Essays about: "self-knowledge"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the word self-knowledge.

  1. 1. Healing the Depressed Self: A Study of Social Media Therapy

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

    Author : Virginie Behar; [2023]
    Keywords : Social Media; Therapeutic Culture; Therapy; Instagram; TikTok; Depression; Neoliberal Mental Healthcare;

    Abstract : Since 2019, therapy content from both mental health professionals and social media users has proliferated on both TikTok and Instagram, a phenomenon some have called Tiktok and Instagram therapy. This study explores two different facets of social media therapy. READ MORE

  3. 2. Workplace Coaching and Facilitation of Stress-Management and Well-being in Slovakia

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

    Author : Linda Rattajova; [2022]
    Keywords : employee well-being; stress management; occupational stress; coaching; coaching in Slovakia;

    Abstract : The research explored when workplace coaching can facilitate stress management and well-being in corporations in Slovakia. It looked at the challenges and opportunities of workplace coaching through individual and organisational perspectives. It was found that masculine and directive leadership style is present in the organisations. READ MORE

  4. 3. To know the self as a matrix of maybe : An account of the specialness of self-knowledge

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Avdelningen för teoretisk filosofi

    Author : Konstantin Andreev; [2020]
    Keywords : the self; self-knowledge; self-reflection; selfhood; choice; Sartre; Being and Nothingness; participant perspective; nonfactual prospection; matrix of maybe; alternative futures; L’être et le néant;

    Abstract : The essay is an attempt to make sense of the apparently special relation between self-knowledge and agency. To achieve that goal, the essay translates the account of what it is like to be a human self offered by Sartre into the language of evolutionary psychology. READ MORE

  5. 4. Visualization of Quantified Self data from Spotify using avatars

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för datavetenskap och medieteknik (DM)

    Author : Stefan Aleksikj; [2018]
    Keywords : Quantified Self; Chernoff faces; avatars; data visualization; Spotify;

    Abstract : The increased interest for self-tracking through the use of technology has given birth to the Quantified Self movement. The movement empowers users to gain self-knowledge from their own data. The overall idea is fairly recent and as such it provides a vast space for exploration and research. READ MORE

  6. 5. Can I Have a Robot Friend?

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för idé- och samhällsstudier

    Author : Mathias Tistelgren; [2018]
    Keywords : Friendship; Robots; Human-Robot Interaction; Self-knowledge; Deception;

    Abstract : The development of autonomous social robots is still in its infancy, but there is no reason tothink that it will not continue. In fact, the robotics industry is growing rapidly. Since this trendis showing no signs of abating it is relevant to ask what type of relations we can have withthese machines. READ MORE