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The paper's broader purpose is to explore how conspiracy narratives are used for influence operations. This is accomplished by comparing conspiracy narratives regarding the COVID-19 vaccine, being disseminated by the Swedish group Frihet Sverige in Eskilstuna, with narrative strategies being used toward Sweden, and narratives occurring in Russia. My first aim is to contribute with a local pers
Studien syftar till att undersöka medarbetares uppfattningar om intern kriskommunikation. I fallstudien studeras den svenska Försvarsmakten under de två första månaderna av kriget i Ukraina. Då tidigare forskning främst har fokuserat på det externa perspektivet av Försvarsmaktens kommunikation, avser denna studie att fylla det identifierade gapet gällande det interna perspektivet inom forskningsfäThe study aims to examine employees’ perceptions of internal crisis communication. The case study examines the Swedish Armed Forces during the first two months of the war in Ukraine. As previous research has focused on the external perspective of the Armed Forces’ communication, this study intends to fill the identified gap regarding the internal perspective. Through qualitative interviews, the re
In 2013, China became observer for the Arctic Council, and in 2018, its first official Arctic Policy Paper was published. In view of the Arctic’s fragile ecosystems and climate change, this thesis conducts a corpus-based discourse analysis on China’s narrative on the environment and sustainability between 2013 and 2021. Oran B. Young's framework, the 'Arctic Governance Mosaic' detangle
The scope of this analysis is to evaluate what may affect the percentage markup on new and used cars sold by dealerships across the United States. The essay will also take into account shocks to market demand and supply as relevant factors that may affect markup. Vertical pricing theory is applied to study what kind of relationship exists between the upstream firm (manufacturer) and the downstream
The top European football leagues are generating billions of euros in revenues each season and the selling of broadcasting rights is their primary source of income. The selling arrangements for these rights have been under investigation by competition authorities and the European Commission has ruled some of the practices to be in breach with European competition law. In the case of English Premie
The norm critical perspective aims to make visible the norms that influence the planning of snow removal in Sweden. Norms are everywhere around us and can only be challenged if first they are made visible. As previous research has focused on the technical implications of snow removal this essay aims to bridge the gap between the technical and the social aspects of snow removal. By conducting a cas
With climate change as our current greatest threat, it is necessary to reduce carbon emissions by decreasing fossil fuels. Indigenous movements have played a crucial role in combating climate change, especially with their resistance to pipelines. Their movements have had both successes and failures, meaning that more research is needed to examine what strategies are effective. This thesis applies
Syftet med denna studien var att undersöka hur kommunikation som sägs vara icke-stereotypisk framställer genus och utmanar eller reproducerar traditionella stereotyper i reklam. För att studera detta fenomen valdes det svenska företaget Estrid ut, som säger sig kommunicera till alla människor. Genom att studera detta fenomen har studien bidragit med kunskap kring hur visuell kommunikation kan bådeThis paper aimed to investigate how advertising stereotypes can be challenged or reproduced and how gender is performed, in the context of an allegedly non-stereotypical company. In order to investigate this matter, we conducted a multimodal social semiotic analysis of the Swedish company Estrid, whose razor blades are communicated to all humans. By analyzing various semiotic resources, the paper
Nik-related kinase: A New IL-10 Regulator Our body is constantly exposed to microscopic organisms called microbes. Some of these organisms are harmless while others are able to cause infection and damage. Thus, our body has defense mechanisms that include the immune system. Macrophages are cells that belong to the immune system and have key roles in defense against infection, wound healing, and r
E-handel och dess tillhörande system möjliggör affärstransaktioner över internet och populariteten att handla via e-handel i Sverige fortsätter att öka. När konkurrensen och antalet kedjor ökar är det viktigt för småföretag att utnyttja digitaliseringen och e-handelns möjligheter för att vara konkurrenskraftiga. Det finns begränsat med litteratur kring vilka utmaningar SMEs möter när de ska implem
Uncovering the role of PUS10 and RNA pseudouridylation in somatic cell reprogramming and cell fate determination RNA modifications are emerging as dynamic regulators of gene expression programmes in development and disease. The isomerisation of uridine to pseudouridine (Ψ) is the most widespread modification in living organisms. Previously thought to be a static RNA mark, Ψ is currently known to
This work is a qualitative comparative case study of popularizing activities at the Louvre in Paris (2015-2019) and the Historiska Museet in Stockholm (1999-2005). Throughout a press content analysis, the two museums’ take and initiative to promote the intelligibility of cultural knowledge is decrypted and then compared. This thesis shows how different standards and conceptions lead to a more cons
Background & Problems formulation: Johnson and Johnson (JnJ) is a world-famous pharmaceutical manufacturing company. The packaging team of JnJ spent too much time and money on current laboratory transportation testing, which is at the ending stage of the packaging development process. Currently, JnJ is doing its packaging transportation test fully in a laboratory, which means that they need to
Världen har fått röd flagg i klimatfrågan och måste akut sänka sina koldioxidutsläpp för att nå målen som sattes i Parisavtalet. Trots detta står IKT-sektorn för 2-6 % av världens växthusgasutsläpp och andelen förväntas växa kommande år. IKT behöver ta sitt ansvar för att bygga gröna applikationer. Det finns mycket forskning om grön mjukvaruutveckling, men knappt någon om man faktiskt använder pri
Engagemang på sociala medier inom politisk kommunikation är ett aktuellt forskningsområde för strategisk kommunikation. I det digitala samhället finns det starka incitament för partier att skapa ett högt engagemang på sociala medier för att nå ut med sina politiska budskap. Syftet med den här studien är att undersöka hur engagemang som beroende variabel kan förklaras med kommunikationsstrategier, Engagement on social media in political communication is a highly relevant area for strategic communication research. There are clear incentives for political parties to create high levels of engagement in their social media channels, in order to reach out with their political messages in today’s digital society. The purpose of this study is to examine to which degree the dependent variable engage
Over the last three decades, Southeast and East Asian countries have experienced a substantial fertility decline. The socio-economic and demographic determinants appear to be important in explaining the fertility transition experienced in the region. Applying a fixed-effects estimation technique on the 1990-2019 panel data, this study found that increased women’s empowerment (include female educat
This thesis investigates a possible influence of language on thought in the domain of motion event descriptions using a cognitive-semiotic framework. Previous studies (e.g., von Stutterheim et al., 2012) have claimed that speakers of languages who construe situations as temporally ongoing through morphological aspect tend to focus more on the action itself and less on other details such as possibl
Denna studie syftar till att undersöka de anställdas uppfattning på co-working space:et Hetch angående deras kommunikationsinsatser på den digitala kommunikationsplattformen Slack, för att främja en känsla av gemenskap bland sina hyresgäster. Det här ämnet är relevant för forskningsfältet inom strategisk kommunikation eftersom det är viktigt att förstå hur man kommunicerar på en digital plattform This study aims to examine employees' perception at co-working space Hetch regarding their digital communication efforts on the computer-mediated communication platform Slack to foster a sense of community amongst the members. This topic is relevant to the field of strategic communication because understanding how to communicate on a computer-mediated platform is essential to further building
Political shocks are unexpected events that could cause great consequences depending on the seriousness of the shock. These shocks do not only harm the stock market but also the foreign exchange market. Thus, I aimed to investigate how and whether political shocks show significant effects in the weekly profit of categorized currency pairs, such as English-speaking countries’ currencies, Asian coun
This study examines the concept of nudging in connection to sustainable development in the new district Brunnshög, in Lund. The aim has been to analyse whether the physical planning in Brunnshög can contribute to a sustainable city and an ecological sustainable behaviour in residents and visitors of Brunnshög. Hence, two research questions were formulated; To what extent does municipal planning tr
