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User-generated social media content has been increasingly used in mainstream news. This essay aims to examine how Bana Alabed's narrative has been framed in mainstream news and if the framing reflects power relations in mainstream news. The case used in this essay is Bana Alabed's narrative of living in Aleppo during the Syrian civil war. It will be examined how the narrative appears in th
This study aims to broaden the remits of the relatively scant hitherto literature focused on the impact of the changes in macroeconomic indicators on automotive stock returns. Since a considerable fraction of previous empirical research covered multiple industries, historical results may not be directly transferable for the purposes of the analysis of the automotive industry. This article posits t
The study contributes to existing research on corporate labeling of private label brands (PLs) and on the consumer attitude in the field of consumer behavior, with the focus on premium PLs. Furthermore, managerial contributions support the retailers on their corporate labeling strategy of premium PLs.
Throughout the last years, more and more cities around the world have integrated sustainability into their development goals to deal with today’s multiple environmental and social challenges. Simultaneously, an exploding strand of research stresses the potential of cities in a transition towards sustainability. However, in most cities claiming to be sustainable, policies often remain rather limite
Unprecedented global challenges demand all-encompassing modification of societal realms to ensure life support functions and human development. In the absence of adequate responses to climate change at a global level and the need for place-based adaptation, local governments are gaining increasing attention to govern and implement solution options to foster sustainability transitions. In this cont
The purpose of this research is to investigate the sociocultural discourses that are ascribed to the fairly new, yet increasingly popular consumer practice of volunteer tourism. Thereby, we aim to examine the extent to which volunteer tourism correlates with new social movements using Melucci (1989) and Touraine’s (1981) “three core representational elements” of every social movement: a common goa
Abstract The aim of the thesis was to examine whether or not the elicited imitation test can be used as a valid tool for measuring developmental sequences of grammatical structures in the production of L2 Swedish derived from the Processability Theory (PT, Pienemann, 1998). The thesis aimed to answer the following questions: Will the participants follow the predicted implicational pattern of the d
The VAT grouping provision in Article 11 of the VAT directive is a recent source of problems for the European Union. Especially the area of cross border head office to branch transactions was in the centre of attention in the recent case law. This thesis investigates the source of these problems and why they appeared in the first place, by analysing the provision and the notions used in Article 11
This essay explores how trustworthiness is created, established, and constructed in regard to women subjected to sexual violence, analysing significant features which may be decisive in court’s assessment of rape. The construction of the plaintiff’s trustworthiness and its impact on the legal process will be analysed in ten Swedish court cases about rape and through interviews with four women work
Purpose of the study – The purpose of the study is to develop a conceptual framework and model for further research, of front-line logistic workers ́ perception of sharing their personal information at their work. Furthermore, the study aims to create a framework for how to study information disclosure programs potential impact on employee turnover when being implemented on intermediate parties, n
In present time, online auctions have gained popularity in many markets. They enable a high volume of transactions with its distinguishing characteristics. Both traditional and online auctions have a reputation of efficiency. This study focuses on trying to explain exposure’s impact on online auctions, in particular English online auctions. Exposure in this study is defined as an item’s time durat
The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between authenticity and symptoms of anxiety and depression as well as health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) and life satisfaction in the context of the theoretically related constructs of adult romantic attachment, reflective functioning and insight in a convenience sample of Swedish adults. One hundred and ninety-one participants were recru
The drought is a complex meteorological phenomenon associated with low precipitation and low water saturation in atmosphere, soils and plants and can has a great effect on aboveground biomass and change the structure and function of the ecosystems. The droughts also are known to reduce the primary and secondary productivity of vegetation. The Climate has high influence on vegetation productivity.
Event marketing can be seen as an effective tool building a brand in a retail context since it can enhance brand awareness, brand identity and brand image. This, since it provides experiences stimulating consumers´ five senses adjusted to today's experience demands of consumers. Event marketing is effective catching consumers attention in today's media noise compared to traditional adverti
Super adiabatic flame temperature (SAFT) is a distinctive phenomenon in the adiabatic flame where the local maximum temperature exceeds the adiabatic flame temperature. The flame temperatures exhibiting the extent of SAFT are difficult to measure with low uncertainties in experiments, while the laminar burning velocity also represents global flame features, thus could possibly be related to the SA
The aim of this study was to collect and analyze research on inclusive education from the perspective of parents of students with intellectual disability (ID). The review examined characteristics and trends related to geographical origin of research, design, data collection, publication source and year, source of data, age of individuals with ID, and research focus. The initial database search pro
