

1. 1. Musical communication and intellectual disabilities : A study on social interaction through music playing among preverbal individuals

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Maria Svahn; [2023]
   Keywords : HCI; intellectual disability; communication; AAC; sound and music computing; ;

   Abstract : Music and its effects on the brain has been discussed from many different angels. Everything from “The Mozart effect” that shows that listening to music can improve your brain’s performance, to several studies showing that playing an instrument creates plastic changes to the brain. READ MORE

3. 2. The Art of the Political Metaphor : Examining Boris Johnson's use of conceptual metaphors in a speech on Brexit

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

   Author : Rickard Eriksson; [2022]
   Keywords : Metaphor; Brexit; Boris Johnson; Conceptual metaphor theory; Framing;

   Abstract : As the 2016 Brexit referendum was an election largely decided by the use of language, there was merit in examining how the Leave campaign had managed to be successful. Therefore, this study asks how one of the leave campaign's main figure heads, Boris Johnson, used metaphors to frame the relationship between Britain and the EU. READ MORE

4. 3. #AloneTogether – An Exploration of Social Connectedness Through Communication Technology During Physical Distancing

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

   Author : Marsali Miller; [2020]
   Keywords : Communication Technology; Research Through Design; Togetherness; Social Connectedness; Physical Distancing; Designing for Crises; COVID-19; Pandemic;

   Abstract : This thesis project explores how communication technology can foster the sense of togetherness to maintain the feeling of social connectedness during physical distancing. The current global pandemic COVID-19 is causing billions of people across the world to live in isolation or by physical distancing regulations. READ MORE

5. 4. Intergroup Relations & Power : An ethnographic case study observing the multicultural staff of Cambambe, through the lenses of Psychology & International Relations Theories

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten; Linköpings universitet/Statsvetenskap

   Author : Karla Santa Ritta Pietsch Majic; [2017]
   Keywords : Labor; migration; post colonialism; political psychology; power; intergroup psychology; intergroup relations; cross-cultural; international relations;

   Abstract : This is an ethnographic case study, based in participant observation, which investigates and analyzes how the everyday relationships between Europeans, South Americans expatriates & Angolan nationals, are structured in a common transnational labor community in Angola, named Cambambe. This study investigates if there are any features of post-colonial power relations that affect and shape the interactions between those three communities. READ MORE

6. 5. Representations of British teenage slang in the TV-series "Misfits" - A communicative approach to teenage slang

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Emilia Zotevska; [2014-01-15]
   Keywords : slang; teenagers; adolescence; Misfits; convergence; communication; goal; accomodation; sociolinguistics; communication accomodation theory; identity; group togetherness; solidarity; scripted speech; fictional speech; in-group; out-group;

   Abstract : The aim of this essay is to examine the functions of British teenage slang vocabulary from a communicative perspective and to analyse it in the social situations that occur in the TV-series Misfits. The language in Misfits can be considered a representation of the slang usage of British teenagers in general. READ MORE