Health, and the way people have chosen to live their lives, is very much focused on in our society today. This caught my interest to study media´s influence on our lifestyle. Media has a very influential position when it comes to people’s attitudes and knowledge regarding health and lifestyle. My purpose with this essay is to gain an understanding of the way media´s reports about lifestyle affects people and also to find out if media in any way motivates people to make changes to their lifestyle. My research questions are as follows; How does the media influence people´s lifestyle? What is the role of the media in terms of lifestyle choices? It is a qualitative study and I have chosen to conduct interviews to collect my empirical data. I have interviewed the group of people who regularly exercises at a gym because they have chosen a so-called healthy lifestyle. I have also sought out people in two age groups in order to compare media’s influence between the two groups. The result shows that media affects people in different ways depending on their basic values and opinions. I also came to the conclusion that the primary source of information ,when it comes to lifestyle, is the media and those who are 20-30 years are affected more than 50 to 60 – year olds. / <p>Validerat; 20130710 (global_studentproject_submitter)</p>

<p>Validerat; 20101217 (root)</p>

<p>Validerat; 20110112 (anonymous)</p>

The numbers of unaccompanied children / young people who comes to Sweden to seek asylum has markedly increased. Migration Board forecasts point not either on that the growth will halt. When the unaccompanied children comes to Sweden they often have separate traumatic events in their luggage but previous studies from children in conflict countries shows that there are conditions in the destination country that will affect them in the long run. Therefore, a good establishment in the society of great significance for the unaccompanied children / young people's future. The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that may be contributing to a positive presence in the community. The study is based on two focus where one is on the staff at shelters for unaccompanied children / young people working with children / young people's presence in the community. The second is directed against the unaccompanied children / young people's own experiences of meeting with Swedish society, based on the capabilities and limitations of their establishment. Interviews were conducted with staff working on hvb - lodging for unaccompanied children / young people and the children / young people living on the premises. Currently 13 of 14 municipalities in Norrbotten accept unaccompanied children / adolescents. Of the 13 municipalities which currently conducts accommodations for unaccompanied children / adolescents were Boden, Kiruna, Övertorneå and Arjeplog. Municipalities were selected by its regional spread to thus create a relatively reliable and presentable picture of Norrbotten. Results are based partly on the interviews but also from the relevant literature. In the interviews with young people reveals that they are relatively satisfied and happy with their lives in Sweden. Most of them have an active outdoor life and lots of friends. It was stated, however, that it lacked venues where people could meet and connect with Swedish adolescents as school situation was perceived as very segregated. To get in touch with Swedish adolescents perceived as important both for a faster learning of the language, but also to gain more contacts whatsoever. In the interviews with residential staff, it is clear that they considered the most important work was to try to get young people in society, but they saw some limitations. Even the staff points at the importance of more integrated schools and other venues where Swedish adolescents and young people from other nationalities can meet. / <p>Validerat; 20130618 (global_studentproject_submitter)</p>

<p>Validerat; 20121113 (dagr)</p>

The purpose of this paper was to explore how children may perceive sound effects in the specially written radio saga made for this paper Ninjas Detektivbyrå (Ninja’s Detective firm). If sound effects in any way can contribute to children perceiving more details, if specific sound effects may bestow in creating a more monogamous distinction of signs and whether the dramaturgical structure possibly can become clearer when combining dialog with sound effects. The study was made possible with the help of two groups of children whom each listened to a version of the stimulus material, one with sound effects and the other one without sound effects, and by qualitative interviews relaying on theories regarding communication, classical dramaturgy and research on how sound effects impact on audience. This paper shows that the participants who were exposed to sound effects may have been more keen to perceiving details, understood signs more distinctly and could account for greater parts of the story in comparison to participants from the group that weren’t exposed to sound effects. / <p>Validerat; 20150630 (global_studentproject_submitter)</p>

Validerat; 20101217 (root)

Validerat; 20101217 (root)

In 2009 Statskontoret has stated that the numbers of construction failures has increased in the Swedish construction sector. One of the reasons to insufficient quality management in the construction sector is the project based organization. A project based organization has a temporary nature which may bring deficits in continuous improvement. Continuous improvement means that small improvements in the daily work within an organization achieve a higher quality level.The purpose of this study is to better understand how a company in the construction sector can improve its management of quality deviations, in order to support the work with continuous improvements. The study is based on a case study in order to more specifically investigate how management of quality deviations is carried out within STRABAG Sverige AB.Initially a literature study was carried out in order to increase a better understanding of how a quality deviation can be defined, and how management of quality deviations can be designed, in order to support continuous improvement in a company in the construction sector. Then a description of the current management of quality deviations within STRABAG was carried out. The description consists of information collected through documents and semi-structured interviews with persons in the organization. In the analysis a comparison was made between the produced frame of reference, and the description of current management of quality deviation in STRABAG. This was made with the intention to identify in what extent the current management of quality deviations was carried out in the organization. From this analysis several improvement areas could be identified with the purpose to strengthen STRABAGs management of quality deviations.The results from this study consist of seven recommendations that describe how STRABAG can improve their management of quality deviations, in order to strengthen continuous improvement. The recommendations refer to: • Define what a quality deviation is• Implement a systematic analysis on quality deviations• Improve a continuous follow-up for corrective actions• Implement a statistical follow-up on quality deviations• Clarify management’s commitment in the quality improvement• Create an acceptance for mistakes and highlight their importance• Improve the exchange of experience of what improvements that had been made on quality deviations in organizations projects / Validerat; 20130605 (global_studentproject_submitter)

Validerat; 20101217 (root)