Studien undersöker föräldrars syn på problematiskt spelande hos barn och ungdomar och därigenom vilka aspekter föräldrar anser problematiska samt vilka strategier de anser centrala i hanteringen av fenomenet. Ovanstående syfte besvaras med hjälp av teorin om disciplinering samt teorin om problembarnet och det goda föräldraskapet. Dokumentstudien, som utgörs av en innehållsanalys av diskussionsforum på nätet, utmynnade i teman kring förväntningar på föräldrarollen och föräldrars relation till barnet, barnets ansvar över vardagslivet samt barnets utveckling. Studien påvisar en förändring i föräldrars definition av problematiskt spelande mellan två olika tidsnedslag. Skillnaden innebär att barn inom det senare tidsnedslaget har kommit att ses mer som aktörer kring spelande, vilket även gjorde att föräldrars reglering blev mer liberal. Vidare skedde även en förändring i synen på spelande som aktivitet eftersom detta normaliserades i det senare tidsnedslaget samtidigt som spelproblematik sågs mer som en sjukdom. Slutligen kunde föräldrars syn på spelproblematik härledas till föreställningar om gott föräldraskap och normala barn, vilka bestämdes utifrån interaktioner mellan föräldrar på diskussionsforumen. Dessa fynd belyser vikten av att föräldrars syn och hantering av spelproblematik blir fortsatt beforskade för att bättre kunna hantera en komplex problematik hos barn och unga i framtiden.

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Yes / The use of online forums and social media sites by extremists for recruiting and radicalising individuals has been covered extensively by researchers. Meanwhile, the social engineering techniques utilised by these extremists to lure marginalised individuals into radicalisation has been neglected. In this article, the social engineering aspects of online radicalisation will be explored. Specifically, the five Principles of Persuasion in Social Engineering (PPSE) will be mapped onto the online radicalisation methods employed by extremists online. Analysing these tactics will aid in gaining a deeper understanding of the process of indoctrination and of the psychology of both the attacker and the target of such attacks. This understanding has enabled the development of a preliminary radicalisation framework based on the social traits of a target that may be exploited during an attack.

This study investigates the impact of an online community's control structure on the knowledge sharing process in that community. Using a framework comprised of legitimate peripheral participation theory and the weak-ties phenomenon, the study focuses on a comparative analysis of self-organizing online communities (e.g., weblog networks) and centralized online communities (e.g., discussion forums communities) with respect to the efficacy of knowledge sharing in these communities. The findings of this study indicate that self-organizing communities of practice have more weak-ties among their members compared to centralized communities. As per weak-ties theory of Granovetter (1973, 1983), these findings suggest that self-organizing communities facilitate greater dissemination of knowledge and flow of information among their members than centralized communities. The abundance of weak-ties in their community structure also makes self-organizing communities better environments for the discovery of new information compared to centralized community environments. This study did not find any evidence of community structure impact on peripheral participation and the interaction activity level among peripheral participants of a given online community. These observations may have stemmed from the limitations of research design, however, it is safe to say as of now that verdict on peripheral participation differences in different community structures is inconclusive at best. / Master of Science

This thesis explores how single parents utilise online forums, particularly Reddit, to navigate parenting challenges and mental health issues. The study involves a mixed-method approach which includes sentiment analysis and thematic analysis.  Through a comprehensive analysis of forum posts and comments, the research identifies key themes and support mechanisms expressed by single parents in addition to the quantitative data from sentimental analysis representing the emotional tone of the text in the posts. The findings reveal that online communities serve as crucial platforms for emotional support, knowledge exchange, and community building. This research contributes to understanding the role of digital spaces in supporting single parents and offers insights for designing more effective online social support intervention by addressing AI-driven features, expert moderation and bridging the gap between online and offline social support for single parents.

Yet, Kam Hon. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2013. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 128-134). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstracts also in Chinese; appendixes includes Chinese.

Thesis (MBA (Business Management))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009. / ENGLISH ABSTRACT: One of the first labour reforms introduced by the then newly elected democratic government of South Africa was the introduction of statutory workplace forums. This ground-breaking chapter in the 1995 Labour Relations Act outlined the first legally mandated form of workplace participation, beyond the sphere of the collective bargaining arena. To date, however, the provisions of the Act which govern workplace forums have been subjected to criticism by both labour and business alike, as well as from academics. The sad reality is that there has been a minimal uptake in the establishment of these forums in the 13 years since the provisions of the Act came into force. This research report has delved into the reasons for this resistance, from the side of both labour and business. The multitude of reasons that exist have been grouped under a series of headings that have then allowed the writer to focus on finding factors that would facilitate the establishment of statutory workplace forums. In considering the factors that would facilitate the enhanced uptake and establishment of workplace forums, the research has guided the writer towards the implementation process per se, in particular the attitudinal and mind-set factors that are required as pre-requisites before the more legislatively focussed aspects of the implementation cycle should be undertaken. While there are no doubt valid concerns with several of the clauses in the legislative provisions, in the opinion of the writer these are not the predominant reasons for the failure of the workplace forum vehicle. The adversarial mindset that still exists between business and labour, as well as the worldviews and consequences that stem from such a mindset, has been the largest obstacle in the establishment of workplace forums. Until both parties, and the broader South African society within which all businesses exist, are able to make the fundamental shift from “win or lose” to “mutual gains through co-operation” the workplace forum vehicle will not be implemented, and the drive to further workplace participation will not be successful. The writer has suggested various changes that should be made to the legislation, and processes that should be put in place to start to lay the foundations upon which the workplace forum model can later be built up on. AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Statutêre werkplekforums was een van die eerste arbeidshervormings wat deur die destyds nuut verkose demokratiese regering van Suid-Afrika bekend gestel is. Hierdie baanbrekershoofstuk in die Wet op Arbeidsverhoudinge van 1995 het die eerste vorm van werkplekdeelname met ’n regsmandaat buite die sfeer van die kollektiewe bedingingsarena uiteengesit. Die bepalings van die Wet wat op werkplekforums gerig is, is egter tot dusver aan kritiek deur arbeid, die sakesektor en akademici blootgestel. Die hartseer werklikheid is dat daar in die 13 jaar sedert die bepalings van die Wet in werking getree het ’n minimale opname in die vestiging van hierdie forums was. Hierdie navorsingsverslag verken die redes vir hierdie weerstand uit die oogpunt van arbeid sowel as besigheid. Die talle redes wat bestaan is saamgegroepeer onder verskillende opskrifte wat die skrywer in staat gestel het om faktore te vind wat die vestiging van statutêre werkplekforums fasiliteer. Wanneer daar gekyk word na die faktore wat die sterker opname en vestiging van werkplekforums kan fasiliteer, lei die navorsing die skrywer na die implementeringsproses op sigself. By die implementeringsproses is dit veral faktore soos houding en ingesteldheid wat as voorvereistes nodig is voordat daar aandag geskenk kan word aan aspekte van die implementeringsiklus wat meer op wetgewing gerig is. Hoewel daar ongetwyfeld geldige kommer oor verskeie van die klousules in die wetgewende bepalings is, is dit volgens die skrywer se mening nie die vernaamste redes vir die mislukking van die werkplekforummedium nie. Die antagonistiese ingesteldheid wat steeds tussen besigheid en arbeid bestaan sowel as die wêreldbeskouings en gevolge wat uit sodanige ingesteldheid spruit, is die grootste struikelblok in die vestiging van werkplekforums. Die werkplekforummedium kan slegs geïmplementeer word en die veldtog om werkplekdeelname te versterk kan net slaag indien albei partye, en die groter Suid-Afrikaanse samelewing waarin alle besighede bedryf word, ’n wesenlike skuif kan maak van “wen of verloor” na “gesamentlike voordele deur samewerking”. Die skrywer stel voor dat wetgewing verander word en dat prosesse geïmplementeer word om te begin om die grondslag te lê vir die bou van die werkplekforummodel.

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