The aim of my Diploma thesis is find out consumers' knowledge of symbols and their images of them and consequently affect the interpretation of trends in relation to the involvement of the symbol in print advertisement. I will use the research in the form of questionnaire and content analysis. The thesis is divided into two parts - theoretical and practical. In the theoretical part I describe cultural predisposition, symbols and marketing communications. In the practical part I concern with with the questionnaire and content analysis. Results from my research are that people know the symbols. The most mentioned symbol was animal. The consumers have also not problem with the meaning of the symbol. The content analysis of three types of magazines shows that most displayed symbol was figure. Recommendation for the creator of advertising is that less is sometimes more, which applies for symbols.

This diploma thesis "Development of representation of crime in the Czech print media" deals with the way of the representation of crime in the Czech press and its development from 1995 to 2010. It found out how much space is devoted to crime, compare the representation of domestic and foreign events, find out if they are among surveyed journals some differences. It also analyzes what crime is the most highly publicized, and focuses on the personality of the perpetrator and the victim of a gender perspective. The theoretical part treat of crime and deviant behavior and discusses their possible causes. It also deals with the central sociological issues, such as social norms, social control and socialization. Also based on the findings of science that deals with crime, criminology, refers to its concept of the classification of the crime and information about the investigation of the crime, take expectation to the issue of statistical data.

Submitted by Liliane Ferreira (ljuvencia30@gmail.com) on 2018-04-02T12:49:32Z No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Leandro Lombardi - 2018.pdf: 1108986 bytes, checksum: fd703a1544f0b3323f35dad099847fe2 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Luciana Ferreira (lucgeral@gmail.com) on 2018-04-02T14:29:36Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Leandro Lombardi - 2018.pdf: 1108986 bytes, checksum: fd703a1544f0b3323f35dad099847fe2 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2018-04-02T14:29:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Dissertação - Leandro Lombardi - 2018.pdf: 1108986 bytes, checksum: fd703a1544f0b3323f35dad099847fe2 (MD5) license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-03-23 / In modern societies, democracy can be measured by the level of society's presence in the management of public policies. Among the different channels that allow this cooperation, the ombudsman, seen as an instrument of social participation and transparency, has the competence to attend to the citizens' wishes before the institutions and, therefore, to materialize their demands in effective actions. In this study, which had the object of Case Study the Inmetro, a comparative diagnosis was made of the results presented by its Ombudsman. The Content Analysis methodology was also applied in the records sent to the Ombudsman's Office, using the Iramuteq program. As a result, a proposal for intervention was consolidated focusing on broadening the concepts of transparency and social participation in order to make the Ombudsman's Office a full channel in its activities, strengthening the citizen-institution relationship and adjusting the work performed to the needs of society. / Nas sociedades modernas, a democracia pode ser mensurada em função do nível de presença da sociedade na gestão das políticas públicas. Dentre os diferentes canais que permitem essa cooperação, a ouvidoria, vista como um instrumento de participação social e transparência, possui a competência para atender os anseios dos cidadãos perante as instituições e, por conseguinte, materializar suas demandas em ações efetivas. Neste trabalho, que teve como objeto de Estudo de Caso o Inmetro, foi realizado um diagnóstico comparativo dos resultados apresentados por sua Ouvidoria. Também foi aplicada a metodologia da Análise de Conteúdo nos registros enviados à Ouvidoria, utilizado o programa Iramuteq. Como resultado, foi consolidada uma proposta de intervenção como foco na ampliação dos conceitos de transparências e participação social de forma a tornar a Ouvidoria um canal pleno em suas atividades, fortalecendo a relação cidadão-instituição e adequando os trabalhos realizados às necessidades da sociedade.

This essay’s purpose is to investigate how the swedish media portrayed the swedish summer drought of 2018. With a quantitative content analysis focusing on two newspapers, one regional and one national, this essay answers how the drought of 2018 was portrayed from a local and national perspective, from a framing and environmental theoretical perspective. But also to what extent the newspapers connected the drought and global climate change and what voices that were emphasized in the texts concerning the drought of 2018.   This study shows that the swedish drought 2018 was portrayed with “straight” news reporting in both regional and local newspapers. The articles did rarely contain any sort of conflict and the actors in the articles were dominated by authorities and businessmen. The head consequence of the drought in both of the newspapers was the environment. Although, it was rarely connected with climate changes. In 90 percent of the local press-articles the climate change was not mentioned. Those times when the drought was connected with climate change, in both newspapers, it was in debate articles, often written by a journalist.

With the development of technology, the communication between people has changed rapidly. Social media is a type of digital network designed to share content with other internet users based on their preferences and associations. The purpose of this research was to understand how industry press and the professional market place frame social media today. Moreover, this research showed the explored current social media pedagogy in business and communication programs to see if it matches the need of industry expectations. This study was a content analysis of the text-based study that uses a qualitative software-Leximancer to analyze data. The result suggested both industry press and the job market expect professionals to understand the skills of how to master the social media platforms, especially Facebook. Finally, universities offer few courses about social media, with primary objective of marketing and communication programs focusing on teaching students to be professional in business and organizations.

The purpose of this content analysis was to analyze the past 25 years of research in two major social work journals, Social Work and Research on Social Work Practice, to provide a status update on the amount of ethnic-focused research being published within the discipline. This analysis examined trends in ethnic-focused publications, the change across time in percent of focused articles, the top topics studied, per ethnic group, the top funded topics, most and least involved funding agencies, geographical groupings of focused samples, the setting of the samples, measures used, and the percentage of samples based in a clinical versus non-clinical setting. Results showed there has been continued growth and improvement in quality and quantity of minority-focused research in both journals, although there is still room for growth within the discipline towards increased multicultural competence. While the majority of focused research studied African American and Latinos, little attention was given to Asian and Native American populations. Furthermore, while almost twice as many focused articles were funded, compared to non-focused articles, the types of topics being funded are still not as representative of the needs of ethnic minority populations as they could be. While the increase in ethnic focused research over the past 25 years is promising, additional focus within the field is warranted. Suggestions are given to improve the quality and quantity of ethnic-focused research over time.

This study contributes to the knowledge and understanding of the application of hazing law and response of courts to case law where hazing has been alleged between the years of 1980-2013. This study expands upon the 2009 research conducted by Carroll, Connaughton, Spengler and Zhang, which used a content analysis methodology to look at anti-hazing case law as applied in cases where educational institutions were named as defendants, and the 2002 unpublished dissertation of Guynn which explored anti-hazing case law and its application in cases involving high school students. This study examines all court cases between 1980-2013 where a judicial opinion was written and an allegation of hazing or an injury resulting from hazing occurred. This study uses content analysis methodology to identify, code and analyze cases and applies analogical reasoning to the case review to 1) examine the breadth of legal cases that occurred between 1980-2013, 2) identify the legal issues most likely to be created by an incident of hazing, and 3) apply predictive analysis for how those issues may impact individuals, organizations, and institutions. The study identified that legal issues related to 1) tort liability and negligence, 2) allegations of violations of 42 U.S.C. Section 1983 of the Civil Rights Act, 3) hazing, 4) assault and battery, and 5) Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 were most commonly argued in courts of law following an incident of hazing. A discussion of each area of law and the parameters under which a court would make decisions in this area of law were provided for discussion.

There has been a history of a strained relationship between the public and the police institution for decades; most recently as a result of documented high levels of arrest rates among marginalized communities. Stop and frisk practices have been active in the United States since the 1950s and have been studied academically in the United States since the 1990s. However, research concerning Canadian data is limited. This project, using Bourdieusian concepts (field, habitus, capital, and doxa) with other resistance to change/police culture research, addresses the gaps in literature surrounding the practice of ‘carding’ in Canada by determining the forms of strategies and capital used by parties to defend and contest the police practice in the city of Toronto. Using a form of Document Analysis, this project created inductive categories from reports and recommendations submitted by the Toronto Police, several activist groups, and the province of Ontario between the years of 2012-2015. Findings from this paper were similar to previous literature; however, we saw an emotional argument surrounding the use of risk emerge through those justifying the police practice of ‘carding’. This emotional argument relied on a platform of fear and risk discourse, arguing that having limited faith in police not only goes against previously accepted practices, but places our communities in greater potential danger. Furthermore, our findings showed that narratives presented by those contesting the practice of ‘carding’ saw legal and factual arguments emerge which were not seen in previous literature. These legal and factual arguments focused on Constitutionality and statistics to contest the practice of ‘carding’, rather than rely on emotional arguments as seen in previous literature. This project allowed for a snapshot of the case in Toronto to help understand the issue in a Canadian context. Many themes developed were similar to previous literature; however, we saw a new emotional argument surrounding a risk discourse and those contesting ’carding’ have accessed the legal ‘field’ to express concerns. Directions for future research are presented at the end of this study.

U.S. Child Protective Services Agencies (CPSA) have had mixed success in achieving stable, permanent placements for foster care children. To address the adverse effects of unstable placements on foster care children's emotional well-being and physical development, the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 was enacted to better ensure permanency, safety, and well-being of children in foster care. Using Stone's policy paradox as the framework, the purpose of this qualitative document analysis was to explore whether policy constructs contributed to the success or failure of promoting permanency for foster care children. Data was used from 2 states, representing those most and least successful in terms of decreasing foster care populations during federal fiscal years 2011 to 2014. Data for this study consisted of publicly available documents, including statues, policies, and official publications. These data were analyzed using an inductive coding approach and then subjected to a content analysis procedure. Key findings indicated the states differed in 3 critical policy areas: incentives to achieve progress towards reunification; facts used to change behaviors among policy actors to achieve the goal of recruiting adoptive and foster care parents; power in terms of how authority was delegated to service providers. The findings of this research may enhance policymakers' and advocates' knowledge of policy issues critical to achieving permanency for children. It is recommended that future policy changes focus on the needs of the children and the alignment of statutes, policies, and publications so they promote adequate incentives, utilization of factual information, and consistent policy interpretation at the federal and local levels.

Introduction Attention deficit hyperactivity syndrome (ADHD) is a neuropsychiatric disorder that is characterized by three core symptoms: inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity. The prevalence of ADHD is estimated to be 3-10 %. The number of ADHD diagnosis and prescriptions of central stimulants that are used to treat the disorder have been steadily growing which has led to debates about the diagnostic process and pharmacological treatment. The ethics of the diagnostic process and treatment have been discussed, and it has been pointed out that there’s a lack of knowledge about how the ADHD patients experience the diagnosis and treatment. Aim The aim of this study is to review the existing knowledge of the ADHD patient experiences concerning the diagnosis and the medical treatment, and to examine this knowledge in the light of medical ethics. Method This is a scoping review. Eight studies were included in this study. The inclusion criteria were that the participants of the studies were interviewed by using semi-structured interviews, both genders were included, and that the interviews covered both diagnosis and medical treatment. Material was analysed by using qualitative content analysis. Results Four main themes emerged from the material: access, diagnosis, treatment, and impairment. All the main themes include several sub-categories. Conclusion In the light of the principles of biomedical ethics the diagnostic process and the treatment measures of ADHD are not ethically trouble-free. Studying the patient experiences does evoke ethical question of patients’ autonomy and the justification of distribution of needed services.