The current election is causing a debate in the Swedish media. The parties are trying to convince voters by spreading interesting and informative messages through different kind of media. Social media has emerged as a new way of reaching voters. All the current parliamentary parties have implemented this communication channel into their marketing strategy. People have both admired and judged the channel´s applicability in election campaigns.

Undersökningens syfte är att utröna vilka hinder elever på högstadiet möter när de ska skriva en text och hur man metodiskt kan gå tillväga för att utveckla deras skrivkompetens samt om det dialogiska begreppet kan innefatta även bilden? Med det dialogiska begreppet avses dialogen i en klassrumssitutation, som utgår från elevernas texter och som pågår mellan lärare ? elev och elev ? elev. Forskningsförankring och teori grundar sig på Dysthe (1987, 1996), Sandström Madsén (1996) och Molloy (1996) samt Skolverkets rapport Läs- och skrivprocessen som ett led i undervisningen (2000). Samtliga behandlar skrivandets betydelse i skolämnena och i dialogen. Undersökningen utfördes på två högstadieskolor i år 8.

Undersökningens syfte är att utröna vilka hinder elever på högstadiet möter när de ska skriva en text och hur man metodiskt kan gå tillväga för att utveckla deras skrivkompetens samt om det dialogiska begreppet kan innefatta även bilden? Med det dialogiska begreppet avses dialogen i en klassrumssitutation, som utgår från elevernas texter och som pågår mellan lärare ? elev och elev ? elev. Forskningsförankring och teori grundar sig på Dysthe (1987, 1996), Sandström Madsén (1996) och Molloy (1996) samt Skolverkets rapport Läs- och skrivprocessen som ett led i undervisningen (2000). Samtliga behandlar skrivandets betydelse i skolämnena och i dialogen. Undersökningen utfördes på två högstadieskolor i år 8.

Bilden som språk - om kommunikation genom bild är utförd som litteraturstudie. Genom kreativt skapande finns möjlighet att uttrycka saker som inte går verbalt. Samhället står inför en förändring och bilden tar en allt större plats i detta samhälle. Behovet av ökade kunskaper om bild som kommunikationsmedel, dvs., såväl kunskaper i hur människan påverkas av bildflödet som vilka möjligheter som finns att själv påverka med hjälp av bilder blir därmed allt mer påtagliga. Syftet var därmed att undersöka varför vi behöver ett bildspråk och hur bildundervisningen påverkas av samhällets utveckling.

International media groups and the freedom of speech are two issues that have been questioned during the last years when large media groups control a large amount of public-oriented information. The masters thesis at hand considers three debates that illuminate Bonniers and AB Mariebergs hereinafter referred to as the Bonnier Media Group positions on the media market. The objective of such a study is to establish in the face of the theory on hegemonia, for example from which factors the media actors deduce their argumentation when discussing the above-mentioned topic and the meaning of such a discussion in our time. The thesis also discusses whether freedom of speech and free opinion are affected by the increasing power of the Bonnier Media Group and if they, as a result, have diminished their own cultural and liberal assets, features that are firmly associated with the company. I conclude that various features have come to change the media market during the last years.

Social media, with its immense and continuous flow of information, has in recent years growntremendously in terms of users and content. This increase has led companies and organizations keen to be seen within these channels of communication, but do they always have a clear idea of how andwhy, and are they aware of the risks that are associated with it? Current research on social media is somewhat divided in two. The debate concerns, among other things, what value the information on social media has, and whether the media is really a good communication channel or not. This raises several questions, for example can a company really afford to remain outside of social media with allthe information it generates? This research aims at answering these questions in order to further understand how organizations discuss social media presence and strategies.

?Syftet med min uppsats är att ta reda på hur unga kvinnor genom en estetisk praktik ? fotografiet - skapar sin identitet och söker sitt vuxenblivande. Min uppsats har som rubrik ? Betrakta och bli betraktad vilket för tankarna till kvinnan som objekt i en heteronormativ ordning där den manliga blicken är norm. Genom att undersöka elevernas estetiska praktik kan jag förbereda min egen roll som bildpedagog och öka min egen förståelse för hur eleverna fotograferar i skolan.

Genom att studera relationen mellan upplevt psykologiskt arbetsklimat och anställdas användande av sociala media i arbetet söktes stöd för studiens huvudsyfte: om anställda använder sig av sociala media i arbetet om arbetsklimatet inte upplevs som positivt, samt om sociala media används, hur anställda då uppfattar sociala media som hjälp och stöd i arbetet. Genom en webbaserad enkät samlades data in från deltagarna (N = 27), vilka härrörde från tre IT-avdelningar i en kommunal organisation i Mellansverige. Analyser av ackumulerad data skedde till övervägande del genom Spearmans korrelationstest och Mann-Whitney U-test. Resultatet indikerade stöd för två av studiens tre hypoteser vad gäller samband mellan upplevelse av psykologiskt arbetsklimat och användande av sociala media, samt skillnader mellan anställdas upplevelse av relationer till kollegor offline och användande av sociala media. Däremot hittades inga signifikanta skillnader för hur anställda, beroende på hur de ser på kunskap, tar stöd från relationer online och offline..

AbstractTitle: Communications through Social media ? new challenges for organizations Kommunikation i sociala medier ? nya utmaningar för organisationerAuthor: Jenny Lilius Location: University of Kalmar Language: Swedish Number of pages: 46 (62 including appendix) Level: BA Thesis in media and Communications StudiesAim: The main purpose of this thesis was to explore what kind of challenges organizations face when communicating through social media. Because social media is a new phenomenon the thesis also examined how organizations active in Sweden today looks upon, defines, monitoring what is said about them and uses social media today.Method: The thesis was based upon the qualitative gathering of empirical facts. Through deep interviews with five organizations and literature studies the author was able to gather the results.Theories The analysis is primarily based upon theories about organizational communications such as PR, Rogers?s diffusions of innovations and the marketing mix.

Syftet med denna undersökning har varit att genom att analysera och följa rapporteringen om händelserna i stockholmsförorten Husby 2013 undersöka hur medierna gestaltar polisen och vilket utrymme polisen får i nyhetsrapporteringen. Undersökningen är en fallstudie där materialet består av artiklar från Svenska Dagböadet, Dagens Nyheter och Expressen. Studien är uppdelad i två delar där artiklarna har analyserats både kvalitativt och kvantitativt. Resultaten från den kvantitativa delen har använts för att pröva teorierna kring elitkällor och primary definers och jämförs med tidigare forskningsresultat. Det finns två väldigt olika bilder av polisen. Dels är det den våldsamma närmast militärliknande polisen, dels är det den synliga, folkliga och trygghetsskapande polisen.

Abstract Essay in political science, C-level, by Patrik Larsson, autumn semester 2007.Tutor: Susan Marton The battle over the agenda-Can media be regarded as an individual political actor? The purpose of this essay is to study to what extent media can be regarded to function as an individual political actor. In other words, do the media have more power over the political agenda than the politicians and do the media influence how the politicians make their decisions. This research is a case study and to be able to complete the intention of this study I have used Maxwell McCombs and Donald Shaws theory, the agenda-setting theory. From this theory I have used four aspects to analyse my material which has consisted of editorials from a Swedish newspaper, interpellations and debates that belong to the interpellations. The aspect I have worked with are, how the problem is defined, who is responsible for the problem, what values and which solutions are expressed.  I have used a qualitative text analysis as my methodological approach which means that the results of my study are my interpretation of the material. My conclusions are that the media in this case shouldn?t be regarded as an individual political actor because there is no tendency that shows that the media has influenced the government in their decisions concerning the real-estate tax.

ABSTRACTElin Johansson, Hanna Johansson, Camilla Nilsson Say something interesting! A qualitative study of marketing communication on Facebook                               Pages: 36With the emergence of social media, new ways has been created for companies to reach out to its audience. From being dependent on journalists to provide information, companies today have the ability to self-publish information in the open media channels. The use of social media should not replace traditional marketing communication though, but works best as a complement. It is a new environment that requires the company to adapt its working methods. Although the work is different, it is important that companies see social media as part of the overall marketing communication and not as a separate project. The purpose of this paper is to study recipient?s experience of company?s communications in social media. We have chosen to relate this to the instructions on methods of marketing communication and social media marketing as found in literature on the subject. This is to examine whether firms achieve the desired effect of the methods that are considered most appropriate. Does the message reach out? The focus of this study is marketing communication in the social media Facebook. The study consists of qualitative interviews to illuminate the recipients' views and experiences, as well as a literature study from the theoretical perspective of the sender of marketing communication in social media. The results showed that business as well as audience must interact in a functional relationship in social media. Companies should be more like the customer they are trying to reach. If companies choose to expose themselves in social media, time must be given to this, which is what the audience expects. Key words: Marketing communication, social media, social media marketing, Facebook, recipients, sender.

Title: By what strategies is the old media using the new media? A qualitative essay on TV: s use on social mediaNumber of pages: 54Authors: Marie Magnusson och Sabina KarlssonTutor:  Karin FastCourse: Media and Communication Studies CPeriod: Spring 2011University: Karlstad UniversityPurpose/Aim: Our purpose is to examine which strategies and why two TV-channels, SVT and TV4, are using social media. Our anticipated view is that SVT as a public service organization and TV4 as a commercial operator may have different motives with its use of social media.Material/Method: A qualitative method consisting of interviews by informants from SVT and TV4.Main results: Our result is that there isn?t any big difference between SVT and TV4 in the way they?re using social media. However, that SVT has to more specifically make sure no commercialism exists, while TV4 don?t have to think about it.Keywords: Social networking, convergence, commercialism, communication, Internet, public service, television..

Aim With this study we want to highlight and analyze the media spin of the PR campaign Miss Skinny by clarifying; a diffusion pattern which covers posts published by bloggers and journalists; a framing pattern from the first audited post to the last; how journalists are influenced by user generated content, and what consequences this may have for the news coverage.Method We have conducted a studied of news posts and blog posts about the Swedish PR campaign Miss Skinny through content analysis, diffusion analysis and mapped direct links between blog posts and news posts.Main result We found that a surprisingly large amount of news postings contained direct links to previous blog posts and that the former media serial no longer can be applied on today's modern media where journalists and other players come together on the converged media arena. .

AbstractThe aim off this study is to research social workers´ knowledge, use, risks and possibilities of social media in their work with clients. Because today the society is using social media networks in daily life and social media has become a tool in social work as well. How does social media and social work cooperate? And how does social media effect social workers? For example the website Facebook has grown huge and many people use it everyday. Where is the line between work and private life? To reach this knowledge in this study, qualitative interviews have been done with six social workers that work with children, youths and families.