Den 11 maj 2010 begås ett trippelmord i Härnösand. Offren är ett ungt syskonpar och deras pappa. Det ska senare visa sig att gärningsmannen är en 21-årig bror till syskonen och pappan är hans tidigare styvfar. Två månader senare döms han till psykiatrisk vård. Ambitionen med uppsatsen var att undersöka hur olika tidningsmedier rapporterar om brott och hur de i samband med detta konstruerar händelsen och de närvarande aktörerna. Uppsatsen inriktade sig på nyhetstexter gällande morden som publicerades i Aftonbladet, Dagens Nyheter och Tidningen Ångermanland mellan den 12-14 maj respektive 7-9 juli 2010.

Denna studie syftar till att undersöka om det förekommer någon diskursiv diskriminering gentemot hbtq-personer. Detta undersöks genom att analysera hur skillnad mellan hbtq-personer och svenska, heterosexuella majoriteten konstrueras i en hatbrottskontext i tidningarna Dagens Nyheter, Västerbottens-Kuriren samt Helsingborgs Dagblad under perioden 1 januari 2003 fram till 1 januari 2012.Studien vilar på en teoretisk utgångspunkt om att identitet är socialt konstruerat samt att medierna utgör en viktig arena för dessa konstruktioner. I studien har en kvantitativ innehållsanalys kombinerats med en diskursanalys som tar avstamp i Ernesto Laclaus och Chantal Mouffes diskursteori. Diskursanalysen bygger på två delar, i ett första steg fokuserar den på problemformulering där problem, orsak och lösning kartläggs för att sedan i ett andra steg kartlägga texternas analogikedjor kring hur identiteterna offer och gärningspersoner skapas i diskursen. I den kvantitativa delen ingår 246 nyhetstexter som handlar explicit om hatbrott.

This is a result of a diploma work in construction engineering. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the nature of the productivity in a given project and how the Skanska productivity tools were used in this project.Interviews were held among workers and management to get some answers on what affected the work and its productivity. The result of the thesis showed that the productivity tools as propulsion analysis and ?goal cards?, were not used to a wide extent in this project. Furthermore there was almost no feedback for the one who made the calculation and the offer for the project, which might affect the results on projects negatively in the future.Within the project there was a lot of waiting time which affected the productivity.

Many consulting firms offer tailor-made solutions within complexity management, but these are not general frameworks built upon theories. Carlsberg are dealing with a large complexity within their one-way glass bottles, as they are growing by acquisitions, and are not attained enough economies of scale. This thesis balances the packaging complexity, with platform theory as a foundation. Twelve platforms were developed at Carlsberg, containing 21 bottles, and the calculated savings potential for applying these are EUR 28,9 million..

?If we consume the product as a product, we consume its meaning through advertising? ? Jean BaudrillardSyftet med denna studie är att identifiera och analysera bakomliggande myter om lycka i kommersiella reklamfilmer, utifrån ett konstruktionistiskt perspektiv. Analysmodellen, som bygger på semiotik och neoformalism, genererade kunskap om de olika berättarstrukturerna kring lycka i de undersökta reklamfilmerna. Resultaten indikerade framförallt att berättarstrukturerna om lycka grundar sig i myter som är starkt kopplade till den kapitalistiska ideologin. Studien avser därmed att blottlägga och analysera myter om lycka i reklamfilmer ur ett kritiskt konstruktionistiskt perspektiv..

Syftet med uppsatsen är att undersöka om Dagens Nyheter och Svenska Dagbladet, som är de två största svenska morgontidningarna, har varit styrda av postkoloniala tankesätt i sin rapportering från det jordbävningsdrabbade Haiti. Jordbävningen ägde rum den 12 januari 2010, och vår undersökningsperiod sträcker sig från den 13 januari till den 26 januari 2010.  Vi har använt oss av en kvalitativ textanalys och totalt läst 190 artiklar, varav 38 av dem är citerade i undersökningen. Som utgångspunkt för vår undersökning har vi huvudsakligen använt oss av Maria Eriksson Baaz avhandling The White Who/Man?s Burden in the Age of Partnership. A Postcolonial Reading of Identity in Development Aid (Göteborgs universitet 2002).

Runt om i världen faller allt fler kvinnor offer för människohandel. I Sverige avslöjar polisen mellan 200-500 fall av människohandel årligen, men det är svårt att veta hur mycket av denna illegala verksamhet som sker i det fördolda. Eftersom detta är ett internationellt brott som ofta är gränsöverskridande, sker de flesta insatserna mot människohandel i samarbeten mellan länder och med organisationer som ex. Förenta Nationerna. Men människohandel är dock ett växande problem i Sverige idag och jag ville istället undersöka vilka nationella insatser man tagit till mot människohandel i Sverige.

The current study sought to examine if post-produced semantic memory cues are a good aid for memory recall. It also focused on remembering units with a meaning, instead of just remembering lists of words. In the current study a factual text was used where the participants were tasked with recalling as much information as possible either with the aid of cues (keywords written by the participants themselfs), computer with Internet or no aids at all. The results showed that keywords are significantly better for memory recall. The results were discussed in regards to modern models describing semantic memory.

Many of us have grown up hearing or using words meant as insults or negative adjectives that were in fact names for social groups. Most of them have gone unquestioned in the mainstream consciousness, but the term Gay in the generally negative meaning has in the past years been given attention as offensive and homophobic, with debates emerging in response over whether or not this is true, particularly on the internet. It is the articles and forum threads from these debates that make out the empirical material for a qualitative study as I ask what these people?s thoughts are about this term and how it is perceived.After a qualitative coding and analysis of these texts, and interpretation of the results based on Erving Goffman?s theory of Phantom acceptance and stigma terms, Judith Butler?s theory of performativity, Ferdinand de Sassure?s theory of signifier and signified and how it connects to the community and Baudrillards theory of simulacra, this is the principal conclusion that I have drawn:For some of the people in this debate, the term Gay and its use is about homophobia and heterosexism, though mostly it?s not overt but a subconscious part of the continued dehumanization and stigmatization of homo- and bisexual people. This is a position I callThe socially focused skepticism.

This essay discusses how insurance companies inform policyholders regarding home insurance. What level of support do insurance companies offer policyholders in order to supply them with enough knowledge to make an informed decision? Is information regarding insurance communicated in simple terms, or is it riddled with industry specific terminology?The essays focus is important to examine from a social context; Swedish social process does not select an insurer for an individual who neglects to choose one for their home insurance. Sweden's welfare system does otherwise provide a helping hand for a lack of decision with regard to preschool and school choice..

Frölunda-Aspvik Säteri, a company just outside Stockholm within the agriculture and forestry sector, has developed a business idea around countryside tourism as a complement to their existing business. The idea is to offer a high quality and functional way of living in small cottages surrounded by beautiful nature and landscape of cultural importance. There will also be a range of additional activities available such as hunting, canoeing, cycling etc. The project should be done with minimum impact on the surrounding environment and the importance of the ecological system should be at the forefront of all business decisions. At present the company wants to have a better understanding of what the future trends are within tourism, how its business idea fits in with future trends within tourism and how to stay competitive.The purpose of this research paper is to identify the social driving forces that have an impact on people?s lifestyle and choice of holiday destination in the future, and present how these factors affect the travel industry.

The level of increased central government that we have experienced during the last decades in school, for the purpose of increasing equality and to adapt the Swedish school to a certain international standard, clearly shows that increased control scarcely leads to improvement.The aim of this paper is to examine whether teachers believe that national tests contribute to equivalent assessment and increased goal attainment. Furthermore the teachers? attitude towards and work with national tests is described. The paper is written from a school improvement perspective, where good examples from current research on what creates increased quality in school meaning increased goal attainment and equivalent assessment are related to research on school effectiveness and increased testing in schools. The study builds upon a quantitative survey among teachers in upper primary - and secondary school in a medium-sized municipality in Sweden.The result shows that the teachers have a somewhat more positive than negative attitude towards national tests, as a whole.

This report describes the work and the results found when comparing three different 3d modeler applications. The programs are 3ds Max, Maya and Cinema 4D. The comparisons focus on the possibilities/the amount of freedom these programs interface offer to its plugins. The comparisons are made from the point of view of a tool for creating animations developed as a plugin for these modelers. This plugins demands on the system it is loaded into have been analyzed and from the results of this analysis a template have been created.

?If we consume the product as a product, we consume its meaning through advertising? ? Jean BaudrillardSyftet med denna studie är att identifiera och analysera bakomliggande myter om lycka i kommersiella reklamfilmer, utifrån ett konstruktionistiskt perspektiv. Analysmodellen, som bygger på semiotik och neoformalism, genererade kunskap om de olika berättarstrukturerna kring lycka i de undersökta reklamfilmerna. Resultaten indikerade framförallt att berättarstrukturerna om lycka grundar sig i myter som är starkt kopplade till den kapitalistiska ideologin. Studien avser därmed att blottlägga och analysera myter om lycka i reklamfilmer ur ett kritiskt konstruktionistiskt perspektiv..

This study puts emphasis on an international discourse describing how cities frequently compete against each other, and also describing factors that cities should enhance to make themselves more competitive. The discourse in this study has therefore been used to seek understanding how three different municipalities Borlänge, Karlstad and Malmö strive for growth by applying central factors from the discourse on the municipalities strategic documents. What the study shows is that the central factors from the discourse strongly imprints the strategic documents, but the presence of the factors varies between the municipalities and also to what meaning that lies behind the strategic goals..