How audiences engage with news has not always gotten a lot of attention in academic and industry research; and, even then, it is often studied in terms of exposure and interaction. This does not fully capture the dynamism and multidimensionality of this phenomenon; and industry attempts to apply market principles to engagement risks depoliticizing and reducing it to economic values. Rather than po

Media literacy has been described as the ability of a citizen to access, critically analyze, and produce media content for specific outcomes. It also involves an awareness of the impact of media in the society and an understanding of media processes. More so, there are scholarly views that suggest that media literacy is a foundational skill for democracy. Here, the focus is not only on a media lit

This thesis explores hate speech on social media from the individual perspective of the bystander audience. Four qualitative group interviews with three participants each were conducted to understand in what ways they experience and engage with hate speech comments on social media platforms targeting German politicians. The debate in Germany surrounding hate speech has risen in the last year, as a

Political parties in Swedish municipalities play a major role in reflecting the preferences of the inhabitants. At the same time, there is incredibly low confidence in our municipal politicians and parties in today's Sweden. This thesis aims to look at the internal processes of Swedish parties at the local level in order to examine their function and legitimacy. The purpose is also to look at

This study aims to first of all investigate the different strategies the Baltic states have employed in order to protect themselves from russian disinformation channeled through digital media. Second, it aims to apply the theory of containment strategy on the empirical cases in order to determine if this theory is a relevant way of depicting modern defence against disinformation. After describing

Images hide the meaning that words cannot convey. With increased interest in addressing place branding in social media setting, the importance of photographs in image making of the place beforehand from consumers point of view seem to lack interest. Therefore, the aim of this study is to explore Instagram photography in image formation of the place. We love Lithuania serves as a case where ZMET te

The project started with the question “why wouldn’t a disabled or old person want it to look nice at home?” Many assistive products on the market are designed in a way that doesn’t fit the interior trends, which is an issue for several reasons. By the aesthetics assistive products possess, the users get labeled as people who are sick and abnormal. The brief was then created and the goal was to des

Producing small, bispecific antibodies Proteins are molecules which come in all shapes and sizes, found in every living being. They are translated from the DNA found in the cells of every organism, and every single protein has different characteristics, which allow them to carry out a number of varied functions. Some proteins emit colors, some proteins move ions in the cell, some proteins receive

My diploma project is a design proposal for a Rudolf Steiner School in Sirende, a village 12 km outside Kitale Town, Kenya. On Initiative taken by the anthroposophical association Föreningen Sofia in Sweden, a Steiner school opened in Sirende in year 2008. Today the school is in a very bad condition with over crowded classrooms and poor sanitary conditions. The need for a new school building is ur

Previous research into variation in sex allocation strategies in birds has provided evidence for sex ratio adjustments by parents to maximize fitness, based on differences in the costs of producing males and females. Additionally, studies of melanin-based color polymorphism indicate that life history strategies, physiology, and behavior may vary among color variants of the same species. This study

The purpose of this report was to develop and evaluate new solutions to improve the perception of fire threat in virtual reality experiments. Thermal heat have been identified as a stimulus that modern day virtual reality experiments don’t take into account that would likely affect a person in a real life fire evacuation scenario. The objective of this report was to successfully implement thermal

En närmast evig fråga i den svenska straffrätten är hur uppsåtsbedömningen ska utföras vid gärningspersoner påverkade av självförvållad berusning. Svensk rätt har genom historien antagit olika ståndpunkter i frågan vilka i uppsatsen utreds genom ett rättsutvecklingsperspektiv. Det rådande rättsläget undersöks genom en rättsanalytisk rättsfallsanalys av 32 hovrättsdomar från 2018. RättsfallsundersöA nearly never-ending question within the Swedish criminal law is how to assess the intent of a self-induced intoxicated offender. The Swedish legal system has during the legislative history adopted multiple positions in the topic which the essay seeks to investigate in the context of legal development. The current legal position is investigated through an analytical case study of 32 rulings from

The aim of the thesis is to examine how one can understand the recent employment of a policy-entrepreneur in the city of Helsingborg. The study will be using a explaining-outcome process-tracing method since the causes regarding the outcome attracts the interest of this essay. As theory the study has been using ”Agendas, Alternatives and public policies” by John W. Kingdon, where he presents three

Det direkta beskattningsområdet har en särskild ställning inom EU-rätten då medlemsstaterna själva i stor utsträckning utformar sin skattelagstiftning. Trots medlemsstaternas relativt starka självbestämmanderätt måste lagstiftningen som utformas fortfarande iaktta och respektera de grundläggande friheterna. Intressemotsättningar som uppstår mellan å ena sidan medlemsstaternas behörighet till att bIn the field of direct taxation Member States have retained broad sovereignty which makes it a special area within European law. The European Union and its organs lack taxing powers with regard to direct taxes, but the powers retained by the Member States must nevertheless be exercised consistently with the fundamental freedoms of the European Union. This gives rise to tension between two opposing

Den 2 augusti 2018 sköts en ung man ihjäl av polis i centrala Stockholm. Skottlossningen var väldigt dramatisk och skulle senare visa sig bero på ett antal missförstånd. Härigenom aktualiserades emellertid än en gång debatten om tillåtet och otillåtet våld från polisens sida. Vid en genomgång av statistik över dödsskjutningar av polis visar det sig också att antalet ökat de senaste decennierna. MOn August 2nd 2018, police shot and killed a young man in central Stockholm. It would later be shown that this had been due to a cluster of misunderstandings but none the less it sparked a national debate about police use of force and its limits. Moreover, statistics show that in the last three decades, the use of deadly force by police have risen. With this in mind, the purpose of this paper has

Ett intressant mönster och hur det uppstod Många djur har vackra mönster. Huggormens svarta zigzag, lodjurets fläckar och abborrens mörka tvärband är bekanta mönster för de flesta av oss. Men varför har djur de mönster som de har? Den vetenskapliga gren som försöker förstå varför djur ser ut på de vis de gör kallas för evolutionsbiologi. En av de första evolutionsbiologerna var Charles Darwin. HaAnimal color patterns are ecologically significant but developmentally complex traits. By understanding how they develop we can predict why some patterns evolve while others do not. Diamonds are an interesting set of patterns exhibited by many reptiles. The brown anole lizard has a female polymorphism, some females have a chevron pattern while others have a diamond-shaped pattern. Here, I show tha

Varje år tvångsomhändertas tusentals barn av socialnämnden och placeras för vård enligt LVU i ett familjehem. Att tvångsvårda ett barn är mycket ingripande, men vad innebär egentligen ett sådant omhändertagande? Vad kan barnets familj göra och vad har socialnämnden för skyldigheter för att möjliggöra ett upphörande av vården? Ställs barnkonventionen mot EKMR i någon del av processen och vad innebäEach year, the social service forcibly places thousands of children for care within LVU in a foster home. To forcibly place a child for care is a very intrusive measure, but what does this placement really mean? What can the child’s family do and what obligations do the social service have for the care to cease? Is the convention on the rights of the child put against ECHR at any moment and what d

Uppsatsen behandlar konflikten mellan två inte sällan kolliderande intressen, vindkraft och rennäring. I ljuset av folkrättsliga instrument till skydd för urfolk, ska samernas rätt till mark och vatten skyddas. För samer är denna rätt en förutsättning för renskötselns bedrivande, som det samiska kulturarvet i stora delar bygger på. Rennäringen förutsätter stora markområden där renar fritt kan flytThis essay discusses the conflict between wind power and reindeer husbandry, two interests which at times collide. In light of international law and its instruments for the protection of indigenous peoples, the Samis’ rights to land and water shall be protected. The right to land is a prerequisite for the Samis to pursue their reindeer herding, which lays the foundation for the cultural heritage o

Asbestos mining and production manufacturing infringes on the right to live free from toxic pollution. Though as this right is not yet formally codified, this thesis will make a case for its recognition and concurrently push for a global ban of this fibrous set of naturally occurring minerals that are extremely hazardous to the human body. Highlighting the grave harms of asbestos as a benchmark th