Essays about: "media impacts"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 169 essays containing the words media impacts.

  1. 1. The Public, The Police, and The Puzzle of Information

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : William Duggan; Librain Natia Ellis; [2024]
    Keywords : Policing; Public Perception; Safety Science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : When humans are involved, things can go wrong. This is a statement as factually true and yet dramatically undefined and dangerously ambiguous as any. No matter the industry or domain, where humans interact with other humans, perfect predictability is impossible and a focus on negative outcomes can seem natural. READ MORE

  3. 2. Peers, Privacy & Pleasure: A mapping of how social norms influence consumers in their diffusion of a social media application with privacy implications, the case of TikTok

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Axel Fohlin; Carl Klittmar; [2023-07-03]
    Keywords : Social Norms; Injunctive Norms; Descriptive Norms; Personal Norms; Privacy Implication; Privacy Concern; Privacy Risk; Diffusion of Innovation; TikTok;

    Abstract : TikTok, the social media network where users can post and share user created content with one another, has fallen under examination of governments across the globe due to rising distress in regards to the privacy implications that the app may have. Understanding how TikTok reached such success even with an apparent privacy implication calls for a mapping of the social norms (Injunctive, Descriptive, Personal) and how they shaped consumer perceptions. READ MORE

  4. 3. "Taking by Giving" - The Contradiction of Volunteer Tourism: A critical analysis of the possible impacts of volunteer tourism in the Global South

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Hanna Rydén; [2023]
    Keywords : Volunteer tourism; voluntourism; post-colonialism; discourse; white savior complex; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : During recent decades there has been a rapid growth of volunteer tourism whose nature and impact are increasingly questioned in both literature and media. This study aims to critically compare the intended positive impacts with the potential negative consequences of volunteer tourism. READ MORE

  5. 4. The polarized attitudes of offshore wind - The social acceptance of planned offshore wind farm Västvind among Öckerö municipality residents

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för miljö- och klimatvetenskap (CEC)

    Author : Milla Marzelius; [2023]
    Keywords : Offshore wind energy; Social acceptance; Place attachment; Västvind; Öckerö; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Climate change, the energy crisis of 2022-2023, and estimations of future electricity demands have stressed the necessity for a rapid transition of the energy system. Offshore wind energy plays an important role in this transition, and is expected to expand considerably on a global level, in the EU and in Sweden. READ MORE

  6. 5. NGO Challenges in Providing Aid: Ukraine Context

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Julija Paskeviciute; [2023]
    Keywords : NGO; Aid; Partnerships; Development; SDGs; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The NGO role in providing aid and internal/external impacts that are occurring during the process are central pillars in analysing the development objective and Sustainable Development Goals for the future. The challenges that the NGOs face during aid processes are not solely dependent on singular sources and rather require complex, and multi-faced approaches. READ MORE