Essays about: "social-network society"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 53 essays containing the words social-network society.

  1. 1. SOCIAL MEDIA AS TOOLS FOR SOCIAL AND CULTURAL INTEGRATION OF NIGERIAN MIGRANTS IN SWEDEN

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik, kommunikation och lärande

    Author : Mmaduabuchi Chijioke Ikeh; [2023-10-10]
    Keywords : migration; integration; cultural integration; social media; migrants; social integration; social capital; digital literacy; social network;

    Abstract : Purpose: This research aims to examine how new Nigerian migrants in Sweden respond to social and cultural challenges and investigate the role of social media in their integration process. Theory: Social Capital Theory forms the framework that supports this study. READ MORE

  3. 2. Samarbetet för det som är och ska bli : en studie av Etelhems eldsjälar och civila engagemang

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Felicia Sandberg Vilén; [2023]
    Keywords : Etelhem; eldsjäl; tillit; strukturella hål; samarbete; civilt engagemang; Gotland;

    Abstract : Utvecklingsarbete på en ideell basis anses kunna bidra till att skapa en bra grund för att kunna bo kvar på små orter där statens och kommunens investeringar successivt minskat, och för att förbättra människors generella välmående. Den här studien handlar om civilt engagemang i Etelhem, ett mindre samhälle på Gotlands landsbygd, cirka fyra mil söder om Visby. READ MORE

  4. 3. “Do I Post This or Not?” LGBTQ+ Youth Experiences of Social Media Under Parental Surveillance

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för data- och systemvetenskap

    Author : Vera Nygren; Daniela Laura Wallin; [2023]
    Keywords : LGBTQ youth; social media; social network; family dynamics; parental surveillance; selfcensorship; dysaffordance.;

    Abstract : As social media has become more entwined with society, parents are facing fears around how their children use them, and who they connect with. As a result, some resort to parental control technologies that enable them to surveil their children’s online activities. READ MORE

  5. 4. Servants on Earth : The Death-transcending Social Network of a Saint, as Evidenced by Early Fifteenth-century Swedish Miracle Tales

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Jonas Bengtsson; [2023]
    Keywords : saints; canonization processes; popular religion; medieval Sweden;

    Abstract : The cult of the saints was a widespread and important element of medieval European society. It is also an area of history where historians’ explanations of events are usually very different from those of the historical actors studied. This thesis is an attempt to find some common ground between them. READ MORE

  6. 5. Facebook as a tool to integrate : A qualitative- and quantitative historically contextual analysis of the use of Facebook among international students at Stockholm University in 2011 – and how they use it 10 years later in 2021

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMK

    Author : Sebastian Lindholm; [2021]
    Keywords : Facebook; international students; social network sites; SNS; social networks; social media; computer-mediated communication; communication theory; Stockholm University; change; connection; integration; segregation; Internet;

    Abstract : This research study investigates if and how international students in Stockholm, Sweden use Facebook as a tool to make friends and integrate themselves within their new society. To gather information and data for the first part in 2011 a qualitative- and a quantitative approach was used. READ MORE