ABSTRACT Title (English): New technologies, same needs? A qualitative research of media usage in two generations, in the light of modern Uses and gratifications research Title (original): Ny teknik, samma behov? En kvalitativ undersökning av två generationers mediebruk i ljuset av den moderna bruks- och belöningsforskningen Language: Swedish  Author: Frida Ivansson Tutor: Sven Ross Course: Media and Communication Studies, Bachelor's Thesis.  Period: Spring term 2013 University: Department of Journalism, Media and Communication (JMK) atStockholm University Purpose/Aim: The purpose of this paper is to, in the light of todays uses and gratification research, highlight the differences in media use in adolescents and adults. I focus on the informants' television viewing and I compare this cross-generational, and in relation to other media use. Material/Method: The method I used in this thesis is qualitative interviews. My choice fell on this method because I believe it to be the most suitable for obtaining the data needed.

Denna uppsats har till syfte att ta reda på vilken funktion vårdpersonal respektive anhöriga till demenssjuka anser att tv-tittande har för demenssjuka som vårdas på demensboende.Uppsatsen bygger på följande frågeställningar: hur beskriver de båda kategorierna av intervjupersoner funktionen av tv-tittande, utifrån sin profession respektive sina upplevelser? Hur förhåller sig den valda teoretiska modellen, uses & gratifications, till tv-tittande på demensboenden?Undersökningen har en kvalitativ ansats och genomfördes med hjälp av intervjuer. Fyra personer som arbetar i ledande befattning för vårdpersonal vid demensboenden intervjuades samt fyra anhöriga till demenssjuka. Demensboendena är belägna i fyra olika kommuner ? två i Uppsala län och två i Stockholms län.

The current research examined whether motives, traditional mass media consumption and individual differences (social activity and political interest) predicted the use of social media among a group of university students in China. In coherence with Uses and gratifications assumptions the study found that the factors differentially predicted the extent of media use. Information seeking, social interaction and affinity were the main reasons for using social media. There was a negative correlation between television viewing and use of social media, in addition to a negative correlation between information seeking and use of the media. Results further suggest that social media are used to enhance social capital, since student?s being socially active offline, tend to use the media to a greater extent than those less active..

This is a qualitative case study of young womens? experiences of blogging about One Direction on the social media/microblogging platform Tumblr. The aim of this study was to find out what fan blogging is and why fans blog. We did this by creating an account on Tumblr where we invited young women between the ages of 16?29, who had active fan blogs dedicated to One Direction, to answer an open-ended questionnaire.

This is a qualitative case study of young womens? experiences of blogging about One Direction on the social media/microblogging platform Tumblr. The aim of this study was to find out what fan blogging is and why fans blog. We did this by creating an account on Tumblr where we invited young women between the ages of 16?29, who had active fan blogs dedicated to One Direction, to answer an open-ended questionnaire.

This is a qualitative case study of young womens? experiences of blogging about One Direction on the social media/microblogging platform Tumblr. The aim of this study was to find out what fan blogging is and why fans blog. We did this by creating an account on Tumblr where we invited young women between the ages of 16?29, who had active fan blogs dedicated to One Direction, to answer an open-ended questionnaire.

This is a qualitative case study of young womens? experiences of blogging about One Direction on the social media/microblogging platform Tumblr. The aim of this study was to find out what fan blogging is and why fans blog. We did this by creating an account on Tumblr where we invited young women between the ages of 16?29, who had active fan blogs dedicated to One Direction, to answer an open-ended questionnaire.

This is a qualitative case study of young womens? experiences of blogging about One Direction on the social media/microblogging platform Tumblr. The aim of this study was to find out what fan blogging is and why fans blog. We did this by creating an account on Tumblr where we invited young women between the ages of 16?29, who had active fan blogs dedicated to One Direction, to answer an open-ended questionnaire.

Fysisk aktivitet är viktigt - denna studie har för avsikt att aktualisera forskning kring publikens användning av nya medier med träningsrelaterad information. Genom att kvalitativt intervjua läsare av träningsbloggen Aldrig Vila visar studien att Aldrig Vila används till information, inspiration och som referens för att värdera de egna träningsresultaten. Aldrig Vila representerar ett träningsideal som läsarna vill utstråla, läsarna beundrar bloggskribenterna och uppger att deras träning och målbilder påverkats av Aldrig Vila. Nytt och intressant i sammanhanget är att undersökningen även visar att Aldrig Vila skapar ett nätverk som sträcker sig bortom datorskärmen..

This is a qualitative case study of young womens? experiences of blogging about One Direction on the social media/microblogging platform Tumblr. The aim of this study was to find out what fan blogging is and why fans blog. We did this by creating an account on Tumblr where we invited young women between the ages of 16?29, who had active fan blogs dedicated to One Direction, to answer an open-ended questionnaire.

Titel: Den prokrastinerande kameleonten ? mobil kommunikation på mottagarens villkor Författare: Daniél Mörtsell & Petter Nyberg Uppdragsgivare: Start Communication Kurs: MK 1500 Termin: VT13 Handledare: Marie Grusell Antal7ord:716 4457Syfte: Att undersöka kommunikation i mobila enheter med fokus på applikationerMetod: Kvalitativ textanalys, kvalitativa intervjuer och observation Material: Rapporter och avhandlingar på området samt transkriberade intervjuer Huvudresultat: Att användaren formar användandet av applikationer efter egna förutsättningar och behov. Användaren/mottagaren agerar olika beroende på syfte med användandet och situation. Huvudsakliga användningsområden för mobilanvändande; kommunikation, prokrastinering och tidsfördriv..

This is a qualitative case study of young womens? experiences of blogging about One Direction on the social media/microblogging platform Tumblr. The aim of this study was to find out what fan blogging is and why fans blog. We did this by creating an account on Tumblr where we invited young women between the ages of 16?29, who had active fan blogs dedicated to One Direction, to answer an open-ended questionnaire.

This is a qualitative case study of young womens? experiences of blogging about One Direction on the social media/microblogging platform Tumblr. The aim of this study was to find out what fan blogging is and why fans blog. We did this by creating an account on Tumblr where we invited young women between the ages of 16?29, who had active fan blogs dedicated to One Direction, to answer an open-ended questionnaire.

This essay is an investigation of the level- and importance of interactivity on YouTube for the active user. YouTube is a great example of a user-friendly Internet environment which enables the users to take part in a virtual community where they can create the content and, with the various functions the site has to offer, interact with each other. With Uses and gratifications as a tool for this research we look at the motivations and needs of the user and how they come into play on the most popular video distribution site in the world today. Qualitative interviews on Swedish respondents give us insight in how the YouTube-users with their own words perceive this relatively new highly interactive era. We focus on a narrow group of the most popular age-group of YouTube-users to go deeper - not to expand.

The purpose of this study is to show and explain how and why Swedish young people use Youtube.We conducted a written survey, asking approximately 120 students between the ages 16 and 18. The survey was carried out in the classrooms in order to receive answers from as many students as possible. We then interviewed six of them to gain further knowledge of why they use Youtube the way they do.The survey showed that Youtube is used by all of the students and very frequently by most of them. Comedy and music videos are by far the most popular genres that are viewed. In most cases watching video clips on Youtube is a social activity, often combined with both talking about clips and sending and receiving video links to and from friends.