The aim of this thesis is to study a job-searching process and elements that affects it. The elements I have focused on are gender, class and social network. The study is based on interviews and a survey study with students from the educational program of Social work (Socialomsorgsutbildningen), that graduated 3 years ago. Through the survey I have examined their social-background and their job-searching process. The interviews are the main focus in the study.

People born 1940-1949 will be more demanding regarding help from the elder care than previous generations. The explanation often proposed is that people born in the 1940?s grew up after the Second World War when cultural changes took place in society. The aim of this qualitative study was to describe the social needs of people born in the 1940?s today, in order to make cautious assumptions about what type of social needs elder care is likely to face in the future, when the older people becomes in need of elder care.

The purpose of this study was to examine the discourses that can be identified in medias representation of social services. To answer the purpose we made a critical discourse analysis using Faircloughs three-dimensional model. The choice to focus our study on a local newspaper was based on earlier research that found it possible that a local paper has a greater impact on readers than a national newspaper. Readers can more easily connect with what's happening in the immediate environment than what is written nationally. We used articles published in 2013 containing ?social services?.

The purpose of this study was to understand how social workers experienced working with Addiction Severity Index (ASI) in relation to the goal set by the National Board of Health and Welfare. The method is spread nationwide and therefore it is of great importance to examine how the social workers themselves experience the demands and the resources surrounding ASI. We choose to do a qualitative study interviewing eight social workers at six different occasions. The result was analyzed using Max Weber?s ideal type bureaucracy and Michael Lipsky?s thesis on street-level bureaucrats.

I denna c- uppsats har en undersökning gjorts om interaktionen och samspelet mellan medlemmarna pÄ ett forum som Àr ett av de frÀmsta diskussionsforumen för homo- och bisexuella förÀldrar/blivande homo- och bisexuella förÀldrar. Syftet med undersökningen var att Àr fÄ ökad insikt om den sociala interaktionen pÄ forumet med hjÀlp av dessa tre frÄgestÀllningar: Hur ser interaktionen/samspelet ut mellan medlemmarna pÄ forumet? GÄr det att utlÀsa sÀrskilda teman utifrÄn inlÀggen? PÄ vilket sÀtt kan forumet tÀnkas vara till nÄgon hjÀlp för medlemmarna?Den teoretiska ramen för denna uppsats innefattar Stephen P. Robbins kommunikationsprocessteori, interaktionsspiralen som beskrivs av Sven Windahl, Signitzer & Olson, Jonathan H. Turners teori om sociala processer, samt en del av Hartmut B.

Vad innebÀr dagens sociala kompetens, vilken uppfattning har studenter om sin egen sociala kompetens och anser de att den motsvarar arbetslivets krav? Undersökningen lyfter upp begreppen genus, arbetsliv och uppvÀxt kopplat till social kompetens för att se skillnader, samband och innebörd utifrÄn studenters syn pÄ dessa fenomen. Skiljer sig uppfattningen Ät om social kompetens mellan könen? Underlaget för studien Àr 200 enkÀter, fyra intervjuer och en omfattande litteraturundersökning, vilka visar att upplevelsen av social kompetens Àr beroende av genusperspektivet. Dessutom har uppvÀxten visat sig vara av betydelse för kvarliggande könskategoriseringar och sociala konstruktioner, vilka fortfarande Àr vÀl förankrade i arbets- och familjeliv.

Sammanfattning Föreliggande studie syftar till att ur ett pedagogiskt undervisningsdidaktiskt perspektiv skapa en utökad förstÄelse för tvÄ studiegruppers dynamik och individens lÀrpotential inom IT-stödd distansundervisning via en elektronisk lÀrplattform. GrundlÀggande faktorer som belyses i studien avser interaktion, gruppdynamik och individens lÀrpotential, med tonvikt pÄ dialog och kommunikation. Respons och Äterkoppling frÄn sÀndare och mottagare Àr det som utgör den aktiverande principen dÄ den ligger till grund för förstÄelse i dialogen. Metoden som Àr en fallstudie, inspirerad av en etnografisk ansats, har baserats pÄ en textanalys av arkiverat dokument, ur en realistiskt IT-miljö med direktinsyn i den aktuella lÀrplattformen dÀr kursen har bedrivits. Dialog och kommunikation studeras tillsammans med den pedagogiska idén; det problembaserade lÀrandet (PBL).

The aim of this qualitative study was to explore which inner conceptions about the abused older women the professional social workers had and how they experienced the enconter of an abused old woman in an intimate partner relation. The theoretical background is social construction by Berger and Luckmann. This theory was uset to analyze the transcribed interviews. This study is based on nine interviews with five professionals in social services, three volunteers from the voluntary sector and one social worker who worked in a community based support group for abused older women. The result of this study shows that older women were often abused, by a relative they were dependent on, in their home.

The purpose of this essay has been to study the different discourses that are expressed in social welfare secretaries? assertions when they assess cases with elements of honour-related violence, intimidation and oppression. To do so I have used a discourse analysis theory and technique, based on three qualitative interviews with social welfare secretaries. The interviews were focused on vignettes, which were all fictitious cases with various elements of honour-related violence. One of the interviews was a focus groupinterview with four participants, while the other two interviews were individual.

The evolution of the media landscape and the introduction of social media have increased thenumber of communication channels tremendously during the last decade. These new channels have also made an impact on the information control, which has shifted focus from organisations to consumers. In order to communicate one coherent image in the numerous existing channels, organisations need to create strategies that take this into account and makes sure the same messages are communicated through all channels. One way to do this is to use integrated marketing communication (IMC). Since the social media is a relatively new phenomenon, there is no clear way of how to include social media into an IMC strategy.

This study examines the connection between social capital and urban and rural areas. The study divides the environments into two categories; metropolises and rural areas. Metropolises are defined as any of Swedens largest cities Stockholm, Gothenburg or Malmö. The study also examines if there is a difference between these groups in how high social trust they have to people living in the same areas as themselves versus people who live in other areas. The studie also focuses on the urbanization that the world is going through, where people move from rural areas into the cities for work and education.

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..

In Sweden between 800.000 and 900.000 people have some kind of alcohol related addiction. Each and everyone are expected to have three relatives who in some way are involved in the abuserÂŽs way of life. The consequences of living close to someone with an abuse of alcohol is described as a chaotic life with extreme emotional stress, fear and anger.The aim with our essay has been to look into how social workers are describing their work, from the relativesÂŽ point of view. We also wanted to understand how the relativesÂŽ situation can be. We reached our aim through interviews with social workers and by literature studies.The primary conclusion of the essay is that the dominating theory is that addiction is an illness.

Bostadsbyggandet i Sverige idag prÀglas av ett fÄtal större företag som producerar relativt standardiserade bostÀder. Möjligheterna för den enskilda boende att pÄverka sitt framtida boende med avseende pÄ planlösning och utformning Àr begrÀnsade samtidigt som nya krav pÄ bostÀder uppkommer: familjekonstellationer Àndras, kÀrnfamiljen Àr inte lÀngre en sjÀlvklarhet och miljö- och klimatfrÄgor vinner mark. Deltagande rÀknas som en av grundförutsÀttningarna för en av dimensionerna för hÄllbar utveckling; social hÄllbarhet. Social hÄllbarhet handlar om att bygga ett lÄngsiktigt och dynamiskt samhÀlle och att trygga mÀnniskors förutsÀttningar för sina grundlÀggande mÀnskliga behov. Att planera och bygga i en grupp, en sÄ kallad byggemenskap, Àr ett fenomen som förekommer i flera lÀnder i Europa och Àven i ett begrÀnsat antal exempel i Sverige.

The main purpose of this study is to find out what kind of help social service in one selected municipality in Sweden can provide for children who have witnessed or been victims of domestic violence. Using focus group interview this study investigate how the social workers meet the needs of these children. The bases for our analysis are the Organization Theory and the Attachment Theory, as well as previous research. Important results are that the social services are dependent on notifications in order to do their work and that the most common interventions are foster care, emergency foster care and/or family therapy. The difficulties that social workers perceive their work are unjustified families and heavy workloads.