This thesis is an inquiry of the way media portray turmoil in Swedish public libraries between the year 2015 and 2018. This study's purpose is to gain knowledge about the media image of turmoil in libraries and the narrative techniques that are used. The questions we use to gain this knowledge is: 1.What problems as regarded to turmoil in the library is brought up by the media? 2.What narrative techniques are used by the media in articles related to turmoil in libraries? 3.What potential impact can these articles have on libraries? We will use Jesper Strömbäcks (2009) theory on media logic to help us identify what tools the media is using to make their text more compelling to read. The reason for this is to attract more reader and make them stick to the text and not stop reading because they find it boring.This tool can also give the text an angle to favour one part in a debate, or point to a certain group of people as the "guilty" part in the turmoil.The method we used is a qualitative text analysis, and we used 40 articles in this study.It was concluded that all articles uses at least some of the narrative techniques outlined byStrömbäck, and it might have had a negative impact on the visit statistics.

In the last two years of our lives we have been living in a world that revolves around the covid-19-pandemic. During this time we have, and still are, exposed to a large amount of information that circulates both through media but also in real life. This information contains everything from management, scientific research, statistics and people's own experiences about the subject. Everyday we are fed with new pieces of information and the media is the biggest source to collect it from. With an uprising pandemic, there is also a revealed question about vaccines. The question about vaccines and their outcome has been on the table for generations and is still something that the world has very different opinions about. This subject has left whole countries, communities and individuals divided due to their opinions. Medias discursive representation and construction of people or certain groups during crisis is therefore crucial. Our work will be presented and connected to previous research about crises focused on communication methods and where blame often is being placed in situations like this. It will also touch previous scientific research about how groups and sometimes individuals have been constructed and portrayed in media from a pandemic-aspect. In this case it’s about the anti-vaccination movement as a group and antivaxxers as individuals. We will use a theoretical framework based on discourse, framing and social identity to critically review articles from Dagens Nyheter. This study will expose the relations between media and construction of those who haven't been or don't want to get vaccinated for different kinds of reasons. The study examines which discursive strategies are being used to communicate and which actors who are represented and why. Furthermore, the analysis of the selected articles investigates if there are any underlying agendas and if there are aware or unaware ideological perspectives. The study indicates that vaccine- hesitancy or vaccine-resistance are being portrayed as one of the main reasons this pandemic is still an ongoing experience. The discourse shows that unvaccinated people are overall being blamed for continued spread of infection and distribution of disinformation and conspiracy theories. By applying a critical discourse analysis method on our work we have been able to provide empirical evidence which shows how people who haven't gotten vaccinated for different kinds of reasons are being overall constructed in negative terms in the discourse. Often with few chances of defending themselves and their opinions.

This thesis contains a qualitative content analysis of Daily Monitor, Dagens Nyheter and Svenska Dagbladet’s articles about children, and child soldiers in Uganda. In total, there were 26 articles that have been applied to this study. The purpose of this thesis was to compare all 26 articles with each other to see potential diffrences or similarities. Theory based answers were applied when I was analyzing the articles' differences and similarities. The thematic content analysis applied and used to catagorize the concerning theames in the articles are: children or soldiers (as the major theme), and heroes and victims (as undercategorial theme). Postcolonial, childhood and childsoldier theories were used as the theoretical framework to the thesis, and they were all applied in the analysis. The chosen theoretical framework contributed not only to a critical viewpoint about children, and child soldiers, but also to Western power relations, which appeared in many newspapers. Furthermore, the theoretical framework contributed with different views about children, and child soldiers in different social and cultural contexts.

Cytiva is a pharmaceutical company in Umeå that manufactures and administer hardware for medical instruments. A recurring problem for Cytiva is a lack of storage space, which is why they currently rent an external warehouse. The lack of space often results in the need to change storage places for items in order to create more storage space. Currently, these changes are made without really knowing the overall effect they have on the system. Moving items around in a warehouse is a common problem type for optimization. There are several proven analysis and optimization methods to combat this problem and many of these solution methods optimize warehouses with one point for input and output (I/O). There are significantly fewer methods that optimize warehouses built using a supermarket structure, i.e. with several I/O. Since Cytiva has a supermarket structure the purpose of this work is thus to create a model to apply optimization methods, where the model evaluates and optimizes the relocation of items within a warehouse built in a supermarket structure. With inspiration from the Assignment Problem and the Knapsack Problem, a mathematical model is formulated for the analysis and optimization of Cytiva’s inventory. The model relocates items between different supermarkets instead of between specific storage locations. Because of the size of the problem, a greedy algorithm is used to solve the optimization. Results are generated and then used to provide suggestions for the optimal stocking of items and to analyze three specific scenarios. The model provides a picture of how the flow will be affected by the three specific scenarios and makes corresponding recommendations thereafter. Concerning Cytiva’sinventory currently, it is concluded that there are indications that Cytiva’s flow can be improved by reviewing inventory. However, further research and development are needed to provide a reliable relocation proposal / Cytiva är ett läkemedelsföretag i Umeå som tillverkar och administrerar hårdvaran till medicinska instrument. Ett återkommande problem för Cytiva är platsbristen i fabriken, vilket också är anledningen till att man idag hyr ett externt lager. Platsbristen resulterar ofta i att man måste byta lagerplatser på artiklar för att hushålla med den lageryta man har. Idag görs dessa byten utan att man egentligen vet den verkliga effekten av dem. Att flytta runt artiklar i ett lager är en vanlig typ av optimeringsproblem. Det finns åtskilliga beprövade analys- och optimeringsmetoder. Många av dessa lösningsmetoder optimerar lager med en punkt för in- och utflöde (I/O). Det är betydligt färre som optimerar lager uppbyggt utefter en supermarket-struktur, det vill säga med flera I/O. Cytiva har en supermarket-struktur och syftet i detta arbete blev således att skapa och applicera en optimerings modell. Denna modell utvärderar och optimerar flytt av artiklar inom ett lager uppbyggt efter ett supermarket. Med inspiration från Tilldelningsproblemet och Kappsäcksproblemet formuleras en matematisk modell för analys och optimering av Cytivas lagerläggning. Modellen flyttar artiklar mellan olika supermarkets i stället för mellan specifika lagerplatser. På grund av problemets storlek används en girig algoritm för att lösa optimeringen. Resultat genererades och användes för att ge förslag till en optimal lagerläggning av artiklar, samt analysera tre givna scenarion. Modellen ger en bild av hur flödet kommer att påverkas av de tre givna scenarion och rekommendationer därefter. Vad gäller Cytivas lagerläggning idag, dras slutsatsen att det finns indikationer på att Cytivas flöde kan förbättras genom att se överlagerläggningen. För att ge ett pålitligt omflyttningsförslag behövs fortsatt forskning och vidareutveckling.

Multiculturalism is a current issue in our globalized society, which also the library field must relate to. In the Swedish Library Act from 2014 it is stressed that users with another linguistic background than Swedish shall be prioritized. However, an undifferentiated comprehension of what multicultural services at the library really means prevails, and the underlying values of the concept are rarely questioned. The purpose of this bachelor thesis is to problematize the concept of multiculturalism in a library context, by the identification of ideological patterns in the research discourse. Nine Library- and Information Science research articles that discuss multiculturalism at the public library have been scrutinized, and we found that the articles are dominated by a palpable Western and colonial perspective. Four discourses were identified in the empirical material, which all can be linked to changes in the macro-sociological context. As a theoretical and methodological framework we have chosen Norman Fairclough's critical discourse analysis (CDA) in combination with Homi K. Bhabha's postcolonial theory. CDA focuses on linguistic text analysis, in order to uncover how discourses both influence and are influenced by the social context, while Bhabha's theory questions how Western scholars create an illusion of fixed cultural identities. By combining these theories we wished to problematize the Western knowledge production, and initiate new approaches regarding how to work practically with these issues. Our conclusion is that there are similarities in how Western scholars depict multiculturalism and ethnicity at the library, which might impact the library practice in a negative way.

Bakgrund: Enligt olika lagar och styrdokument betonas sjuksköterskans ansvar kring att hålla sig uppdaterad om den senaste forskningen och att arbeta evidensbaserat. Ett sätt att hålla sig uppdaterad om den senaste forskningen är att läsa vårdvetenskapliga tidskrifter. Problem: Tidsbrist och andra omgivande faktorer hindrar ibland sjuksköterskan från att vara forskningskonsument. Ett sätt att underlätta för sjuksköterskor som forskningskonsumenter, är att åskådliggöra vårdvetenskapliga tidskrifter. Syfte: Att beskriva den publicerade forskningen i Nordic Journal of Nursing Research, under en treårsperiod. Metod: Kvalitativ innehållsanalys enligt Elo och Kyngäs. Resultat: Praktiska/kliniska frågor var vanligast gällande ämnesområde och sjukhusvård berördes i flest artiklar. Sverige var det land som flest studier genomfördes i, samt det land som flest artikelförfattare var hemmahörande i. Ett sjuksköterskeperspektiv var mest framträdande i artiklarna. Kvalitativ ansats, kvalitativ innehållsanalys och enkäter dominerade gällande artiklars metoder. I majoriteten av artiklarna saknades ett teoretiskt perspektiv. Slutsats: Forskningen i NJNR har främst berört en nordisk kontext, med olika typer av vetenskaplig evidens och där det teoretiska perspektivet i många artiklar varit frånvarande. NJNR som tidskrift lyfter många intressanta och varierande ämnen för sjuksköterskor att ta del av, som speglar det komplexa omvårdnadsfältet. / Background: Different laws and regulatory documents emphasize nurses’ responsibilities on being updated with current research and to pursue evidence-based practice. One way to stay updated with current research, is to read nursing journals. Problem: Lack of time and other surrounding factors often constrain nurses from being consumers of research. Visualising nursing journals is one way to support nurses as consumers of research. Aim: To describe the published research in Nordic Journal of Nursing Research, during a period of three years. Method: A qualitative content analysis according to Elo and Kyngäs. Result: Practical/clinical issues was the most common subject matter and hospital care represented most of the articles. Sweden represented most authors and was the country where most studies were conducted in. A nursing perspective was prominent. Regarding methods used, a qualitative approach, qualitative content analysis and questionnaires represented many articles. A theoretical framework was absent in most of the articles. Conclusions: The research in NJNR, has mainly concerned a nordic context, with varying types of scientific evidence and with an absent of theoretical framework in several articles. Nurses can take part of NJNR as a nursing journal that concerns several varying and interesting topics regarding the complex field of nursing.

Tidigare forskning visar att nyhetsrapporteringar i media har en tendens att gestalta våld mot kvinnor som isolerade händelser och inte som ett utbrett problem, samtidigt som annan forskning menar på att det är ett socialt problem i nära relationer. Genom en kvalitativ språklig innehållsanalys har 30 nyhetsartiklar analyserats mellan 2007–2021 för att undersöka om det finns några skillnader eller likheter i nyhetsrapporteringen gällande våldsbrott mot kvinnor över tid. Resultatet av analysen tyder på att det knappt skett någon förändring i hur nyhetsartiklar gällande våldsbrott mot kvinnor gestaltas de senaste 15 åren. / Previous research shows that news reports in the media have an tendency to portray violence against women as isolated events and not as a widespread problem, while other research suggests that it is a social problem in close relationships. Through a qualitative linguistic content analysis, 30 news articles were analyzed between 2007–2021 to investigate whether there are any differences or similarities in the news reporting regarding violent crimes against women over time. The results of the analysis indicate that there has hardly been any change in how news articles regarding violent crimes against women are portrayed in the last 15 years.

2010 beslutades det att den nya skollagen skulle inkludera en paragraf om alla elevers tillgång till skolbibliotek, oavsett om de går i ”grundskola, grundsärskola, specialskola, sameskola, gymnasieskola eller gymnasiesärskola” (SFS 2010:800, 2 kap. 36 §). Dessutom innehåller bibliotekslagen från 2013 en paragraf som beskriver individer med funktionsvariationer som en grupp i samhället som ska prioriteras inom biblioteksverksamheten. Denna studie undersöker om denna explicita inkludering av särskolor och individer med funktionsvariationer som står skrivna i respektive lagar även återfinns i de artiklar om skolbibliotek som publicerades i Biblioteksbladet mellan 2005-2015. Studien undersöker även de bilder av skolbibliotek som de olika artiklarna presenterade, samt vilka möjliga konsekvenser dessa kan ha för skolbiblioteksdiskussionen och de som tar del av dem. Studien består av en både kvalitativ och kvantitativ innehållsanalys av de artiklar som skrev om skolbibliotek och som publicerades i Biblioteksbladet mellan 2005-2015, och resultaten diskuteras sedan utifrån McCombs och Shaws dagordningsteori. Undersökningen visade att endast ett fåtal artiklar som explicit handlade om särskolor eller elever med funktionsvariationer publicerades under denna period, och att en majoritet av de artiklar som skrevs använde skolbibliotek som ett paraplybegrepp utan att skriva om vilka skolformer som inkluderades i detta. Ett upprepat användande av skolbibliotek som ett paraplybegrepp utan att inkludera en definition av vad termen innefattar kan leda till att alla skolformer inte lyfts fram i lika stor utsträckning, och således inte får sina röster hörda, i de offentliga samtal som förs kring skolbibliotek.

This qualitative study contains a critical discourse analysis of media's portrayal of children's consumption of advanced skincare. The purpose of this study is to analyze how the discussion about children's skincare consumption is portrayed in the news media, and identify discursive patterns and themes based on the textual content of the articles. The analysis concerns eight articles from varied news media, which has been analyzed based on Norman Fairclough's three-dimensional model. To carry out this analysis, the study is based on two questions. These are about how children's skincare consumption is portrayed in news articles, as well as which patterns we can identify in how children's skincare consumption is represented in media.  The conclusions we can draw based on our critical discourse analysis is that the media presents this discussion as problematic, as we have been able to identify discursive themes that strengthen and clarify the content of the articles. We have also seen an interplay and recurring patterns in the material's textual content, where we can, among other things, identify the same words and structure in the articles. / Denna kvalitativa studie innehåller en kritisk diskursanalys om medias skildring gällande barns konsumtion av avancerad hudvård. Syftet med studien är att analysera hur diskussionen angående barns hudvårdskonsumtion framställs nyhetsmedia, samt identifiera diskursiva mönster och teman utifrån artiklarnas textinnehåll. Analysen berör åtta artiklar från varierade nyhetsmedier, som har analyserats utifrån Norman Fairclough’s tredimensionella modell. För att kunna genomföra denna analys har studien utgått ifrån två frågeställningar. Dessa handlar om hur barns hudvårdskonsumtion skildras i nyhetsartiklarna, samt vilka mönster vi kan identifiera i hur barns hudvårdskonsumtion framställs i media. De slutsatser vi kan dra utifrån vår kritiska diskursanalys är att media framställer denna diskussion som problematisk, då vi har kunnat identifierat diskursiva teman som stärker och tydliggör artiklarnas innehåll. Vi har även sett ett samspel och återkommande mönster i materialets textinnehåll, där vi bland annat kan identifiera samma ord och struktur i artiklarna.

<p>The purpose of this thesis is to create a model of how to organize the placements of articles in an automated storage system in order to reduce time and cost related to the extractions. The model was developed during an investigation at a case company, and a comprehensive study of the material handling identified bottlenecks, whereof one was chosen to be further investigated: the automated storage system. The automated storage system is newly installed equipment, which required new working methods to be incorporated to the already existing working environment. The ABC-analysis was used in order to motivate how the articles should be placed in the automated storage. The goal for the new way of handling material was to put as little effort as possible on time related to the extraction of material. This due to the realization of material handling processes being a huge contributor to waste activities. This resulted in the development of the model and the suggestion that is given to the case company is to place the most frequent extracted articles close to the users. However, advantages must be held against disadvantages of rearrangements since the material handling will not be eliminated totally due to smaller improvements.</p> / <p>Syftet med denna uppsats är att skapa en modell för hur man ska organisera artikelplaceringar i ett automatiserat lagersystem för att reducera tid och kostnad relaterat till uttag av material. Modellen skapades genom en undersökning på ett fallföretag, en omfattande studie av materialhanteringen identifierade flaskhalsar, varav en valdes för fortsatt undersökning: det automatiserade lagersystemet. Det automatiserade lagersystemet är en nyinstallerad utrustning, som kräver att nya arbetsmetoder ska inkorporeras till den redan existerande arbetsmiljön. ABC-analysen användes för att motivera hur artiklarna ska placeras i det automatiserade lagret. Målet för det nya sättet att hantera material på var att så få insatser som möjligt skulle användas för uttag av material. Detta pågrund av insikten utav att materialhanteringsprocesser är en stor bidragande slöserifaktor. Detta resulterade i modellen och förslagen som ges till fallföretaget är att placera de mest frekvent använda artiklarna nära användaren. Emellertid så måste man väga fördelar mot nackdelar av en förändring eftersom materialhanteringen inte kommer att elimineras helt pågrund av mindre förbättringar.</p>