Essays about: "persuasion"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 128 essays containing the word persuasion.

  1. 6. Persuasive Language Learning - Qualitative research on user engagement in the persuasive system design of Duolingo

    University essay from Jönköping University/Tekniska Högskolan

    Author : Sofie Kastelli; Napsugár Takács; [2023]
    Keywords : Persuasion; Gamification; User-engagement; Duolingo; MALL; mobile-learning; mobile-language-learning; gamified interaction design;

    Abstract : Duolingo is a popular mobile language-learning application that has been around the market since 2012 and has been researched in its language-learning abilities. It is crucial for mobile language learning applications to keep their users interested, nevertheless, as users easily lose interest in continuing their language study. READ MORE

  2. 7. Cromwell on the Moon; Or, Printing, Popularity, Persuasion : An Account of Text Reuse Patterns and Eighteenth-Century Utopian Thinking

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för ABM

    Author : Kira Sophie Hinderks; [2023]
    Keywords : Utopias; Text Reuse; Intellectual History; Eighteenth Century; ECCO; Print Culture;

    Abstract : This thesis approaches eighteenth-century utopian thinking from a new methodological angle, namely by utilising the Reception Reader, an open-access text reuse detection tool, to study a sub-corpus of 39 utopian works available in ECCO (Eighteenth Century Collections Online), the largest collection of digitised eighteenth-century texts printed in the British and Irish Isles. As the first study of text reuse in utopian thinking, this thesis shows that text reuse detection is a viable method for gaining new insights into eighteenth-century utopian thinking. READ MORE

  3. 8. Improving Discoverability of New Functionality : Evaluating User Onboarding Elements and Embedded User Assistance for Highlighting New Features in a PACS

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap

    Author : Rebecca Eriksson; [2023]
    Keywords : User Onboarding; Embedded User Assistance; User Experience; User Interface; Design; New Functionality;

    Abstract : The aim of this study was to explore if users of a Picture Archiving and Communication System (PACS) could benefit from User Onboarding elements and Embedded User Assistance (EUA) to discover and learn about new functionality within the system. Five sub-questions, related to perceived intrusiveness, intuitiveness, helpfulness and persuasion, as well as the need to guide users to nested functionality, were explored as well to help answer the research question. READ MORE

  4. 9. When Dragon meets Nāga, the study of strategic narratives of China’s Buddhist Diplomacy in Thailand after the implementation of the Belt and Road Initiative

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

    Author : Chinnapong Chullanandana; [2023]
    Keywords : Sino-Thai relations; soft power; public diplomacy; Belt and Road Initiative; Southern Buddhism; Strategic narratives; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the strategic use of narratives in Chinese Buddhist public diplomacy to support the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in Thailand. This study examines the different levels of narrative formation, including system, identity, and issue narratives, to provide a comprehensive understanding of the mechanisms that drive communication, persuasion, and influence in international affairs. READ MORE

  5. 10. Films about the Donbas as ‘Prophecies’? : The German reception of Klondike and Donbass amid the (ongoing) situation in the Donbas

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutet för Rysslands- och Eurasienstudier; Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Tes Clasina Jacoba Oerlemans; [2023]
    Keywords : Ukrainian Film; The Donbas; Klondike; Donbass; Reception Theory; Narrative Persuasion; Germany;

    Abstract : This thesis examines how the Donbas is discussed in German reviews of Klondike and Donbass, what it can tell us about German ideas regarding the Donbas, and whether these have changed over time. Using qualitative content analysis, reviews from German (online) media are analysed and the emerging themes are described. READ MORE