En studie av arbetsplatskommunikation på Svartsjöanstalten. Studien är genomförd med hjälp av en kvalitativ intervjustudie av intervjuer med sex stycken av de anställda, varav tre var chefer och tre kriminalvårdare och kontaktman. Frågeställningarna för studien behandlar hur säkerhetskommunikationen ser ut, vilka kommunikativa utmaningar de upplever och hur organisationsklimatet enligt dem är. Resultatet visar att det finns en gemensam uppfattning om att säkerheten ligger i de föreskrivna rutiner, regler och lagar som omgärdar verksamheten, men att det gällande säkerhetskommunikationen är upprepade mötestillfällen som är essentiellt för säkerheten. Rutinerna går även över till nästa frågeställning, där bristen eller felaktigt utförande av rutiner är det som orsakar flest konflikter. Dessa konflikter blir inte så enkelt lösta, eftersom klimatet – vilket är den tredje frågeställningen – tillåter inte fullt ut att de anställda talar med varandra med målet att lösa problemet. Det verkar föreligga en kulturellt betingad prestige som inte främjar varken säkerheten eller klimatet.

Denna uppsats ämnar studera gymnasielevers kunskap och förståelse för källkritiska metoder på Facebook. Studien genomförs i avseende att påvisa eventuella brister i gymnasieelevers kunskap om källkritik och sättet att använda det på sociala medier. De teorier som används genomgående och som uppsatsen grundar sig i är; källkritiska principer, the imperative of sharing, instrumentell och ritualiserad medieanvändning, selektiv medieanvändning samt filterbubblan och confirmation bias. I undersökningen har en kvantitativ forskningsmetod i form av webbenkäter valts, där urvalet består av 110 respondenter. Datainsamlingen har lagt in i statistikprogrammet SPSS och analyserats. I SPSS har urvalet filtrerats för resultatredovisningen så att endast svaren från de som svarat att de studerar vid gymnasiet redovisas. Resultatet av undersökningen visar att majoriteten av respondenter har goda kunskaper om källkritik och många ser sig även som källkritiska. Dock har en övervägande del respondenter svarat att de inte använder källkritiska metoder på Facebook. Detta testas genom en mängd olika frågor som exempelvis: brukar du kontrollera en nyhet som spridits på Facebook genom att jämföra med något annat nyhetsmedium? Påverkar avsändaren hur källkritisk du är till en nyhet? Resultatet visar att det finns brister i respondenternas förmåga att tillämpa källkritiska metoder på Facebook. I studien har även variabler som utbildning undersökts, där majoriteten anser att de fått tillräckligt med utbildning i skolan för att vara källkritiska på sociala medier. Dock har många av dessa respondenter samtidigt svarat att de tror att mer utbildning skulle få dem att agera mer källkritiskt. I slutsatsdelen diskuteras skolans ansvar att se till att eleverna kan utföra källkritiska metoder i praktiken. Det ligger i skolans ansvar att eleverna inte endast muntligen kan namnge väsentliga delar av källkritiska principer, utan att de även kan lära sig att använda det i vardagen.

The subject of this thesis is concerned with the organization of a course of study for slow learners in the English class using both full-length and short films to stimulate their discussion and writing.

The practice-led research was concerned with the development of the combination of high relief prints and the creation of different shades of printmaking inks through heat. The research was in the proportion of 60% practice and 40% theory. To locate this research within contemporary practice, the study began with the literature review and consideration was given to the work of artists, who use heat in their work. The literature review also investigated embossed patterns and relief techniques including the work of artists who produce imagery through pronounced relief. Existing colour systems were reviewed and these assisted a framework for correlating the colour samples that were modified through the application of heat to printing ink. This review demonstrated that there was no compelling evidence to suggest that artists had seriously taken into account the connection between heat, colour and relief pattern. Studio research consisted of a series of studies that explored the potential of heat and its facility to change the effect of printmaking inks. In this research, temperature, variation and duration were all recorded. Research also examined the ability of heat to relax and release paper fibres under pressure thereby achieving extremes of positive and negative relief, as well as embossed and textured surfaces. This was done by exploring different methods of pressing paper under heat to form and print a variety of high relief, involving concave and convex forms. The research also examined punctured paper, tears, and embossed holes and examined how the fragmentation of paper fibres could be enhanced through heat. The research culminated in the making of a series of full scale prints that demonstrate the use of heat and its ability to enable high relief prints and subtle changes of colour. The research concluded with an examination exhibition and a written dissertation.

In response to different development challenges, Tanzania is striving to achieve her fourth attribute of the National Development Vision, i.e. to have a well educated and learning society by the year 2025. The earmarked approach is to integrate Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in education system (e-learning), in order to improve teaching and learning processes, hence provision of quality education. However, Tanzania is challenged by lack of ICT infrastructures in rural areas, which affects integration of ICT in education. This thesis presents a research work to determine a cost-effective and performance efficient connectivity technology for rural secondary schools to access e-learning resources. The research surveyed wireless technologies, in order to identify potential broadband access technologies suitable for rural areas of the developing countries. Because ICT is a very dynamic sector, the identified technologies were compared by using conceptual framework to study their sustainability and thereafter, analyzed by using techno-economic approach to determine a feasible and cost effective option. Results show that, a third generation (3G) Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) operating at 900MHz is a feasible and cost - effective connectivity technology for rural areas of Tanzania. Furthermore, the research employed a simulation modelling approach to study traffic differentiation and priority scheduling mechanisms in providing Quality of Service (QoS) for e-learning applications in UMTS networks. A simulation model of the UMTS network is developed and used to study performance of e-learning applications as perceived by users. Simulation results showed that, UMTS network configured with traffic differentiation and priority scheduling can guarantee delivery of e-learning services with the required QoS. The Public Private People's Partnership (PPPP) model is proposed by this research as an implementation strategy for sustainable broadband rural connectivity solution.

My artwork is inspired by philosophical questions and personal experiences that are prompted from the colors and textures of weathered and worn metal, the changing scenery of the landscape, or from the recollections of childhood memories. The sum of these inspirations are unified by the concepts of growth and change, my own and that of the body of work. The translation of my experiences provides the opportunity to discover new variations in theme, process, and media. For example, monotype printmaking allows me to present the often overlooked beauty of metal eroding, revealing its story layer by layer. Digital photography encourages me to revisit the places of my childhood and consider the effects of the passing years. Painting provides a playground for the exploration of line, shape, texture, and color in a symbolic and nonobjective manner.

I was born the only American in my West Indian, Guyanese family. My culture played a large part in how I was brought up, and in turn, shaped the person and artist I have become. In my work, I like for my viewers to get a personal feel for what it is like to be West Indian American. My work is a cultural record of people, places, and things. I capture small, special moments because I know that they will never be recreated. My camera’s viewfinder has always been filtered through my eye as a child of immigrant parents. I use photography as my first step in creating and recording ordinary, everyday things. Photographs are captured where I feel most American eyes would by-pass or overlook their importance. However, my work must also involve my hand. Therefore, through my mark making, whether I am drawing, painting, collaging, stitching or using software, I add and subtract from my original photos. By manipulating my images, I change and emphasize a single, fleeting moment into something permanent and significant.

Experimentation is the beginning and end of all of my art. I examine the interactions of the materials that are involved in the journey of creativity. Typically, I begin a piece with an irregularly drawn line, using a white crayon to resist the media that I will later apply, thereby creating a negative line. This gestural line becomes an element that helps direct my intuitive mark-making. My process involves masking, using resists, and layering materials. I then remove the layers of media by scraping or sanding them away changing the texture of the paper. I am drawn to media that is unpredictable, difficult to control, and can be unforgiving. These qualities enhance the process of the experimentation because application of a pigmented mark cannot completely be erased. The resulting work reveals its history through the process of making it.

Society and popular culture present their ideas of perfection through the media. I wish to reinvent these standards in my art, to show the beauty of the ordinary and the grace of the flawed. Beauty, by definition, is that which gives intense aesthetic pleasure. I think that aesthetic pleasure can be found in the commonplace and I use aspects of cropping, perspective, and scale to show these everyday items as extraordinary. I want people to realize the loveliness of a street lamp, the sensuality of a smile, or the poetry of an elbow. This is the underlying theme that runs through all of my work. The evolution of the methods used to create this beauty is also important. Cropping images and adding textures to my supports has shaped my approach to realism. It has been quite a journey.

Syftet med den här studien är att undersöka Karolinska Institutets (KI) kriskommunikation under den så kallade Macchiariniaffären. Vi kommer att undersöka detta genom att titta på hur KI kommunicerade med sina intressenter och om de använde verktyg i sin krishantering i enlighet med de riktlinjer som finns inom tidigare forskning och teorin som ligger till grund för den här studien. Efter SVT släppte en dokumentärserie i tre delar i början av 2016, avslöjades en rad uppgifter om Paolo Macchiarini och hans forskning som gav upphov till misstanke för forskningsfusk och oetiska operationer. Mot bakgrund i att dokumentärserien sändes i januari 2016 och därmed kom till omvärldens kännedom fokuserar den här studien främst på tidsperioden efter sändningen av dokumentärserien, trots att de första händelserna utspelade sig under år 2014. För att kunna genomföra studien har vi valt att använda metoden kvantitativ innehållsanalys. Genom metoden och med grund i teorin Situational Crisis Communication (SCCT) kommer vi att kritiskt granska samtliga av KI:s nyhetsartiklar som rör Macchiarini och publicerades på deras webbsida under åren 2015 och 2016. Vi kommer med hjälp av tio variabler (se presentation av dessa i kap 6.6) att undersöka hur KI:s kriskommunikation såg ut under Macchiariniaffären. För att få en djupare förståelse av KI:s kommunikationsarbete har vi även genomfört en informativ intervju med KI:s kommunikationsdirektör. Syftet med intervjun är att ta reda på om KI har en förberedande kriskommunikation internt och hur det kan ha påverkat krishanteringsarbetet i samband med Macchiariniaffären. Studiens resultat visar på att KI till viss del använt sig av olika krishanteringsstrategier i sina nyhetsartiklar i enlighet med tidigare forskning och Coombs (2012) rekommendationer. Med stöd av information från intervjun var det dock ingenting KI var medvetna om, utan något som de omedvetet använt sig av. / The aim of this study is to examine how Karolinska Institutets (KI) crisis communication looked like during the occurrences of the scientist Paolo Macchiarini that arise mostly due to a documentary made by Swedish Television (SVT) and producer Bosse Lindquist. The study focuses on the occurrences that arise mainly in the beginning of 2016 even though it all started further back in time. To examine this occurrence, we look at how KI communicated with their stakeholders and if KI utilized any crisis management strategies in accordance to this studies theory and to Coombs (2012) recommendations that are presented in the theory chapter of this study. The approach of this study is based on a quantitative content analysis as method, where we critically examine all of the news articles that concerns Macchiarini and were released on KI’s website during 2015-2016. The study will be based in the theory Situational Crisis Communication Theory (SCCT). And to be able to examine the crisis communication of KI looked like during the crisis, and if they used any crisis communication management per this study’s theoretical framework, we have chosen to examine ten variables in the analyze of the 50 news articles. In addition to the content analysis we have performed an interview with the communication Director of KI to get a deeper understanding of their communication, both in-house and external, and to locate how KI handled their crisis communication during the crisis. The result of this study shows that KI partly has been using crisis management tools and strategies in their news articles per the theoretical framework of this study. Per the support of information from our completed interview, it was nothing KI was aware of, but something that they unconsciously made use of.