This study aims to examine the online afterlife of the slasher film Sleepaway Camp (1983, Robert Hiltzik) and how this afterlife relates to the queer elements in the film and its role as a cult film. By combining analytical perspectives and tools deriving from film studies and media studies, through applying film analysis as a method and using a netnographic approach, the fields complement each ot

Frågeställningen som behandlas i denna kandidatuppsats är Hur upplever ex-kriminella att de blir bemötta i anställningsprocessen och hur hanterar de ett eventuellt stigma som ex-kriminella? Studiens resultat kan användas som underlag vid utredningar för kommande lagförslag. Uppsatsen bygger på lagtext tillsammans med kvalitativa intervjuer med sex ex-kriminella individer om deras uppfattningar kri

This study is focused on the relationship between treaty interpretation methods and the protection granted to the plaintiffs by the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in its judgment of Gonzales Lluy et al. v. Ecuador. Based on a case law analysis of the Courts jurisprudence, this study explores judicial interpretation and the possible consequences of this landmark judgment in the protection of

In the past two decades, African countries have become the destination of increasing investments of Chinese multinational enterprises. This phenomenon is supposed to be strengthened under China’s One Belt, One Road, a strategy announced in 2013 with the aim of stimulating commercial relations among Asia, Europe, and Africa. Research, however, has not kept up with these developments. This study att

This study aims to clarify the conditions for swedish municipalities to handle returnees from radical islamic environments. This has been done through a study of the legal conditions, a literature review focused on programs and methods combined with qualitative interviews with representatives from two municipalities. A theoretical framework that describes a norm- forming process and an analytical

Traditionally, Total Factor Productivity (TFP) growth, interpreted as growth due to technological advancement, is considered as the main source of long-term economic growth as other factors of input i.e. labor and capital are subjected to diminishing returns. However, conventional methods of measuring TFP did not distinguish between technological change and efficiency change. Recent developments i

Den teknologiska utvecklingen går idag fortare än någonsin och allt fler funktioner och arbetsuppgifter i vår vardag datoriseras. Att teknologi både kan agera som ett substitut och komplement till arbetskraft gör det intressant att undersöka dess konsekvenser på arbetsmarknaden. Flertalet tidigare studier, publicerade av bland andra Frey och Osborne (2013) samt Autor och Dorn (2013), hävdar att nu

The purpose of this dissertation is to study the way in which Algún amor que no mate by Dulce Chacón constructs the story of psychological abuse to create the novel’s authentic effect. In this work, we will compare the events in the novel with the strategies of psychological abuse that Álvaro Rodríguez-Carballeira et al. suggest. In addition, we will explore a theory put forward by Elaine J. Lawle

Human trafficking is an exploitative crime occurring worldwide. According to the International Organization on Migration (IOM), research on human trafficking’s underlying causes is lacking; particularly the role of climate change and natural disasters. Environmentally displaced persons (EDPs) are vulnerable to human trafficking, but this connection is not widely understood. In order to contribute

Financial crises are a major issue in modern history. In a great deal of the financial crises there is a banking crisis involved. To regulate and supervise banks the Basel framework was created. With the framework, the aim is to enhance financial stability and to minimize the effect from a potential financial crisis. This paper aims to investigate if banks have changed their behavior, in terms of

Problem - Uncertainty greatly burdens innovation in tech-driven industries which has made decision-making an art-like navigation, especially within the Fuzzy Front End of operations. This has motivated previous researchers to study the effectual decision-making principles originated by Sarasvathy in regard to a wide variety of audiences such as entrepreneurs, start-ups and top management. Employee

A noteworthy cause of climate change is the amount of CO2 emissions released into the atmosphere. This study´s objective, therefore, is to examine the relationship between CO2 emissions, economic growth, energy consumption, urbanization, trade and financial development in the case of Canada, one of the largest CO2 emitters both in per capita and in absolute terms, over the period 1960-2014. For th

Bakgrund: Patienter kan drabbas av overkliga upplevelser i form av vanföreställningar, hallucinationer, paranoia, mardrömmar och drömmar inom intensivvården. Det är inte ovanligt att PTSD utvecklas av dessa upplevelser efter sjukhusvistelsen. Syftet: Att beskriva patienters upplevelser av overklighet under vårdtiden på en intensivvårdsavdelning. Metod: Systematisk litteraturöversikt där åtta artik

Många menar att reglering av parkerings-platser och då främst parkeringsavgifterna påverkar var konsumenter väljer att handla. Eftersom större handelsplatser utanför städerna, så kallade externa handelsplatser, byggs ut och ökar i antal leder det till en ökad konkurrens med handeln i centrum. I värsta fall kan det innebära att centrum blir tomt både på affärer och på människor, inte minst pga att The building of more external shopping malls creates an increased competition for city centre business. The purpose of this study is to synoptically obtain the factors that affect the customer’s choice of trading site and its attractiveness according to previous studies. Furthermore, the purpose is specifically to study the effect of parking regulation on parking turnover and the effect on busines

This text sets out to examine what the general quantitative drivers of corporate credit ratings are. The result from an OLS regression identifies the following drivers: sales, the size of EBITDA in relation to debt, profitability, and interest coverage. When comparing the ratings from the agencies on a stand-alone basis, there are some differences. While interest coverage is a driving factor of S&

The purpose of this study is to map and analyse the discrepancy between legal norms, the framework of the Swedish Football Association and the social norms that exist within supporter groups, regarding the use of illegal pyrotechnics in Swedish football. The widespread use of pyrotechnics has become a debate involving more or less anyone with an interest in Swedish football. The legal framework is

Problemområde: Ökad ohälsa i arbetslivet där det råder delade meningar kring vem som skall ta ansvar för att främja de anställdas hälsa. Syfte: Bidra med kunskap till Service Management med inriktning hälsa utifrån Hälsopromotion där fokus ligger på attityden kring ansvaret för att främja hälsan i arbetslivet. Frågeställning: Vilken attityd har yrkesverksamma till ansvaret för hälsopromotion i f

This study aims to investigate if the sentiment expressed on Twitter has an effect on individual stock returns. We use a uniquely large data-set consisting of129 million tweets related to 31 companies over a 15-month period. The sentiment is derived on a daily basis with Loughran and McDonald’s established finance-focused method, as well as with Vader, a sentiment analysis tool developed specially

Under tjugohundratalet har Sverigedemokraterna vuxit sig ifrån den politiska periferin till att bli Sveriges tredje största parti. Vad denna utveckling beror på, eller hur den ska förstås är föremål för debatt. Aktuell forskning visar på att en avgörande del av de som sökt sig till Sverigedemokraterna var de samhällsgrupper som skadades mest av alliansregeringens ’arbetslinje’ och 2008 års finansk

Both in the media and academic circles there have been a proliferation of interest in drag queens. While the female impersonator has a long recorded history, our contemporary society’s quite public and sustained preoccupation about the subject seems to be unprecedented. Even though drag can be considered part of the Swedish pop culture, to see a man dressed in clothes that are typically attributed