Essays about: "symbolic interaction"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 62 essays containing the words symbolic interaction.

  1. 16. Emotional Energy and Group Membership on Twitch.tv

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Henrik Jodén; [2020]
    Keywords : Twitch.tv; emotional energy; group membership;

    Abstract : With the rise of the commercial gaming industry the phenomenon of watching others play has become more and more common. One platform that has made this accessible is Twitch.tv. This paper investigates the interaction taking place on Twitch between streamers and viewers from the perspective of interaction ritual theory (IR theory). READ MORE

  3. 17. Service på landsbygden : en studie av den sociala roll olika serviceinrättningar och föreningsliv spelar för det offentliga rummet i Sparreholm

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

    Author : Johanna Blidfors; [2020]
    Keywords : service på landsbygd; Habermas; livsvärld; Bourdieu; kapital; mötesplatser;

    Abstract : Varför behövs serviceställen på landsbygden? I denna uppsats undersöks den sociala och kulturella funktion som olika sorters serviceställen fyller som mötesplats på orten Sparreholm. För att analysera dessa funktioner har jag dels använt mig av Jürgen Habermas begrepp livsvärld, dels Pierre Bourdieus uppdelning av den offentliga sfären i olika sociala fält samt hans begrepp kopplade till hur aktörer inom dessa strävar efter olika symboliska tillgångar. READ MORE

  4. 18. Sustainability boundary-work: Balancing the lines of sustainable leadership

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Riccardo Barker; Gustav Hakegård; [2019-07-03]
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    Abstract : This study identifies and discusses the symbolic boundary between what it means to be sustainable and unsustainable, in relation to leadership through a qualitative case study at a technology consultant company in Sweden. We explore the sustainability boundary-work that managers do and identify three sub-boundaries that contribute to the larger symbolic boundary of sustainability. READ MORE

  5. 19. Inconspicuously foreign: Everyday identity work within the Faroese diaspora in Copenhagen

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Brandur Nolsøe; [2018]
    Keywords : Presentation of self; symbolic interactionism; situational ethnicity; impression management; ethnic identity; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to explore the identity work of members of the Faroese diaspora in Copenhagen from a sociological perspective. Building on a symbolic interactionist view of social interaction, I explore the strategies of presentation of self in a diasporic environment, in which members adapt their role performances according to ongoing changes to rules of interaction. READ MORE

  6. 20. Who gets what? : the community forest user group’s role in rebuilding communities

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

    Author : Lova Lind; [2018]
    Keywords : community forest user group; forest management; disaster; timber; social inequality; symbolic violence; collective action; access; entitlement;

    Abstract : The earthquake and the aftershocks that struck Nepal in 2015 brought destruction to many parts of the country, and still to this day rural communities struggle to rebuild their private houses and return life to what it was. This thesis found that in doing so, the villagers are dependent on resources such as labour, cash, and timber. READ MORE