ABSTRACTSegregation is more and more common in the Swedish society, especially in those suburbs called ?miljonprogramsförorter? which are characterized as grey and boring districts with low status. These suburbs are often mentioned in the media and the public associate them with immigrants, problems and crimes. Kungsmarken in Karlskrona is one of these suburbs and the purpose of this essay was to compare the media image with the images local participants had of Kungsmarken. The questions I brought up were how media was describing Kungsmarken, how this image has contributed to the low status of Kungsmarken, and if this image was reflecting the local participants? images.

Då scenkomplexitet och ett högre antal ljuskällor blir vanligare inom spel har ett behov av algortimer för att hantera dessa scener, med bra prestanda, uppståt. En allt vanligare algoritm för detta är Deferred Shading. Rapporten utvärderar två olika metoder för Deferred Shading (traditionell Deferred Shading och Light pre-pass rendering)..

Elektronisk mobbning har under den senaste tiden blivit uppmärksammat i media. I och med att det är ett ökande problem finns också ett behov av att forska inom området. Inom det sociala arbetet möter man dagligen människor som är aktiva användare av digital kommunikation, vilket gör att kunskap inom området är angeläget. Syftet med studien var att undersöka unga Internetanvändares syn på e-mobbning, samt deras upplevelse av detta. Syftet med uppsatsen var också att undersöka maktaspekten i e-mobbning utifrån en strategianalytisk utgångspunkt.

Mobilmarknadsföring har uppmärksammats i media som en ny och unik marknadsföringsform. Uppsatsen undersöker hur mobilmarknadsföring fungerar, vilka nya möjligheter det ger och varför dessa möjligheter används eller inte idag.Information, som sedan applicerats i en marknadsföringsteori, har inhämtats genom djupintervjuer. Resultatet är att mobilmarknadsföring inte används som en unik marknadsföringsform, men är en marknadsföringskanal med unika möjligheter som dock inte används fullt ut.Slutsatsen är att mobilmarknadsföring idag används som traditionell marknadsföring på grund av dess liknande karaktäristika..

Denna studie visar hur det fungerar att använda sig av Montessoripedagogik i högstadiets kemi- och biologiundervisning. Kan man använda sig av dessa metoder på en vanlig, traditionell skola? Vi har besökt två Montessoriinspirerade högstadieskolor i Stockholms län, intervjuat tre NO-lärare samt observerat själva undervisningsmomenten. Vi har sett att Montessoripedagogiken skulle kunna vara en stor hjälp för lärare på en vanlig, traditionell skola. Montessoris grundtankar finns redan hos oss lärare, det gäller bara att tillämpa dem mer konkret.

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 today's society social movement are dependent on media as a channel to com-municate their political message and their discourse. Media is an arena for dis-courses but at the same time, along with Attac, one of the actors who struggle to be part of the dominant discourse of the society. This struggle is uneven due to media and the relationship is to some content hegemonic.Attac Sweden was constituted in January 2001 and got an enormous amount of attention in media. But after the riots during the Göteborg European Council in June 2001, that Attac was partly blamed for, the attention in media has faded out. This paper shows that the images of Attac in media hasn?t been favouring the movement, especially during and after the meeting in Gothenburg.

I min studie har jag undersökt hur strömmande media (video) används på Umeå kommuns webbsida. Dessutom har jag analyserat och jämfört hur sex kommuner i Sverige använder rörliga bilder på sina kommunala hemsidor. De sex kommuner som jag har valt att studera har som gemensamt drag att samtliga sänder respektive kommunfullmäktige live med hjälp av strömmande video. Slutligen diskuterar jag orsaken till att kommunala hemsidor använder strömmande media i liten skala och drar några slutsatser som relaterar möjligheter och hinder i användning av strömmande media på kommunala hemsidor..

This paper is based on a quantitative survey. The study aims to answer the questionwhich media young people rather use to take part of the news. The results showthat young people today in Kalmar preferably and often read newspapers on theInternet and mobile phone.The questions asked was about which media they usually use, the level ofconfidence they had in various media, how interest was in different newscategories, willingness to pay for online news and background issues relatedsubjects. The survey was aimed at high school students in Kalmar and weredistributed and collected on-site at the schools. What was remarkable among theresponses was that young people largely had access to a morning newspaper athome and said that they would consider subscribing to one in the future.

The objective of this bachelor thesis is to examine how some larger Swedish public libraries reason about the use of social media as part of their activities and outreach. To attain the purpose three research-questions were established; why does the public library use social media? How does the public library utilize social media? What extra value do librarians believe that use of social media can add to the libraries? function? The methodology used in the thesis is qualitative interviews. Six interviews were conducted with librarians in charge of social media at their respective libraries. Five of the interviews were conducted by telephone and one by email.

In this thesis recruiter?s attitudes and usage of social media within the media business has been examined. The purpose was to find out whether a certain type of behavior in social media could or could not lead to a future employment. How much weight is put on the virtual identity and what does recruiters look for when the look someone up on the internet. Personal interviews with recruiters were done in six different media companies in Stockholm to find out how they used social media when searching and employing new employers.

Title:Social media as a tool for organizational learningAuthor:David Chaaya & Filip FischerSupervisor:Stig Sörling & Tomas KällqvistBackground:People have always used different ways of communicating. Communication hasa vital role in organizations for control when management and employees are communicatingand interacting with each other to spread individual learning. Thru this contact, individuallearning can develop into organizational learning, which will benefit the whole organization.The most modern tool of communication is social media such as Facebook, Twitter andYoutube. The potential of these social media is disputed in society, but more and moreorganizations are using these kinds of media for communication.Aim:The purpose of this study is to illustrate how social media is used to control withinorganizations and also to create understanding how significant social media are fororganizational learning.Method:The method of this study originates from the ?aktörssynsätt? and is influenced byhermeneutics.

In this thesis recruiter?s attitudes and usage of social media within the media business has been examined. The purpose was to find out whether a certain type of behavior in social media could or could not lead to a future employment. How much weight is put on the virtual identity and what does recruiters look for when the look someone up on the internet. Personal interviews with recruiters were done in six different media companies in Stockholm to find out how they used social media when searching and employing new employers.

Syftet med den här uppsatsen är att analysera de diskurser som media skapar kring fyrtiotalisterna och hur de anses kommer att förändra och påverka samhället efter sin pensionering. Uppsatsen ämnar även svara på följande frågeställningar:Vilka värdeord kopplas till fyrtiotalisterna för att framställa dem som en mäktig samhällsgrupp i media?Vilka samhällsområden anser media kommer att påverkas av att fyrtiotalisterna går i pension?Vilka retoriska tillvägagångssätt använder media sig av för att framställa fyrtiotalisterna som en mäktig samhällsgrupp?.

Title: ?When The Line Between Transmitter and Receiver Blurs? ? A Study of how organizations look at social media as part of their external communication and how they respond to the environment in the new media toolNumber of pages: 49 (51 including enclosures)Author: Ida Hansson KällTutor: Cecilia StrandCourse: Media and Communication Studies D 30hpPeriod: Spring 2010University: Division of Media and Communication, Department of Informatics and Media,Uppsala UniversityPurpose/Aim: The aim of this essay is to study how five organizations look at social media as part of their external communication and how they respond to the environment in the new media tool.Material/Method: A qualitative method has been used. Five interviews as primary sources have been conducted with representatives from each organization.Main results: The main results of the study is that organizations have to integrate social media as part of their external communication plans in order to face and respond to their surroundings in a new interaction and multi-way communicative platform. Results also show that organizations are well aware of the importance of making use and participate in social media.Keywords: blogs, external communication, facebook, respond to the environment, social media.