This thesis examines technological framings for communication and identity issues, with a particular focus on Swedish mainstream schools where children with cochlear implants are pupils. Based on a sociocultural perspective on learning, the thesis focuses on how pupils and teachers interact with (and thus learn from) each other in classroom settings. The study comprises a) a sociohistorical analysis of three Swedish non-governmental organizations’ periodicals from 1891 to 2010, and b) an ethnographic study including micro-analyses of interaction in two mainstream classrooms where there are children with cochlear implants. The sociohistorical analysis illustrates how different technologies, in a range of ways, have shaped (i) how people with hearing loss communicate and interact with others and (ii) their identity positions. The analysis also demonstrates the presence of language ideologies in settings where children with hearing loss are taught. Here the main preference is for spoken communication, even though different types of visual communication emerge during the 1980s and 1990s. In addition, the issue of integration has been a matter of debate since the 1970s and provides a backdrop for the current situation, where an increasing number of children with cochlear implants receive their schooling in mainstream public rather than segregated regional deaf schools. Against this background, micro-analyses have been carried out of classroom interaction and recurring patterns and activities have been identified. The results illustrate that audiologically-oriented and communicative-link technologies play major roles in the classrooms and these both facilitate and limit the pupils’ participation. Based on postcolonial theory, the results can be understood in terms of participation and non-participation of the pupil with cochlear implants, who acquire peripheral identity positions in these classroom settings. The analysis also illuminates unequal power relations regarding technologies in use, and expressions of language ideologies in the classrooms, where spoken communication is preferred. Overall, the everyday life of children with cochlear implants in mainstream schools appears to be complex, and it is technologies in use that frame the conditions for their participation in interaction and communication.

The introductory part deals with the fundamental characteristics of communication, currently used communication models, analyze the communication process and describe social nature of communication using managers communication networks inside and outside the organization. After that, the work refers to specific forms of communication and their use with ICT technology. The practical part firstly examines the managers communication needs and then analyzes the claims and demands for communication strategy. The gained knowledge is then used to design specific management communications system.

TikTok är en sociala medier-plattform där användarna kan publicera korta videoklipp. Applikationen används idag av över 1 miljard människor. Plattformen erbjuder funktioner som främjar interaktion och kunskapsutbyte mellan användarna. Underhållning är sedan tidigare förknippat med TikTok men sedan 2020 har även ung aktivism börjat ta plats på plattformen. På TikTok kan användare uttrycka sociala värderingar och nätverka med varandra, det är även vanligt att hashtags används för att koppla videoklippen till ett specifikt ämne. Syftet med studien är att förstå hur TikTok-användarna upplever audiovisuell information som berör ämnet feminism. Videoklipp har valts ut från plattformen via sökordet feminism samt hashtaggen #feminism. Därefter genomfördes en innehållsanalys av klippen för att avgöra deras likheter och olikheter, för att på så sätt kunna välja ut fem klipp att använda i studiens nästa fas. De fem klippen presenterades i kvalitativa intervjuer där respondenterna svarade på frågor och uttryckte sina åsikter kring bland annat trovärdighet, funktioner och informationen i sig. Det insamlade materialet jämfördes och analyserades dels utifrån respondenternas olika upplevelser, dels ur ett teoretiskt perspektiv.  Respondenterna i studien visade störst intresse för två förklarande videoklipp som presenterade ny information genom att använda bilder, video och tal.  Information som presenterades med hjälp av bilder ansågs underlätta förståelsen för budskapet, göra videoklippet mer intressant och bidra till att öka respondenternas nyfikenhet. Ett annat klipp som uppskattades använde ett narrativ för att framföra utbildande underhållning som mottagarna kunde relatera till. Mottagarnas vilja att engagera sig kunde kopplas till deras positiva upplevelser av hur informationen presenterades i dessa klipp. Studien visade även att mottagarens upplevelser påverkas av individens tidigare kunskap, deras informationsbehov, motivation till att använda TikTok samt hur de bearbetar information. / TikTok is a social media platform where users produce short videos. Today TikTok is used by over 1 billion people. The application offers various features that promotes interaction and knowledge exchange among its users. Entertainment is strongly associated with TikTok, however since 2020 the use of the platform for youth activism has increased. On TikTok, users can express their social values and cooperate with each other. It is also common to use hashtags as a way of linking videos to a specific topic. The aim of this study is to understand how TikTok users experience audiovisual information regarding the topic of feminism. Videos were selected from the platform by using the search word feminism and the hashtag #feminism. This was followed by a content analysis to determine the videos differences and similarities, which enabled the final selection of five videos to be used in the next step of the study. The five videos were then presented during qualitative interviews where the respondents answered questions and expressed their opinions about for example trustworthiness, features and the information itself. The data was compared and analyzed both from a theoretical point of view and regarding different experiences expressed by the respondents. The respondents in this study showed the most interest in an explanatory video which presented them with new information by using pictures, video and speech.  The respondents showed greatest interest in two explanatory videos who presented new information by using pictures, video and speech. Information presented with pictures were considered to facilitate the understanding of the message, make it more interesting and arouse curiosity. Another video appreciated by the respondents used a narrative to convey entertaining education they could relate to. The recipients’ willingness to engage in the videos were linked to their positive experiences of how the information was presented. This study also shows that previous knowledge, information needs, motivation to use TikTok as well as different processing styles affected the respondents’ experiences.