The reconstruction of a central area in Stockholm named Slussen (The sluice) has frequently been portrayed and debated in media over the last few years, escalating around December 2011 when the major decision regarding Slussen was to be made by the city council. The area serves as a traffic node connecting the areas of Södermalm and Gamla Stan (Old town) together. The last major change of Slussen was completed in 1935, best described as a modernistic traffic and architectural piece of work. It is indisputably an area of importance for the city of Stockholm, its citizens and visitors. How has media reported the development of the New Slussen project?The analysis, and the conclusions drawn from it, will be based upon and performed with a quantitative content analysis and critical discourse analysis.

The value of a good reputation for organizations is increasing today as consumers and citizens become more aware of brands. If a crisis hits an organization, there is now more to lose than before concerning reputation. Therefore the organization?s communication strategies must be developed to sustain the organization?s reputation during and after a crisis.In the field of crisis communication there are two distinguished theories which concern what an organization with help from crisis communication should do to undergo a crisis without losing its reputation. These theories are image repair theory and situational crisis communication theory (SCCT).

General principles of law can be defined as a legal foundation with the function of codifying basic values. They can also be of a character, which makes them useful as supplement and interpretation of law. EU has developed principles of law that can be divided into general and special. Within the Union there are existences of around twenty general ones. A further separation can be made in terms of institutional and individual.

The aim of this study is to investigate how the five biggest football clubs in Gothenburg are framed in the local newspaper G?teborgs-Posten. Gothenburg has five clubs in the top two tiers of swedish football (IFK G?teborg, Gais, BK H?cken, ?rgryte IS och Utsiktens BK), which makes them unique compared to other swedish cities. Many of the clubs also have a long history, being some of the oldest in the country, making supportership of the clubs a big part of the identity of many citizens in Gothenburg.

Background: Power by force and threats used to be the common way to collect taxes, but this procedure is today completely different. It?s now more about building a mutual relationship and with help of laws and controls steer citizens and companies to pay the tax they owe. Thus the way to collect taxes have changed over the years, the collecting of taxes aren?t a popular task to do.

The title of this study is: The Swedish assimilation of Scania during the period 1658-1720 - In descriptions of Danish and Swedish popular historians` during 20th century to current view. View of history, nationalism and science .                                                                                                                                              The study concerns the Swedish, after the conquest of Scania 1658, attempts to induce feelings of Swedish nationality to the people in former Danish province of Scania 1658-1720. The goal of this study was to analyze 20th century and present Swedish and Danish historians? descriptions of the Swedish and Danish treatment of the native Scania population. The aim was further to describe this historians` view of native rebellious group called ?snapphanar? and which measures were taken to assimilate the Scanian population to Swedish realm.

SammanfattningBakgrund: Fetma och övervikt leder till följdsjukdomar och problematiken med följdsjukdomar ökar för varje år. En metod för behandling mot fetma och övervikt som blir allt vanligare är magsäcksoperation som begränsar födointaget.Syfte: Syftet med studien var att ta reda på hur magsäcksopererade informanter själva resonerar kring sin upplevelse av att hantera sin livskvalitet i relation till magsäcksoperation som metod för viktminskning. Hur får de kunskap att hantera sitt nya liv och hur upplever de att de kan hantera sin nya livsstil?Metod: Studien var kvalitativ och utgick från semistrukturerad intervju med 5 kvinnor som genomgått magsäcksoperation i syfte att gå ner i vikt. Intervjumaterialet analyserades med kvalitativ innehållsanalys.Resultat: I intervjuerna framkom det att en operation är den sista utvägen när andra alternativ till viktminskning misslyckats.

Digitizing and digital libraries create great opportunities toprovide access to cultural heritage globally, but the quicklychanging information technology environment also raises manyquestions. The aim of this bachelor thesis is to analyse whatvisions and ideas behind one specific digital library, Europeana,that can be found in documentation related to the project. Whatideas can be identified concerning aspects such as userparticipation, access to information, knowledge andinformation literacy? What is the project?s role in relation toeducation, preservation of cultural heritage and democracy?The method used to answer these research questions is adescriptive idea analysis. The empirical material, consisting ofprimary sources written in relation to the project, has beencategorized within dimensions and analysed according toDouglas Raber?s three public library strategies: social activism,the conservative response and the populist initiative.

Uppsatsen syfte är att granska ett antal läroböcker i svenska för grundskolans senare år, för att där se hur det vidgade textbegreppet ? film och rörliga bilder ? uttrycks och behandlas. Enheten för styrdokument nämner i sitt tillägg till kursplanerna, Ett vidgat textbegrepp, ?medie­kompetens? som en utgångspunkt för det vidgade textbegreppet. Detta begrepp granskas närmare i uppsatsen utifrån ett internationellt och nationellt perspektiv för att sedan relateras till styrdokumenten.

Denna studie behandlar delaktighet och inflytande mellan hem och förskola, vilket är ett av förskolans uppdrag enligt styrdokumenten. Vi har valt att genomföra denna studie för att få insyn i hur föräldrar på en förskola uppfattar sin delaktighet och sitt inflytande. Som verksamma i förskolan har vi funderat på om och hur vi möjliggör för föräldrar att förstå det demokratiska uppdraget och de både rättigheter och skyldigheter som det för med sig. Studiens syfte är att beskriva föräldrars uppfattning om delaktighet och inflytande i förskolans verksamhet och pedagogiska planering. I bakgrunden presenteras tidigare forskning om föräldrars delaktighet och inflytande.

Syftet med denna studie är dels att ur ett salutogenetiskt perspektiv belysa ensamstående mammors livssituationer och de strategier som är av betydelse för att hantera vardagen. Dels att visa på vilka behov som verksamheter, riktade till ensamstående, kan svara mot hos de ensamstående mammorna.Datainsamlingsmetoden är huvudsakligen kvalitativ med icke-standardiserade intervjuer, som har kombinerats med en standardiserad enkät. Totalt har 11 intervjuer genomförts, varav åtta med ensamstående mammor och tre med representanter för de riktade verksamheterna. Studien är till viss del styrd av ett teoretiskt perspektiv som har fått ange fokus och riktning. Därefter har analysen av materialet varit mer eller mindre induktiv, då det ur empirin har fångats teman och begrepp.

In the light of the problems the media industry are struggling with, local news reporting is only one of the challenges the news organizations are facing. When local editors is being moved to the cities the tie with the local community is being severed.The aim of this study has been to analyze how the inhabitants of Vilhelmina municipality talks about their experiences of local journalism. With methodological inspiration from the Critical discourse analysis (CDA) this study examined the discourses of local journalism, social media, journalism's role and municipal policy. The theorectical framework consisted theories of media and democracy, convergence culture and discourse theory.The survey was conducted with four focus groups interviews. The focus groups were divided in different cathegories based on the participants experiences, ages and employment.

Smuggling av alkohol är illegal verksamhet i Sverige och ett stort problem som sett till det senaste året har ökat oroväckande bland privatpersoner. Detta kan bland annat vara en följd av landets höga alkoholskatter och den höga avkastning denna brottsliga verksamhet ger. Alkoholsmugglingen är ett uppmärksammat problem i media och andra offentliga forum. Svenskarnas alkoholkonsumtion har ökat avsevärt och i paritet med det även vålds-brottsligheten. Kan detta ha ett samband? Informationen som ligger till grund för rapporten är hämtad från olika Internetsidor samt en telefonintervju med Sune Rydén på Tullverket.

This surveys hypothesis is based on the notion that all citizens have the right to access information of the municipality they live in. The aim of the study is to examine how residents of Vilhelmina municipality take note of the current information, and also how they would proceed to access information in the future. In order to conceptualise the results these following theories were used: digital divide, digital immigrants, digital native, uses and gratification theory, social capital, communications strategies and two-way communication. The survey is conducted with four focus group interviews and one separate interview with a person working at the municipal office. The focus groups were divided into age categories in order to see the similarities and differences between the groups' media habits and preferences of future communications.

This study aims to investigate how, in Montesquieu?s Persian Letters (1721), religion and religious structures are presented to influence women?s position in French society.In Persian Letters Montesquieu presents a dogmatic religious life, which proceed from a literal interpretation of the bible. Such a reading raises critical questions concerning the nature of women, and subsequently places man over woman. Persian Letters show how this male dominance gets institutionalized in marriage. The religious life depicted is also distinguished by a non-genuine religious conviction and by acts which take on a simulation form.