Essays about: "symbolic values"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 66 essays containing the words symbolic values.

  1. 11. Identifying Power Structures in a Municipal Network: The Decision-making Process Behind Buying Ängelholm-Helsingborg Airport

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap

    Author : Otto Nieminen; Emma Susanna Tapaninen; [2021]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Small regional airports are known to be economically unsustainable. When the previous private owner of Ängelholm-Helsingborg Airport announced their intention to shut the airport down, seven municipalities in northwestern Skåne decided to buy it. READ MORE

  3. 12. Exploring the role and use of values & emotions in promoting prosocial action via Instagram

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Charlotte Griffiths; [2021]
    Keywords : values; emotions; prosocial; prosociality; communication for social change; C4SC; communication for development; ComDev; social media; Instagram;

    Abstract : Inspired by recent work on value-based messaging in migration-relatedcampaigning to elicit sympathy, this project explores theoretical rationale foremploying values in the field of communication for social change (C4SC),understood in its broad sense as aspiring to engender prosocial behaviour. The project is framed by the main question of how values, emotions and(prosocial) action relate to one another. READ MORE

  4. 13. Torget som demokratisk arena : en nödvändighet eller en anakronism?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Hanna Alfredsson; [2021]
    Keywords : demokrati; demonstration; möten; torg; gestaltning; democracy; demonstrations; public space;

    Abstract : Torgen har haft en roll i demokratiseringsprocesser under hundratals år och tycks fortfarande spela en viktig roll, trots att en stor del av det politiska samtalet idag sker på internet. Inte minst har vi kunnat se detta under 2020 då stora grupper människor har gett sig ut och demonstrerat – en global pandemi till trots. READ MORE

  5. 14. How did the simple leather wallet end up as an activist tool for change? A qualitative study of young Swedish consumers boycott and buycott behavior of food and drink brands

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Jenny Sandström; Veronica Ågren; [2021]
    Keywords : Boycott; buycott; food and drink brands; FMCG industry; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Thesis purpose: This thesis aims to discover young Swedish consumers' boycott and buycott behavior of food and drink brands by understanding their decisions and participation in these practices. Methodology: This study is built upon a qualitative research design and adopts an abductive approach. READ MORE

  6. 15. Symbolic coping in Canada’s coal phaseout : applying social representations dynamics to communities in transition

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

    Author : Linda Varekamp; [2021]
    Keywords : just transition; resistance; transformation; social representations theory; structural approach; central core;

    Abstract : The Canadian federal government has introduced policy to phase out coal-fired electricity generation by 2030, as part of its climate change mitigation commitments under the Paris Agreement. The policy plan, positioned as a just transition, includes funding and measures to help workers and communities manage economic difficulties arising from the coal phaseout. READ MORE