The general purpose of this dissertation is to study picture communication in picture books and it addresses the following questions:What is the illustrator?s role in the process of making a picture book? What communicative qualities do pictures have in picture books and how do pictures interact with texts? What methods do illustrators use to visualize the meaning of stories in picture books?A genre analysis, a literature study and an interview of a professional illustrator has been conducted to answer the questions. I found that all objects that make up pictures, the arrangement, colours and shapes contribute to the meaning in diverse ways. Pictures also communicate in a different way than texts. An important difference between pictures and texts in the context of picture books is that pictures are more open for interpretation.

SammanfattningTitel ? Gilla, dela och kommentera: Hur svenska fastighetsma?klarfo?retag anva?nder sociala medier Fo?rfattare - Ellinor Hult och Malin Walle?n Handledare - Bo RundhA?mne - Kandidatuppsats i fo?retagsekonomiProblemformulering - Studien fokuserar pa? hur svenska fastighetsma?klarfo?retag hanterar sociala medier och uppsatsens funktion a?r att ge en insikt i fastighetsma?klarfo?retagens anva?ndande av sociala medier samt vilka mo?jligheter och problem det kan leda till.Syfte - Syftet a?r att underso?ka hur ett fastighetsma?klarfo?retag anva?nder sig av sociala medier som en del av marknadsfo?ringen.Metod - Studien har genomfo?rts med en kvalitativ enka?tunderso?kning som skickades ut till de 13 sto?rsta riksta?ckande fastighetsma?klarfo?retagen i Sverige fo?r att fa? en fo?rsta?else fo?r hur de arbetar med sociala medier.Resultat - Det a?r ma?nga fo?retag inom fastighetsma?klarbranschen som anva?nder sociala medier och har en strategi fo?r sitt anva?ndande. Dock ga?r det att utla?sa fra?n studien att flertalet fo?retag bo?r se o?ver och mo?jligen tydliggo?ra sina strategier fo?r att fa? ett ba?ttre hanterande av medierna. Utifra?n analysen kan det ocksa? konstateras att fastighetsma?klarfo?retag bo?r anva?nda sig av sociala medier som marknadsfo?ringsverktyg eftersom det enligt underso?kningen genererar fler kunder, a?r mer kostnadseffektivt a?n traditionell media och fungerar som ett bra komplement till traditionell media.

The Swedish traffic system is congested, especially in the urban areas; travellers face daily growing traffic jams and delays in public transport. In a congested traffic system, travellers need support to make smart and sustainable decisions and one such tool is traffic information.One issue today is that too few travellers use traffic information in support of their travel. Research shows that travellers would see great value in receiving the information; however current systems do not meet their requirements. This is a problem since the society would benefit greatly from a well functioning traffic information system.In this report, a number of channels that can be applicable for providing traffic information will be explored, with particular emphasis on interference information.The information channels are analyzed based upon the needs and requirements of the society and the traveller. The thesis of the report is: the more of these needs and requirements are met in a channel; the better is the channel to use for traffic information.

This study examines whether social media had an influence on the revolution in Egypt. Social media was an important tool for the revolution since the president Hosni Mubarak and the Egyptian regime strictly controls the media. However social media was not the determining factor for the revolution, the revolt evolved due to many underlying factors. Social media facilitated communication, made the mobilization effective and, spread information to the inhabitants and to the rest of the world. The authors are discussing this theme from the new institutionalism perspective, democracy- and revolutionary theories and based on six selected interview persons; activists, researchers and journalists..

This paper examines the interpersonal and intercorporate networks of interlocking boardmembers among Sweden's 50 largest publicly traded companies in 1985 and 2005. We find that both the interpersonal and intercorporate networks of 1985 are considerably more coherent and densely connected than those of 2005. The observed changes in social network structure are compared to changes in company ownership in Swedish publicly traded companies during the same period, and it is found that the observed changes in network density and cohesion can be related to a notable increase in the number of foreign board members. These results imply that the social organization of the Swedish system of corporate governance has changed notably during the period. Social network theory suggests that these changes can explain the greater demand for external regulation, decreased homogeneity of board members and increase in board member compensation observed under the period.

Titel: Utvecklingen av politisk kommunikation på TwitterFörfattare: Viktoria Hansson och Ellen KarlssonUppdragsgivare: JMGKurs: Examensarbete i Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap vid institutionen för journalistik och masskommunikation, Göteborgs universitet.Termin: Vårterminen 2014Handledare: Nicklas HåkanssonSidantal: 44, inklusive bilagor.Syfte: Syftet med denna studie är att systematiskt analysera utvecklingen av politiska partiers kommunikation på Twitter.Metod: Kvantitativ innehållsanalysMaterial: Tweets från 2011.06.18-2011.07.02, 2012.06.16-2012.06-30 och 2013.06.15-2013.06.29Huvudresultat: Våra resultat visar en positiv utveckling hos de analysobjekten för Kristdemokraternas och Socialdemokraternas politiska kommunikation på Twitter. År 2013 var den politiska kommunikationen mest frekvent och likaså responsen från följare. Undersökningsresultaten visar även att båda objektanalyserna för vartdera partiet använder Twitter som en kommunikationsplattform med tvåvägskommunikation, således kan vi se utformningen av en ny form av valstuga på Twitter. Resultaten visar även på att personifiering ökat inom den politiska kommunikationen på Twitter, samt att en jämn fördelning av personliga tweets och med politiska tweets ger bäst respons från följare..

The purpose of this thesis was to examine how two different groups use information strategies in their Facebook group activities. A qualitative study was made using interviews and a qualitative observation method. The observation groups consisted of two selected groups on Facebook and I interviewed three chosen participants of each group; a Gatekeeper, a Gateopener and a Lurker. Through the information strategies I examined the selected groups? information environments.

Syftet med avhandlingen var att få fram konkreta förslag på hur svenska dagligvaruföretag kan arbeta med Facebook i sin marknadsföring för att öka både befintliga och nya kunders varumärkeslojalitet till företaget.Teorikapitlet innehåller teorier kring ämnena varumärke, märkeslojalitet, kommunikation, Internet, sociala medier och Facebook. Ytterligare information har även samlats in genom intervjuer med tre experter inom sociala medier för att styrka teorierna kring sociala medier.Studien visade att svenska dagligvaruföretag idag inte använder sig av Facebook i dess fulla kapacitet. Genom att använda sig av en kombination av grupper, sidor, applikationer och event kan företag stärka sina kunders varumärkeslojalitet. Det handlar om att använda dessa olika verktyg för att skapa en relation med kunden och en kanal för dialog. Kan företaget sedan besvara kundens frågor och funderingar på ett bra och snabbt sätt genom denna nya mediekanal kan en långvarig relation skapas mellan kunden och företaget som i sin tur leder till varumärkeslojalitet hos kunden. .

With the rise of the internet especially and information- and communication technology in general, the opportunities for fast and effective communication and sharing of information have proliferated. In relation to the new technologies, the citizens? demands on organizations? communicative efforts have increased. Today?s citizens have high standards regarding transparency, the opportunity to dialogue and have hopes to influence the public sector.

Caring for the suffering, dying patients and giving support to relatives is probably one of the toughest jobs a nurse can encounter. Palliative caring is, with different measures, the prolonging of life whereas hospice caring is giving patients a meaningful and natural journey toward death. The hospice philosophy is grounded on comfort, communication and peace. The expectation is that patients will have a dignified, peaceful death. The purpose of this study was to describe the nurse's role in palliative care.

The purpose of this Bachelor?s thesis is to describe and analyze the implementation of Facebook in a public library. A case study consisting of qualitative interviews and studies of documents containing goals for the library has been conducted at a public library going through the process of implementing Facebook in their operations. The theoretical framework for this study consists of Everett M. Rogers?s stages of the innovation-decision process and his characteristics of innovations as perceived by individuals.

 Abstract: Facebook in the Public Sector - qualitative interviewstudy with The Swedish maritime Administration, the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute, the Swedish prison and Probation services and the municipality of Katrineholm about their precense on Facebook.In my bachelor?s thesis I have studied how three government authority and one municipality uses or don?t use Facebook in their communication towards the citizens. I have chosen to study four different cases, to see if there are any significant similarities or differences between how the different services are working with their communication. I have chosen to explore my cases through semi-structured qualitative interviews, where I met communications officers of every organisation face to face.I have found out that there is not one right way to communicate through Facebook, every organisations decisions must be based on their own mission, aims and objectives. And I have seen that both the transmitter and the receiver need to mature into the new acting of this new channel - Facebook..

In this thesis we focus on the issue of master suppression techniques and how they take form on Facebook. The research in area of master suppression techniques online is limited and therefore the purpose of this thesis is to create a greater understanding of the online environment of Facebook. We have used a method of netnographic observation studies and content analysis to create a triangular perspective of the subject. Based on the result of our observation studies we draw the conclusion that you can see signs of some of the master suppression techniques on Facebook. We also argue why others don?t show up.

This report is focused on a research to find out if the Customer Relation Management (CRM) of Quicknet AB works and if their customers are satisfied with it. During this investigation I tried to see if the customers had a need for taking the CRM and use a tool called Social CRM. The report will conclude if the clients of Quicknet think that there is something that can be done in the relation between both parts and how it can be improved. At the same time I am going to build an application which relates to the problems of this report.To solve the problem I am going to do a survey which will include the CRM and also try to find out if the customers of Quicknet share the same thoughts about having a Social Customer Relation Management. Also if this survey shows what the customers think about the CRM, it could improve the relation between Quicknet and themselves. The result from the survey showed two things.

Background: The amount of elderly patients who?s suffering from dementhia increases every year. Many of these patients develop and decrease in their cognitive ability. The development can lead to people's communication skills deteriorate. It can be a problem for the nurse to communicate with these patients.