Uppsatsen behandlar ämnet om hur diskursen om övervikt skapas och vidmakthålls med specifikt fokus på hur detta görs i tv-programmet "Du är vad du äter". Bakgrunden till uppsatsen hämtas från den rådande samhällsdebatten om fetma och övervikt och syftar till att dels se hur man genom att representera en viss grupp människor kan synliggöra och vidmakthålla en diskurs och dels att ifrågasätta en social norm i vårt samhälle. Den teoretiska ansatsen hämtas inom kultur och diskursanalysen men även från sociologiska teorier om kroppen och kroppens symbolik. Teorier om tv som analysobjekt tillämpas också. Analysen belyser och diskuterar överviktens diskurs samt hur kroppsideal skapas.

The purpose is to examine social workers view of vulnerable children and their needs. We are also interested to know how social workers think and discuss concerning the help these children are given. Our main questions in our study are; How do social workers define vulnerable children? Which needs do vulnerable children have according to social workers? Which opportunities and difficulties might there be in the decision making when trying to help these children? Which public authorities do social workers cooperate with? Which opportunities and difficulties do social workers find in the cooperation?This study is based upon interviews with ten social workers in the social childcare division in different municipalities in Skåne region, Sweden. Our results are explained and analyzed with a qualitative approach through different aspects of power- and Human Service Organization theories.

Social media has become an important marketing and communication tool worldwide, mostly through the largest social platforms Facebook and Twitter. With two-way communication via Internet companies has gotten the opportunity to interact and communicate directly with their customers. Facebook has been the focus point through the study because it has shown to be the most efficient and frequently used platform for communication. Our study aimed to confirm how communication via social media actually looks like. To be able to reach the best results, we have conducted the study from a phenomenological approach, which means; usage of qualitative semi-structured interviews to reflect the respondents experience on the phenomenon social media as a communication tool. Social media has shown to be a great way of communicating externally for companies who are willing to spend time engaging in the platform.

Title: The future is looking bright - Studies of burnout among musicians and music teachers. Since late 1970's, the burn-out-syndrome has been researched in several ways, especially among people working in care-oriented employments. The object with this study is to find out the biggest issues about why musicians and music teachers burn themselves out. This is based on musicians and music teachers own stories when they got burned out. The method I have used is qualitative interviews and in the result chapter I will present summaries of the interviews.

Uppsatsen är en litteraturstudie av befintligt material och befintlig statistik som har gjorts under de senaste 10 åren och som avser den sociala snedrekryteringen. Ändamålet med denna typ av undersökning är att se om, och i så fall vilken effekt den sociala snedrekryteringen har haft när det gäller antalet invandrare till högskoleutbildning. Med invandrare menas utrikesfödda som är folkbokförda i Sverige samt de som är födda här men som har båda föräldrarna födda utomlands. De socioekonomiska grupptillhörigheter betraktas som en allmän faktor dvs. för hela studentgruppen oavsett etnicitet, detta för att se om det har inträffat någon förändring under det senaste decenniet även i detta avseende.Av statistiska uppgifter och andra fakta framgår att det har skett en ökning av rekrytering av invandrarstudenter de senaste tio åren.

Social enterprises make up one of the groups of participants that provide welfare services financed by public funding. The object of this study is to describe and analyze from a theoretical point of view which conditions, in what fields, by which division of responsibility and finally through what decisions these social enterprises are allocated a place in the market for social welfare services. The company that has been the object of study offers services in the field of social welfare and in employment. In the study a triangulation of qualitative methods has been used: studies of literature on the subject, recurrent interviews and observations and also reviews of documents. The results have been analyzed from theories on the space available on the market for social services, on social economy and on social capital in the form of strong, weak and bridging bonds.

The purpose of this essay is to explore the social services work with crime victims in Sweden, according to Chapter 5, § 11 of the Social Services Act. The study examined how social workers define the victim and assessing and prioritizing victims' needs. It has also been central to study how social workers interpret and understand the regulation of social services responsible for crime victims.Qualitative interviews with 18 social workers is the basis for the study. The analysis of the social services work with victims based in the above-mentioned interviews. The interviews analyzed using the sociology of law theory.

This study explores how online television works and how it is integrated with social media such as Facebook, Twitter and blogs. Through three qualitative interviews with representants from different fields of work regarding online television, we have concluded how online television is being used in Sweden today and concludes with examples of what the future of online television could look like. Representatives from the following companies have been interviewed: SBS Media Group Sweden, Strix Television and Mediamätning i Skandinavien. The use of social media for marketing of online television is a fact for the companies in this study. However, the result of the study shows that theres room for development in the integration between online television and social media.

Syftet med föreliggande uppsats var att undersöka vad inaktiva högstadieelever själva tror skulle kunna vara betydelsefulla faktorer för att påbörja och vidmakthålla fysisk aktivitet. 160 högstadielever fyllde i en enkät varpå 71 elever som hamnade under de allmänna rekommendationerna för fysisk aktivitet fick fylla i en andra utförligare enkät. Data från 29 elever som i den andra enkäten angav att de var aktiva en gång i veckan eller mindre bearbetades och låg till grund för en tredje fas där 18 av dem slumpmässigt valdes ut och undersöktes med fokuserad gruppintervju som metod. Fokusgruppsresultaten visade att eleverna bland annat lyfte fram det första intrycket, ledaregenskaper, gruppindelning, social kontakt, tidiga framsteg och ovanliga aktiviteter som betydelsefulla faktorer. Resultaten ansågs vara tillämpbara på projekt som syftar till att aktivera otillräckligt aktiva högstadielever..

Denna studie undersöker och beskriver den psykiska hälsan hos en grupp barn och ungdomar placerade i familjehem i en större stad i södra Sverige. 42 barn och ungdomar i åldrarna 11 till 20 år valdes ut från en kohort bestående av 52 som vid något tillfälle under 2005 befann sig placerade i familjehem. Till barnen administrerades Youth Self Report (YSR), till en av familjehemsföräldrarna Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) och till barnens lärare Teacher´s Report Form (TRF). Data från barnens socialakter samlades också in. Totala problemskalorna för CBCL och TRF visade att andelen barn på klinisk nivå uppgick till 23 % medan motsvarande siffra för YSR var 9 %.

The implementation of this research increases the awareness of the value for luxury fashion brands in utilizing social media as a communication channel to reach young consumers globally. It provides a general understanding of young consumers? perception of luxury fashion brands on social media in regards to geographic cultural background, attitude towards new luxury, and preferred way of contacts..

In this bachelor thesis the aim is to explore how university libraries and researchers function together. I will do this through interviews with phd students and examine how they reason on the use of libraries and other resources available in campus and witch other methods they use to gather information. The graduate students differ in where they are with their research process, but all of them work in the field of Social Sciences. To help me in my analysis I have adopted Wilsons model of information behaviour and modify this to better suit my purpose. My findings show that they mainly use the library to access materials and avoid use of the librarians, due to perception of low usefulness.

The purpose of this study is to investigate how social media can affect and influence the B2B-relationship. Social media is now a widespread and accepted tool for communication in many B2C-companies; therefore we find it interesting to examine how social media can find its place in the communication mix of B2B-companies. We are also aiming to distinguish standards in how social media is practiced and discussed in the context of the B2B-market. We have applied a qualitative method for this study and we have interviewed seven respondents, which are experts in social media or working with market communication at B2B-companies in Sweden. During our study we have identified several comparable attributes within the B2B market and their opinions about how social media should be approach and adopt in the communication mix of the company..

The aim of this essay was to study if social workers have a gender awareness in the social work they perform and if it appears in the assessment of needs and intervention. A qualitative vignette study with four social workers who handle adult- and addictive clients have been performed. Gender theory is used to interpret the empirical results. The results of the study show that social workers doesn´t see any differences in the clients situation, or make any different assessment of needs depending on if the client is a man or a woman. Social workers also propose the same interventions to men and women.

Uppsatsens syfte är dels att undersöka om utbildningen och forskningen inom socialt arbete kan betecknas som heteronormativ och dels att föra en mer teoretisk diskussion kring om en förändring av denna utbildning och forskning kan göra socialt arbete till en möjlig förändringspraktik. Detta genom introduktion av teorier kring heteronormativitet. På grund av uppsatsens dubbla syften har texten delats upp i tre olika delar. En del redogör för teoribildning kring heterosexuell normativitet respektive socialt arbete, en undersöker om forskning och utbildning kan betraktas som heteronormativ och en diskuterar kring teorier om heteronormativitet och social förändring.I både forskning och utbildning utesluts ett problematiserande av heterosexuell normativitet. I kurslitteratur på socionomutbildningar har jag funnit att homo- och bisexuella antingen osynliggörs eller patologiseras.