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The following essay is based on an anonymous organization. We are calling the organization Company X. Our main goal is to emphasize Company X internal communication with a focus on the company's values. We have chosen to start from the company's values and brand, as this should set the tone for their internal communication and brand strategy. The analyzes are based on Company X's employee magazine which consists of informational texts. The method is based on the rhetorical situation and social identity theory. We have chosen to analyze from a top-down perspective within the company. The analysis is divided in two parts, 7.1 is written by Sanna and 7.2 is written by Michaela. The result shows that Company X has varied success in communicating their values. Our result shows that Company X personal magazine as an internal communication channel could be more effective if they did a rhetorical situation analysis. The discussion includes a result from interviews we conducted to investigate whether our analysis is consistent or not and how our study is complemented by previous research.

The purpose of this study was to investigate online social comparison and impostor phenomenon (IP) in undergraduate music education students. I employed a sequential explanatory mixed models design to explore the extent to which music education students experienced IP, used Facebook, and engaged in social comparison on Facebook. I explored participants' perceptions of how they engaged in online social comparison in the context of their professional lives. In Phase 1, I surveyed participants to measure impostor phenomenon, Facebook intensity, and Facebook social comparison. Analysis of the descriptive data revealed that 77.8% of participants experienced frequent to intense IP symptoms. Facebook social comparison emerged as the only significant predictor of IP in participants accounting for 13.3% of the variance in CIPS scores. In Phase 2, I conducted focus groups to investigate participants' perceptions of how they engaged in online social comparison as related to their professional identity. The themes that emerged from the qualitative data included: (a) comparing to peers online, (b) using Facebook for professional purposes, (c) psychological effects of online comparison, and (d) withdrawing from social media to avoid adverse effects. Lastly, I integrated the quantitative and qualitative data to expound upon and confirm findings in each phase. The results indicated that as participants progressed through their music education degree program, they used Facebook more frequently in each subsequent year, leading to increased social comparison and IP.

The current study explores the influence nontraditional framing of beauty and ugliness has on college aged females' interpretation of beauty. Focus group sessions were used to assess this influence, during which the women were asked several questions within two open discussions of beauty. The television sitcom Ugly Betty, which features an alternative framing of beauty standards, was shown between each discussion and used to analyze the media's influence. The results show that the discussion and the new framing of beauty and ugliness in the clip influenced the women's interpretations by either creating new understandings or re-enforcing existing beliefs. The women also considered media images of beauty to have a third-person effect with younger audiences being more impacted. Social comparison was used slightly in explaining beauty definitions and standards for women. / Master of Arts

<p dir="ltr">Ostracism negatively affects wellbeing, and its effects are especially detrimental when individuals are unable to cope. A growing body of literature explores interventions that facilitate recovery from ostracism. Research indicates that the comparisons we make with others (social comparisons) or with ourselves (temporal comparisons) serve many functions, from helping us evaluate ourselves and our experiences to enhancing self-esteem. The direction of these comparisons has important implications for wellbeing: downward comparisons (with a worse comparison target) can enhance wellbeing, whereas upward comparisons (with a better comparison target) can harm wellbeing when a sense of contrast is elicited. This dissertation examined whether downward social and temporal comparisons mitigate the detrimental effects of ostracism on wellbeing and whether upward social and temporal comparisons exacerbate these effects. In three studies, participants underwent an ostracism (or control) condition, and some were randomly assigned to make social or temporal comparisons. In Studies 1 and 2, I manipulated ostracism by having participants recall an ostracism event in their lives; in Study 3, ostracism was manipulated with Cyberball. In Study 1, participants either wrote about a time things were worse (downward temporal comparison) or better for them (upward temporal comparison), whereas, in Studies 2 and 3, participants either wrote about someone else doing worse (downward social comparison) or better than them (upward social comparison). All studies measured psychological need satisfaction, positive affect, and satisfaction with life. Though Study 1 produced null results, in Studies 2 and 3, downward social comparisons increased need satisfaction compared to upward social comparisons and increased positive affect and satisfaction with life in Study 3. Results suggest downward social comparisons may have positive consequences for wellbeing.</p>

Sociala medier har ett inflytande på unga människors mentala hälsa. I Sverige används sociala medier utav cirka 90% av befolkningen. I denna studie undersöks i fokus hur unga, i åldern 18–25 år upplever att deras mentala hälsa påverkas av användningen av sociala medier. Åtta semistrukturerade intervjuer genomförs för att transkribera materialet och en tematisk analys används för att identifiera passande teman. Som resultat identifierades det tre huvudteman: sociala relationer, medverkande personer, och sociala relationer. Sociala relationer framstod som en positiv faktor medan sociala relationer var förekommande som en negativ effekt eftersom det innebär även jämförelser internt. Unga rapporterade att de spenderade mycket tid på dessa plattformar, vilket inte bara påverkar deras dagliga rutiner utan även deras mentala hälsa negativt. Den konstanta uppkopplingen kan leda till stress och ångest. Slutsatsen blev att unga upplevde dels dålig självbild, beroendeframkallande användning, dels sociala gemenskap och omtänksamhet genom bekräftande av sociala relationer.