The purpose of this study was to examine the threats from climate change coverage in the media. The climate threats start to appear more frequently in the media and because of that it is important to examine what the media conveys to the viewers and readers since it may effect how people act when it comes to climate threats. In this study newspaper has been examined, more specifically daily press and evening press. The papers chosen was Aftonbladet and Expressen, which represented evening press, and Dagens Nyheter represented daily press. The method applied was both a quantitative and qualitative text analysis. With the quantitative method variables were formed and tested against the material. After that the result were analyzed qualitative to gain greater depth with the result. The theory used in this study is primarily framing but also agenda setting and news value are used. The variables were formed after the theories, which mainly focused on framing, and specific frames. The specific frames were: conflict frame, human interest frame, economic consequences frame, morality frame and responsibility frame. The result showed that the newspapers framed the issue pretty similar. All the newspapers used the conflict frame and the human interest frame the least. The responsibility frame was used often and the government was usually given the responsibility. The newspapers differ when it comes to morality frame and the economic consequences frame. The daily paper used the morality frame more often then the evening press and the evening press used the economic consequences frame more frequently, portraying the climate threat.

Bakgrund: I Sverige är landstinget enligt hälso- och sjukvårdslagen skyldig att upprätta habiliteringsplaner över beslutade insatser för personer med funktionshinder. Planen är ett viktigt instrument inom habiliteringen för att möjliggöra en jämlik delaktig vård samt inflytande i behandling för personer med funktionshinder. Syftet och målen med insatserna ska framgå av planen, som tas fram i samverkan med personen med funktionshinder. Syfte: Syftet med undersökningen var att beskriva personalens uppfattningar och erfarenheter av arbetet med att upprätta och följa upp habiliteringsplaner samt hur habiliteringsplaner används i det dagliga arbetet med personer med funktionshinder. Metod: Designen är en beskrivande studie med en kvalitativ ansats. Totalt analyserades 16 intervjuer med hjälp av en kvalitativ innehållsanalys. Resultat: Analysen utmynnade i fyra kategorier och 14 subkategorier. Informanterna beskrev att det upplevdes som svårt att formulera mål och utvärderingsbara mål som var meningsfulla över tid. Det saknades kunskap om hur en aktuella habiliteringsplanen uppdaterades därför var många av de insatser som gjordes inom habiliteringen inte kopplad till befintlig habiliteringsplan. Formulär och mallar som var tillgängliga inom verksamheten var inte kliniskt praktiskt förankrade, vilket innebar att olika tillvägagångsätt tillämpades. Det saknades tydliga riktlinjer och rutiner för hur en upprättad habiliteringsplan skulle rapporteras till kollegor. Vid upprättande av habiliteringsplan behövde personalen tydliggöra arbetssättet med habiliteringsplaner för personen med funktionshinder och deras anhöriga. Delaktighet hos personen med funktionshinder beskrevs vara beroende av personens kognitiva förmåga, samt höra samman med om anhöriga förde talan för personen med funktionshinder. För att skapa förutsättningar för delaktighet använde personalen visuellt bildstöd vid behov. Att arbeta utifrån habiliteringsplaner gav struktur och tydlighet men var också en administrativ börda eftersom syftet med planen var oklart. Slutsats: Denna studie visade att det fanns flera svårigheter förknippade med att upprätta habiliteringsplaner. Det fanns identifierade behov av utveckling: tydliga riktlinjer för hur habiliteringsplaner ska uppdateras, att mallar och formulär blir kompatibla med varandra samt tydliga riktlinjer för överrapportering. Enligt intervjumaterialet upplevde informanterna att habiliteringsplan var grundförutsättning för att personalen skulle kunna utföra sitt arbete. Att få habiliteringsplaner fullt verksamma i det dagliga arbetet på habiliteringen är en utmaning som kvarstår. / Background: The Swedish County Council is under the Health Care Act required to establish habilitation plans regarding decided interventions for people with disabilities. This plan is an important implement in habilitation services in order to ensure equitable care, participation and influence in the treatment of people with disabilities.  The purpose and goals of the intervention are documented in the plan, which is created together with the person with a disability. Purpose: The aim of this study was to describe the professional’s perceptions and experiences of working with, establishing and evaluating habilitation plans. In short, the purpose was to study how habilitation plans are used in the daily work with people with disabilities. Method: This is a descriptive qualitative interview study where a total of 16 interviews were analyzed by qualitative content analysis. Results: The analysis yielded four categories containing a total of 14 subcategories: the informants experiences difficulties in goal setting, setting goals that could be evaluated and meaningful during time. The study shows that due to lack of knowledge about how a habilitation plan could be updated, many of the efforts were not connected to the existing habilitation plan. Forms and templates that were available were not clinically anchored, meaning that different approaches were applied. The results also show a lack of clear guidelines and procedures about how a habilitation plan should be reported to colleagues. In the habilitation process the professional needed to clarify the working process with the habilitation plans for the person with disabilities and their relatives.  The participation for the person with disabilities was described to confound with the person cognitive ability and relatives impact. To create conditions for participation, the professional used image support when needed. The work from the habilitation plan gave structure and clarity but was also an administrative burden because the purpose of the plan was unclear. Conclusion: This study shows that there are difficulties in the process of developing habilitation plans and difficulties in making the habilitation plan an effective instrument in the daily work. Several areas in need of development were identified: clear guidelines on how to update habilitation plans, templates and forms should be compatible with each other and clear guidelines for reporting the plan to colleagues. Also, involving habilitation plans in the daily work is a challenge that remains to be met.

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<p>This phenomenological study explored the lived experiences of undergraduate community health nursing students at the University of the Western Cape&nbsp / who conducted a family health assessment learning task in communities during their clinical fieldwork placement.The population included the 2008&nbsp / semester two, third year undergraduate baccalaureus nursing students. These students completed their community health nursing modules at the end of the first semester. A total of nine (9) out of the eighty- nine (89) semester two students participated in this qualitative research study. The purposive and&nbsp / convenient sample consisted of those students who agreed to voluntarily participate in the research study. In-depth interviews were conducted with seven&nbsp / (7) female and two (2) male students to collect data. Field notes were taken and utilized to capture non-verbal communication of the participants. The focus&nbsp / f the researcher was to explore the lived experiences of students and not that of the family whom they interviewed. All interviews were audio recorded&nbsp / nd validated by participants after transcription, before any of the data was used for the data analysis process. The data collected was categorized into themes as guided by the systematic data analyses process according to Tesch&rsquo / s (1990) method, as cited in Creswell (2003). Saturation was tested&nbsp / after nine interviews and the researcher found that no new data emerged. The importance of the research study was to reflect on the exploration of the&nbsp / self-reported lived experiences of the third year community&nbsp / ealth nursing students while conducting the family health assessment learning task.&nbsp / </p>

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Mémoire numérisé par la Division de la gestion de documents et des archives de l'Université de Montréal

Mémoire numérisé par la Division de la gestion de documents et des archives de l'Université de Montréal

This dissertation aims to analyse the re-creation and transformation of animated films into theatrical spectacles, by examining two Walt Disney animations and productions as case studies: Beauty and the Beast (1991 & 1994) and The Lion King (1994 & 1997), designed by Stanley Meyer (Beauty and the Beast [1994]) and Julie Taymor (The Lion King [1997]), respectively. Through a semiotic analysis of the productions viewed in the Monte-Teatro in Johannesburg (Beauty and the Beast [2007]) and the Lyceum in London (The Lion King [2010]), the scenographic choices of the designers are examined to ascertain the ways in which the re-creation and transformation from animation to theatre occurs. A study of the different styles is conducted, as the case studies were visually different from each other, and from their animated counterparts. Each case study contributes to an understanding of the process whereby an animated film can be transformed and re-created for the theatre. An investigation into The Walt Disney Company, from its inception to its present day theatrical productions, is undertaken to illustrate how The Walt Disney Company has become an influential force in the international performance industry. Responses by reviewers are used to demonstrate how The Walt Disney Company was influenced to alter the conceptual approach for its subsequent theatrical production. To aid in the analysis of the scenographic designs, the theoretical writings of Martin Esslin (1987) and Keir Elam (1980) are consulted to develop an understanding of how designs are integral to the reception of any production. Developments of scenography are explored from Aristotle who states that theatre does not need any spectacle (design) to portray the poetry of the performance, to Sternfeld’s analysis of megamusicals which illustrates the spectacular designs that have become integral to the development of certain productions, and genres. Using Wickstrom’s article on The Lion King an examination of how the commodities produce meaning from the production is undertaken. This dissertation provides insight into the development of scenographic designs and the recreation and transformation of specific elements from animated film to theatrical spectacle through an appropriation of theories about transposing theatre into film (Egil Tornqvist, 2009). This, in conjunction with Guy Debord’s theories (1995) on the society of the spectacle, aids in the analysis of the spectacle/scenography. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2010.

The aim of this dissertation is to comparatively analyse the set designs for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s (1756-1791) opera, The Magic Flute (1791), with specific reference to selected set designers from the 18th to the early 21st century. The selection was made in light of each set designer’s unique design concepts for The Magic Flute which were all realised as stage settings in a proscenium arch theatre. In order to analyse the designs, it is necessary to trace theatrical practices and chronologically examine the reforms that affected the visual and spatial representation of scenography from the 18th to the 20th Chapter one provides a brief overview of the development of the proscenium arch stage. It examines the architectural reforms that were made to the proscenium arch in order to accommodate deeper stages and changes in stage settings. In addition, Chapter one investigates methods that theatre architects used to alter the proscenium arch and forestage in order to create a unity between the audience members and the performance. century. The set designs for The Magic Flute by Emanuel Johann Schikaneder (1791), Karl Friederich Schinkel (1816), David Hockney (1978) and William Kentridge (2007) will be analysed within the context of this investigation. Chapter two further considers the architectural modifications that were made to the stage and auditoria of opera theatres in more detail, from the first U-shaped auditorium onwards. It is essential to consider the different architectural structures of opera theatres because in order for each designer to initiate their design concept, they would be required to consider the architectural limitations of their chosen auditoria. The architectural structure would be determined by the foyer area, the style and arrangement of seating and the size of the proscenium arch and stage. Chapter three, by means of a comparative analysis, considers the social and cultural influences on the design concepts of Schikaneder, Schinkel and Hockney and how they informed those of Kentridge for The Magic Flute. It also provides a brief overview of stage lighting, scenic styles and stage machinery used in opera from the 16th to the 20th Chapter four classifies the theatrical spaces used in opera theatres by examining three key areas in an opera theatre, in relation to the foyer, auditorium and stage area. This investigation will be conducted with specific reference to the Theatre Auf Der Wieden, The Royal Opera House, the old Glyndebourne Opera House and The Artscape Opera House. In addition to this it will examine the selected designers’ approach to their design concepts by comparatively analysing the stage settings of Schikaneder, Schinkel, Hockney and Kentridge for The Magic Flute and the stage technology that was used to realise their design concepts. Thereafter, the set designs for Kentridge’s production and how they were conceptualised from a South African perspective will be examined. century Chapter five summarises the ways in which scenography is influenced by architectural, cultural and theatrical discourses, from the analysis of the designs and concepts for The Magic Flute. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2013.

Self-published web diaries called blogs are one manifestation of the Internet’s potential to create new discursive and dialogic spaces for citizens. Blogs are described by their authors and others in the news media (as well as some academic commentators) as a medium that potentially fosters political dialogue in the spirit of Habermas’ conceptual “public sphere.” Blogs also serve as potential competitors to mass media outlets in political debates in two distinct ways: first, by acting as agenda-setters and framers of issues, events and figures and second, by challenging journalistic norms such as the principles of fairness, neutrality and non-partisanship. In spite of these claims, however, very little empirical evidence exists to date on whether political blogs perform the roles of agenda-setters, gatekeepers or framers, or whether they are actually seen as a challenge or potential replacement to mass media outlets by themselves, by journalists or by those who could utilize blogs to transmit messages to the public. This thesis examines these questions as they pertain to Canadian politics, focusing on the interaction between journalists, partisan bloggers and political communications practitioners to assess whether blogs written by explicitly partisan authors actually: 1) create unique discursive spaces for discussion of Canadian political issues, 2) set agendas for political discussion and set issues and 3) serve as an occupational threat/potential replacement to media outlets for disseminating political information. Using surveys and content analysis, this thesis contends that partisan blogs largely mimic political discussion already occurring in media-produced content and are perceived as a potential, though not completely credible, replacement for shaping political agendas and disseminating information.