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1. 1. Accessibility in Social Media : Facebook and the Older Adult

   University essay from Högskolan i Borås/Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och IT

   Author : Angie Jeansson Hall; Arshed Al-Hadeethi; Jenny Gustafsson; [2024]
   Keywords : Older Social Media Users; Heuristic Evaluation; Inclusive Design; WCAG Compliance; Digital Exclusion; Facebook Usability; User Study;

   Abstract : In recent years, there has been a substantial increase in the percentage of seniors using social media, yet few studies have been conducted to understand the challenges underlying social network utilisation by seniors. By understanding what motivates seniors to use social media, the difficulties they encounter while using them and what would be an inclusive social media from their perspective is paramount for designing inclusive user interfaces that suit this growing population. READ MORE

3. 2. Reputation Management in a Digital Age : How start-ups control their online reputation

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Handelshögskolan (from 2013)

   Author : Fanny Jacobsson; Lo Meh Paw; [2024]
   Keywords : Online Reputation Management; Brand Equity; Startups; Image;

   Abstract : Background: With digitalization, the increased use of the World Wide Web and social media combined with the aware and engaged costumer, the conditions of reputation management are also evolving (Beal & Strauss, 2008; Jones et al., 2009). READ MORE

4. 3. The suffocating enjoyment of the Other: An ideology critique of enjoyment in the mediatisation of the climate crisis

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

   Author : Gabriel Bintley; [2024]
   Keywords : Enjoyment; Jouissance; the Other; Climate Crisis; Lacan; Žižek; Environmental Politics; Ideology Critique; Njutning; Jouissance; Den Andre; Klimatkrisen; Lacan; Žižek; Miljöpolitik; Ideologikritik;

   Abstract : This thesis explores how the Lacanian concept of ‘the enjoyment of the Other’ (la jouissance de l’Autre) can be applied to break open normative understandings of the political factors shaping the climate crisis deadlock. The principal aim is to investigate how ostensibly disconnected environmental debates may be regarded as linked by an economy of enjoyment, more precisely by the promise of enjoyment by which the subject is libidinally attached to an ideology. READ MORE

5. 4. Communications Effect on Trust in The Hybrid Workplace. An explorative case study of an outsourcing company providing financial services

   University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi

   Author : Linn Gyllenhammar Byström; [2023-11-22]
   Keywords : trust; communication; hybrid workplace; media synchronicity theory; social exchange theory;

   Abstract : The COVID-19 pandemic transformed the way people work, with many organizations shifting to remote work as the result. As we move towards a post-pandemic world, the hybrid working method that combines remote and in-office work is becoming increasingly popular and not likely to go away. READ MORE

6. 5. Famine declarations in conflict situations: A critical examination of the process of famine declaration in situations of conflict induced famine and starvation

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

   Author : Benjamin Holmsten; [2023-10-19]
   Keywords : Famine; starvation; famine and conflict; famine declaration; Tigray; Ethiopia; South Sudan;

   Abstract : This study focuses on providing a critical examination of the current process of famine declaration in situations of conflict induced famine, with special consideration of political influences towards the process. The research methodology consists of two case studies, one from the Tigray-war, Ethiopia (2020-2022), and one from South Sudan from the start of the civil war in 2013 up until today. READ MORE