Essays about: "society"

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  1. 1. Ingredient-based Group Recommender for Recipes (IGR2)

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för data- och informationsteknik

    Author : John Lindblad; Jonas Meddeb; [2022-02-16]
    Keywords : recommender systems; data science; user-generated content; contentbased filtering; singular value decomposition; recipes; food; group recommender systems;

    Abstract : The number of food recipe options in modern society is vast and growing. While often being considered positive, the abundant options also lead to the so-called paradox of choice, i.e. that more options can lead to less happiness. READ MORE

  3. 2. Relation Between Legitimacy and Adoption of CSR Practices

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Michelle Riedenfalk; Fanny Wetter; [2022-02-16]
    Keywords : corporate social responsibility; practice adoption; legitimacy; multinational corporations; local society; global society;

    Abstract : The interest to incorporate CSR in operational business has in recent time grown within companies. For MNCs, this means that CSR needs to be incorporated in all subsidiary units around the world. READ MORE

  4. 3. THE GOVERNMENTAL DISCOURSE TOWARD HOMOSEXUALS IN SWEDEN. A critical discourse analysis of the changing discourse between the years 1935 and 2007

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Andreas Ljunggren; [2022-02-11]
    Keywords : Homosexuality; Sexual Minority; Discursive Change; Visibility; Government Commissioned Reports SOU ;

    Abstract : This Master’s Thesis aims to examine how the governmental discourse of the attitudes toward homosexuals has changed in Sweden since 1935 up until modern day. To do this, selected quotes for deeper analysis based on a larger textual analysis of nine Government Commissioned Reports (SOUs) between 1935 and 2007 are used, consisting of approximately 1000 pages. READ MORE

  5. 4. IDENTITY & TECHNO-UTOPIANISM. A Critical Discourse Analysis of Marketing Material and their Sociotechnical Imaginaries.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik, medier och kommunikation

    Author : Albin Åberg; [2022-02-10]
    Keywords : Discourse Analysis; Sociotechnical Imaginaries; Marketing Technology; MarTech; Critical Studies; Identity; Techno- Utopianism;

    Abstract : This research paper sets out to investigate the messaging present in a corpus of texts gathered from Acxiom’s, an American data-analysis and ‘Identity Solutions’-company, website. The paper applies a framework of Critical Discourse Analysis informed by Theo van Leeuwen’s theory of ‘legitimations’ and analyses the findings through the theoretical framework of ‘Sociotechnical Imaginaries’. READ MORE

  6. 5. “THE BEST INTEREST PRINCIPLE” - A qualitative study on the interpretation of “the child’s best interest” by the European Court of Human Rights and national states

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Lisa Sandgren; [2022-01-31]
    Keywords : European Court of Human Rights; best interest principle; Article 3; Convention on the Rights of the Child; Europe; threefold concept; positive obligations; national courts;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to analyse Article 3, commonly known as “the best interest principle”, from the Convention on the rights of the child (CRC) in European courts. The European Court of Human Right (ECtHR) is the main court of human rights in Europe and the CRC is one of many conventions that falls under their jurisdiction. READ MORE