Essays about: "methodological choices"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 37 essays containing the words methodological choices.

  1. 26. Environmental Implications of Media Consumption embedded in Digital Ecosystems : A bottom-up systems approach to the perennial case of paperless reading in Germany

    University essay from KTH/Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik

    Author : Joachim Felix Aigner; [2018]
    Keywords : Digitalization; Sustainable Development; Environmental Hot-spots; Bottom-up Analysis; Life Cycle Assessment LCA ; Environmental Impacts; Carbon Footprint; Global Warming Potential; Media Consumption; Digital Ecosystem; Paperless Publishing and Reading; E-Book; E-Magazine; E-Paper; Germany;

    Abstract : Digitalization has been reshaping the media landscape in recent years, often conveying an implicit promise of becoming less dependent on physical resources. At the same time, the current understanding of digital reading goes beyond dedicated e-readers or definable digital media products such as magazines or newspapers. READ MORE

  3. 27. "Coming soon to a neighborhood near you...": The very real effects and great human costs of fake news : A critical discourse analysis of Breitbart News Network's representation of Muslim and Syrian refugees in the weeks leading up to the 2016 presidential election

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : John LaChine; [2017]
    Keywords : 2016 United States presidential election; Breitbart; Breitbart News Network; Critical Discourse Analysis; Destructive discourses; Islam; Muslim refugees; National security; Syrian refugees; Syrian refugee ban;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to analyze how a Breitbart News Network text represented Muslim and Syrian refugees in the weeks leading up to the 2016 United States presidential election. Using a methodological framework based on Norman Fairclough's Critical Discourse Analysis, the analysis seeks to reveal the linguistic semiotic choices made by the text producer in the representation of Muslim and Syrian refugees and to explain how these semiotic choices were used to achieve their effect. READ MORE

  4. 28. Learning with Purpose from Empowerment: A study of Methodological Barriers and Challenges to Enhancing Organisational Learning from Women's Empowerment and Gender Equality Interventions

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Anna Henriksen; [2017]
    Keywords : Women’s empowerment; gender empowerment; monitoring and evaluation; organisational learning; international development intervention; capacity development; women in development; climate change adaptation; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Since the early 1990’s, sector-wide evaluation reports have identified substantial weaknesses connected to women’s empowerment and gender equality interventions. These weaknesses result from the failure to institutionalise activities, a lack of resources and deficient reporting of results. READ MORE

  5. 29. Applying a lens of practice theory to understand the role of sustainability-labels in sustainable fashion shopping

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap

    Author : My Lindersson; [2017]
    Keywords : sustainability-labels; sustainable fashion shopping; sustainable shopping practices; sustainability marketing; service management; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : With this thesis, the aim is to understand how consumers relate to sustainability-labels on fashion products, in terms of perceived meaning and competence for using the information conveyed, and to understand how sustainability-labels may be used to influence product choices that are part of sustainable fashion shopping practices. Apart from a literature review on findings from prior research within the field of sustainability marketing, the thesis uses a practice theory approach. READ MORE

  6. 30. Valuation Accuracy of the RIV Model - Is it possible to improve the valuation accuracy of the RIV model when taking both conservative measurement bias and business goodwill/badwill into account?

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för redovisning och finansiering

    Author : Alexander Norrman; Jenny Rahmn; [2016]
    Keywords : Equity valuation; Residual income; Conservative accounting; Valuation accuracy;

    Abstract : The residual income valuation model (RIV) presented by Ohlson (1995) relies on unbiased accounting. The presence of conservative accounting, however, has been well recognized within research (e.g. Mora and Walker, 2015; Barker, 2015). READ MORE