We aim to develop knowledge of how new technology, in this case social media, can contribute to how sports fans interact with their idols. Therefore our framing of a question is to present how fans experience their contact with mixed martial arts (MMA) & ultimate fighting championship (UFC) through social media platforms. To specify our study, we also have a supplement question with in which way sports fans uses social media.We have chosen to conduct a qualitative study consisting of interviews and data observations of websites, related to the organization UFC, to approach our main question. We have interviewed nine randomly selected people with one common interest - MMA/UFC. With an implant of theories, consisting of social media, fandom and lurking, on the result of the interview and website data, we try to come closer to a conclusion for our intention with this thesis.Our conclusion is that the interviewed fans express that through the usage of social media, they feel like they have come closer to UFC.

The main aim of this study was to investigate and compare different methods for the extraction of forest fuel from environments close to an archipelago. The study was based on relevant literature and published reports as well as personal communications. Forestry has traditionally been characterized by intense efforts to rationalize and mechanize the cutting technique used for timber and pulpwood. In line with the increasing importance of forestry, more concentrated efforts can be expected in the area of techniques and methods, especially for the above-mentioned product lines. In Sweden, forestry is of major importance and the Swedish economy and standard of living have mainly been created based on the revenues generated from it. Thus, it is vital that Swedish forests are harvested in an efficient and responsible manner. The demand for biofuel is growing and today accounts for 15% of total Swedish energy production, a share that will probably increase. This study is based on three research questions, which are described under the heading of Aim. The results reveal that the most profitable method for handling forest fuel is the traditional one, which is also the most commonly used method in southern Sweden, namely the stockpiling of logs in a clearing by means of forwarders followed by splintering at the place from where they will be distributed. Today, the high cost of barge transport required for the extraction of forest fuel in an archipelago environment renders such operations unprofitable.

Det råder hård konkurrens på marknaden för sågade trävaror. Längdkrav på furuprodukter var tidigare sällsynt men blir allt vanligare. Idag efterfrågas längre och längre längder, helst ska sågade trävaror vara över 42 dm (vilket motsvaras av timmerlängder över 43 dm). Iggesunds sågverk ställer sig frågan om det finns möjligheter till en bättre längdanpassning av sågverkets timmerlängder till marknadens krav, och om en sådan förändring skulle löna sig? Detta arbete tittar på tre scenarier till förändrade timmerlängder och hur de påverkar Iggesunds sågverks lönsamhet.

Sweden have 419 000 km road in the country and about half of these roads is forestroads. The forest road net most important mission is to make it possible to deliver wood from the forest to the industries. With a raw material that is spread over a large area the road network is important. Each year has the forest road network been extended with about 1 700 km new roads. To decide if a new road is to be built different forest road cost estimation models has been used.

Syftet med undersökningen var att ta reda på hur webbplatsen Newsmill påverkat det svenska debattklimatet på internet. Studien har genomförts genom att intervjua personer verksamma inom media. Bakgrunden till denna undersökning har varit att internet alltmer intagit den roll papperstidningarna förut hade. Numera är det i debattforum på nätet de offentliga samtalen äger rum. Intervjuerna har genomförts med fyra personer med nära anknytning till den sortens publicistik som bedrivs av Newsmill.

Abstract Mona Sahlin's dishwasher decides the election! Maybe. How journalism portraits politics is at least not fully objective with focus on societal matters. There is also a change over time indicating an up-going trend of less objective journalism. Other results of this case study indicates that politicians are more inclined to participate in journalism than before and that politics presented as scandal is increasing.The aim of this study is to investigate objectivity in political journalism over time. Using the quantitative content-analyses the study encoded 600 journalistic articles subjecting politics in the Swedish society.

AimThe purpose of this dissertation is to find out what discrimination of salary means and if the legislation that exists in Sweden, regarding same salary for the same or similar work, effects sports and if the way that the sportindustry divide salaries are acceptable. The purpose is also to find out if discrimination of salary exist within swedish handball and if this is a reason why swedish ladies handball is not professional. The framing of questions that have been processed is:1. Does discrimination of salary occur in swedish handball?2.

The aim for this study was to investigate, analyze and compare the way Sweden's main five news outlets portray and frame Swedish supporter culture surrounding football. In order to do so we formulated four research questions, all with the purpose to operationalize both the questions and the theories into data and results. The questions reads as follows: 1. What are the dominant portrayals in Swedish news outlets presentation of supporter culture? 2.

Denna studie handlar om att undersöka hur lärare i idrott och hälsa på gymnasiet arbetar med och tolkar kunskapskraven i idrott och hälsa samt se utifrån kunskapskraven vilka betygsmoment lärarna anser viktiga och hur betygsättningen ska ske. Studien har också undersökt hur lärare uppfattar stödet från skolan och Skolverket i sitt arbete med att tolka kunskapskraven. Studien har genomförts med hjälp av kvalitativ metod. Empirin består av intervjuer med sex lärare i idrott och hälsa från tre olika skolor i tre län i södra Sverige. Resultatet från intervjuerna visade sig att lärarnas arbete har varit svårt då de bland annat inte fått mycket stöd från skolan och Skolverkets material har inte varit till stor hjälp med tolkningen av kunskapskraven och begreppen. De har arbetat kollegialt där de gemensamt har diskuterat kunskapskraven och vilka betygsmoment de vill bedöma eleverna i.

The aim of this study is to describe and analyze how the European union relates to the different dimensions of abortion. What kind of problem is abortion and whose right is it? Does difference framings of the problem enable different solutions?By analyzing debates from the European parliament through Carol Lee Bacchis method ?What?s the problem approach? I have come to see that different representations of a problem changes the problem it self. This emphasis that a problem is a problem in one context, but not in an other.Depending on the work of, among others, Barbara Hobson and Ailbhe Smyth I have focused upon the European union as a economical project, leaving social issues to national competence. This makes the EU a patriarchal project that fails to guarantee women?s rights.

Syftet med studien är att undersöka på vilket sätt Aftonbladets rapportering om Hultsfredsfestivalen förändrades under de tre sista åren innan svenska arrangören Rockparty gick i konkurs och under de tre åren som tyska FKP Scorpio arrangerade festivalen. De perioder som studerats är 2007 till 2009 samt 2011 till 2013. Studien är kvalitativ och bygger på text- och bildanalys av 50 artiklar som publicerats i Aftonbladet under de berörda åren.De frågeställningar som studien haft för avsikt att besvara är "Hur förändrades Aftonbladets rapportering om Hultsfredsfestivalen mellan åren 2007 till 2009 och 2011 till 2013?", "Hur skildras de respektive festivalarrangörerna utifrån ursprung?" samt "Hur rapporteras det om festivalens väder under de respektive tidsperioderna?". Journalistiska perspektiv på framing-teorin, även kallad gestaltningsteorin, har använts som teoretisk grund.Studien visar att Aftonbladets rapportering var negativ under båda perioderna, men att den blev mer kritisk under FKP Scorpios arrangörskap.

The purpose of this report is to investigate and compare the difference between stand-thinning machines and strip-road thinning machines, and how they affect the stand on behalf of future growth, theoretical economic result, wind impact, snow pressure and density of stand. The investigation is regarding the first commercial thinning of pine stands, after pre-commercial thinning that was well conducted. The investigation area was located near Katrineholm, Sweden. The measurements that were measured were strength of thinning and amounts of wind throws, snow-breaks and hauling damages. The results that emerged, was that thinning with strip-road machines had a significantly higher strength of thinning over all, as compared with the stand- thinning machines (45 percent versus 30 percent). Comparisons between wind-throws, snow-breaks and hauling damages of the stand could not establish any significant differences between the two methods that were investigated. Conclusions, over all, were that if forest owners want to have more timber volume left for second thinning and final cut of the stand, the forest owners should choose the method with stand-thinning machines. From the point of view of gentle treatment of the stand and ground damages the choice should be the same. However, the method with strip-road thinning machines is the most common and accessible method in Sweden. Most likely it is the most economical way to manage the stand for forest owners in present time. If the method with stand-thinning machines is becoming more common in Sweden, it is suggested for forest owners to consider the stand-thinning method as a candidate for treatment due to economic aspects..

The aim of this study was to analyze how discourses about domestic violence emerges in policy and practice, and to investigate how those discourses may change from a structural, political level to a local, practical level. The research questions focused how the problem of domestic violence is formulated at national and local level, scrutinizing the different discourses framing and reproducing the causes and solutions of the problem, and also to deduce how different context affects formulations. The empirical material consists of policy plans and interviews with social workers. The findings indicates that the issue of domestic violence is articulated differently on different levels. In action plans on the national level, the domestic violence is formulated within a structural discourse, being a problem on a (gender-) political level, whereas professional social workers recognizes domestic violence as a personal problem within an individual oriented discourse.

Uppsatsens syfte är att undersöka hur Wikileaks agerande porträtteras i svensk dagspress, om skribenterna tar ställning för eller emot Wikileaks samt om porträtteringen har förändrats efter anklagelserna mot dess talesman Julian Assange.Vi analyserar tio ledarartiklar, framtagna genom ett obundet slumpmässigt urval som publicerats i Svenska Dagbladet och Dagens Nyheter under år 2010. Vår teoretiska ram bygger på Lars Nords teori om ledarartiklar, Baldwin van Gorp och Gaye Tuchmans teorier om framing samt Allan Grahams teorier om intertextualitet. Vår metod är en retorisk analys, kompletterat med en komparativ studie i före och efter anklagelserna.Undersökningen visar att Wikileaks porträtteras i svensk dagspress som en organisation vilken måste ta sitt ansvar. Majoriteten av ledarskribenterna tar ingen tydlig ställning för eller emot Wikileaks. Med undantag för två artiklar vars skribenter tydligt uttrycker sina åsikter.

Detta examensarbete har gjorts på uppdrag av Rottne Industri AB och berör matarhjulens dubbinträngning i virket. Matarhjulen sitter monterade i skördaraggregatet i skördaren, en skogsmaskin som används vid skogsavverkning. Då inträngningen, som uppstår av dubbarna på matarhjulen, är för stor (>5mm) bildas skador på virket vilket är ett utbrett problem inom skogsmaskinindustrin. Studien kartlägger de vanligaste dubbmönstrens skadeåverkan under kontrollerade och vetenskapliga förhållanden där testerna är designade för att efterlikna verklig skogsavverkning.I studien utförs två tester. Det första visar sambandet mellan presskraft och inskjutningsmått för respektive dubbmönster.