Essays about: "mediated"

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  1. 1. Pornography – a supernormal stimulus of the modern age. A correlation study about problematic pornography consumption and personal self-concept.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för psykologi

    Author : Adam Havasi; Nicholas Róbertsson; [2024-02-06]
    Keywords : pornography; self-concept; consumption; psychology;

    Abstract : Sometimes called the drug of the new millennium, pornography with its intensity, privacy and availability, has all the conditions for being problematic and even addictive. The purpose of this study was to investigate problematic pornography consumption (PPC) and how it might be connected to self-concept. READ MORE

  3. 2. Social Gradients in Subjective Well-being during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Sweden

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Ida Johansson; [2024]
    Keywords : Subjective Well-being; SWB; COVID-19; pandemic; Sweden; social gradients; foreign-born; health inequalities; resources;

    Abstract : The COVID-19 pandemic prompted governments around the globe to employ various measures, such as social distancing and quarantine, to prevent its spread. The pandemic contributed to drastic changes in everyday life, through economic shocks, fear of the virus, morbidity, and mortality. READ MORE

  4. 3. An evaluation of GPU virtualization

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för system- och rymdteknik

    Author : Josef Vilestad; [2024]
    Keywords : gpu; virtualization; mig; siov;

    Abstract : There has been extensive research and progress on virtualization on CPUs for a while. More recently the focus on GPU virtualization has increased as processing power doubles roughly every 2.5 years. Coupled with advances in memory management and the PCIe standard the first hardware assisted virtual solutions became available in the 2010s. READ MORE

  5. 4. Dare. Dream. Done. [Sparkles emoji] : Pragmatic functions and sentiment of emojis in tweets by American, English, Australian, Indian, and Nigerian users

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Fakulteten för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap (from 2013)

    Author : Kristoffer Olsén; [2024]
    Keywords : ambiguity; computer-mediated communication; cyberpragmatics; emoji; emoji usage pattern; national variety; pragmatics; sentiment; tweets; användningsmönster för emojis; attityd; cyberpragmatik; datorförmedlad kommunikation; emoji; nationell variation; pragmatik; tvetydighet; tweets;

    Abstract : Emojis can be ambiguous, even when used within one and the same language and geographic region, but they are also a globally accessible language in computer-mediated communication. This paper aims to examine if emoji usage across five different national varieties of English (American, English, Australian, Indian, and Nigerian), geographically located on five different continents, exhibits similar pragmatic functionality and sentiment. READ MORE

  6. 5. From Domestic to Extraterritorial Repression : A quantitative study of how authoritarian regime type affects the incidence of transnational repression

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Linnéa Ström; [2024]
    Keywords : Transnational repression; regime type; authoritarianism;

    Abstract : Authoritarian states have an extended reach on their populations residing outside of the country borders due to globalization and digitalization. This is part of the explanation of the increase of transnational repression globally. READ MORE