Through qualitative interviews with ten study participants, this research investigates connections between the theme of artificial intelligence on HBO’s Westworld, and issues of identities of its audience members. The thesis critically examines audience engagement with complex television dramas. It begins by the analysis of industrial contexts of narratively complex serialized fiction. First, it p

The release of Beyoncé’s 2016 visual album Lemonade was one of the most talked about pop culture moments of the year. The album went on to become the highest-selling album of the year. Aside from commercial acclaim, the album was also successful in generating much talk within various circles about its focus on Black women and its political nature. The album’s release came at the height of increase

Indonesia has a history of hundreds of years revolving around the racism against its 3% Chinese ethnic minority—who are also known as Tionghoa. This circumstance engenders the racial-social order that has been shaping the attitudes and behaviours of the Chinese, both individually and collectively, in social, cultural, and political realms. The Chinese have become self-controlled and self-regulated

This research touches upon the influence of the museum as a media and the scepticist political framing of climate change in a U.S. context. By use of a two-step methodological approach, the thesis attempts to create a framework by which to understand the inner workings of the scepticist framing from a qualitative perspective. The thesis approaches the case from the onset that the case is the resul

This study serves to explore the usage of mobile financial technology amongst MSME owners and operators. Taking the form of a case study in a town of higher-than-average poverty in rural Ghana, it represents a rare mixed-methods investigation of technology acceptance, in addition to serving as an empirical test of the well-worn Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) in relation to a specific, often-ove

This qualitative case study of the ADB-financed Kawakareik to Eindu road improvement project explores the ways in which a single development intervention interferes with local conflict dynamics in an ethnic minority area affected by subnational conflict, in the context of the unfolding peace-process in Myanmar. The main research guiding this research is; In what ways does the ADB financed Kawkarei

This thesis seeks to answer the research question: How can we understand the experiences of Burmese female migrants working in Thailand’s seafood-industry through the lens of interdependent reproductive, productive and virtual economies? The purpose is to increase understanding of Burmese female migrants’ experiences, illustrating how these are influenced by complex social relations and power-dyna

Fair Trade is considered a successful alternative to traditional trade systems. The aim of this study was to examine the impact of Fair Trade on women’s empowerment by showcasing a case study of 18 women involved in handicraft production in Nepal. The study applied a qualitative approach and semi- structured interviews as the primary method for generating data. A thematic analysis was applied to t

This study investigates how the official security doctrine of the Russian Federation has developed during Vladimir Putin´s third presidency. In order to capture the development, a comparison is made of the doctrine´s character in the years before, 2008-2011, and after Putin´s return to the presidency, 2012-2015. The utilized theoretical framework is a development of Katarina Brodin´s and Wilhelm A

Since the quick entry of the Sweden Democrats in contemporary Swedish politics, several studies have been made on the party in order to analyze its different aspects. This study seeks to examine the ideological positioning of the nationalist political party Sweden Democrats. By textual analysis of its official principle programme and complementary qualitative interviews, the study aims to bring to

Vad betyder det att arbeta förebyggande mot våldsbejakande extremism? Synen på kommunikation som något som planteras hos en mottagare oberoende av mottagarens kontext anses idag alltmer förlegad. Istället blir det viktigt hur budskap förankras i den kontext det söker påverka. Den här masteruppsatsen undersöker den lokala organiseringen av ett förebyggande arbete mot våldsbejakande extremism, sådanSensemaking within communications theory is underestimated in its ability to explain complex nowadays societies. This master thesis examines the internal organisation of the preventive work against violent extremism at local level in Sweden. Through a case study of interviews and textual analysis the local preventive work is analysed through sensemaking processes that internally construct the foun

2015 genomgick den svenska polisen en omorganisering och efter det har en debatt uppstått där röster från både allmänheten och politiker höjts för en decentralisering av myndigheten. Vi har utifrån etablerade teorier kring decentralisering identifierat fyra värden som vi använder i ett analysschema för att kategorisera de argument som framförts i debatten. På så sätt benar vi ut den pågående deba

Det är vanligt att märka ut produkter med ett visst märke men gränsdragningen mellan certifiering, standardisering och märkning av produkter är inte enkel att göra. Det finns inte någon enhetlig definition av certifiering men i rättspraxis, Kommissionens riktlinjer samt i Konkurrensverkets rapport definieras certifiering som att en produkt bedöms enligt en viss förutbestämd standard och att ett inCertifying products with the purpose to better position products on the market is common. To distinguishing certification from standardization and labeling of products is difficult. There is no uniform definition of certification. According to case law, the Commission's guidelines, and the Swedish Competition Authority's report; certification is defined as a product being assessed accordin

This master’s thesis report describes the development of a new system for control and monitoring of a helium liquefaction plant which has been carried out at Kryolab, Lund University. At the plant, helium gas is purified and then cooled in several steps until it condensates. The plant is very similar to the ones constructed today, but Kryolab wished to replace the outdated control system. The new

Det här kompletterande examensarbetet är en fortsättning på ett examensarbete som utfördes av Markus Florentzson och Ingemar Pålsson vid LTH 1993. Arbetet behandlar energilager för att stabilisera elnätet vid belastning från snabbladdningsstationer för elbilar. Ett ämne som är betydligt mer aktuellt idag. Detta, nu 23 år gamla, arbete jämförs med den observerade utvecklingen inom området sedan des

This thesis investigates if it is possible to use the dynamic braking test method together with sensorless control. A literature study is conducted about different sensorless methods in order to find methods that fits the application. From the literature study are two sensorless methods implemented and simulated in Matlab Simulink. The results from the simulations shows that when using the two met

Pharmacokinetics is the study of how drugs are absorbed and distributed in the body and is used by pharmacists to ensure that they prescribe the appropriate dosage of medicine. The process used to determine the drug concentration in the body when medicine is prescribed is ADME; absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion. The body is viewed as consisting of compartments between which a drug

The electrical power grid is one of modern society’s most important infrastructures and both power distributors and the Swedish government are investing large amount of resources to ensure continuous delivery of power. By predicting future outages with an automatic prediction system, the distributors could prevent long restoration times and economic loss. In this work, the authors evaluate the pos