Department of Applied Information Technology / Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi: Recent submissions
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Interaktionens betydelse i distansutbildning. Studenternas upplevelse av interaktionsdimensioners påverkan av sammankomster i en distansutbildning
(2013-09-16)Avsikten med denna studie har varit att belysa fysiska sammankomsters betydelse för interaktion inom en kurs. Mer specifikt är syftet att belysa studentens uppfattning om hur sammankomster påverkar och påverkas av ... -
Communicating Recycling to Villagers:Insights from Hamlet in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
(2013-09-16)Research on environmental issues such as waste recycling has always been an interesting subject. The present study focused on communication perspective of recycling program in an anonymous Hamlet in Yogyakarta, Indonesia ... -
Managing strategic communication:An organizational case study on internal communication channels at Ericsson Göteborg
(2013-09-16)Internal communication in a global company can be seen as a challenge in the organizational environment. Communicational objectives such as message efficiency, creating learning networks and sharing knowledge represent ... -
The development of journalism in the face of social media
(2013-09-16)Journalism is a long-established profession prevalent in society in the vast majority of the world. The rise of social media over the last ten years has seen a significant influence on the way in which news is reported and ... -
Institutional Online Discourse
(2013-09-16)political, partisan discourse or administrative productions. Website studies have been growing in importance in the literature, including critical ones. However, the study of institutional discourse has rather rarely been ... -
Email, communication and more: How software engineers use and reflect upon email at the workplace
(2013-09-16)This thesis presents an empirical study into the use of email within a software engineering en-vironment. It aims at filling a gap in the research area of professional email use, looking at specialists within a technology ... -
Developing an integrated conceptual model for portfolio-based IT management
(2013-09-16)The 'Portfolio Approach' to managing Information Technology investments has become best practice for companies wanting to gain more value from IT. However, the relation to the IT management field remains elusive. Many ... -
Transformation of cultural values and behavioral practices among migrants in Sweden: a communicative perspective
(2013-09-13)Increasing mobility of the world’s population, growth of immigration flows, and relative distribution of immigrant population around the globe make it necessary to strive for s deeper understanding of cultural change ... -
Facebook and Information Trust
(2013-09-13)This thesis explores Facebook as a social networking site and its uses as an information-seeking tool. This research was set out two explore two facets of information seeking when utilizing Facebook: why do people utilize ... -
Work-related email – employee’s perspective
(2013-09-13)Email is one of the most commonly used communication channels within the organizations today. It is widely used for communication between the different internal sections of the companies as well as externally that is why ... -
Communicate Trust without Words
(2013-09-13)The purpose of the study is to explore, how Latvian brands can use pictures in their social media communication in order to create more trustful image about itself. To fulfil the purpose, a particular Latvian brand is taken ... -
Cultural influence in Advertising
(2013-09-13)The research investigates to the question “How Swedish and Pakistani Television advertisements differ from each other on basis of cultural differences; are there any similarities?”. The study elucidates the reflection of ... -
Instagram
(2013-09-13)The purpose of this study was to determine why young Icelandic women use Instagram to communicate. Social networking services have developed vastly in the last two decades from computer-based websites to social networking ... -
Communicating in a second language in the corporate world
(2013-09-13)Purpose Globalization is occurring around the world in a rapid pace with a rising number of companies operating globally, and therefore employing individuals from different countries that needs to work across borders to ... -
Where is the heart?
(2013-09-13)Background: Today’s changing society demands changing organizations. Change is a natural state and in order to stay competitive on the market organizations must develop. During change, the organizational culture might ... -
Product Placement in Television Series
(2013-09-13)Purpose: To explore how young women are affected by the product placement of luxury products in the television series Gossip Girl. Background: Consumers are turning away from traditional ways of advertising and research ... -
Personality and Stance
(2013-09-13)Can personality traits affect the perception of stances? In this study, a method of connecting the perception of stances to a person’s personality traits is investigated. The personality traits of 34 persons are captured ... -
The Role of Communication in Change Management
(2013-09-13)Change management has been a subject of interest for many researchers due to the rapidly transforming business environment. Communication, on the other hand, plays a critical role to decide the fate of these changes. ... -
Intercultural Communication, a key to integration
(2013-09-13)Gothenburg University is a culturally diverse place and students come to study in this university from almost all parts of the world with very different cultural backgrounds. Difficult relationships and dialogues and ... -
The Rhetoric of Obama
(2013-09-13)The project examines political language rhetoric used by American President Barack Hussein Obama as a powerful persuasive tool to present his vision of America and to set forth the goals for the nation. The study focus on ...