Den här undersökningen har i syfte att studera Stefan Löfvens tal till nationen som hölls under covid-19 pandemin 2020. Avsikten med studien har utifrån det kvalitativa materialet varit att undersöka hur lingvistik och de symboler som uttrycks i talet påverkar meningsskapande, den nationella identiteten samt om nationalism kan verka som ett inkluderande verktyg vid nationell krishantering. StudienThis paper aims to investigate the speech held by Sweden’s prime minister Stefan Löfven during the Covid-19 pandemic of 2020. The purpose of the study has been, based on the qualitative material, to explore how linguistics and symbols affect sense-making, national identity and whether nationalism can act as an inclusive tool in national crisis management. Moreover, the study has a discursive persp

Syftet med den här studien var att undersöka hur kommunikatörer upplevde att digitaliseringen har påverkat deras kompetens och sätt att arbeta med intern kommunikation inom offentlig sektor. Studiens avsikt var att bidra med kunskap om kommunikatörers mångtydiga roll och vilken betydelse interna kommunikationsdokument hade för deras praktiska arbete. För att samla in empiriskt material har en kvalThe purpose of this case study was to investigate how communicators perceived that digitalization had affected their competence and work with internal communication in the public sector. The intention of the study was to contribute with knowledge regarding communicators ambiguous role and the importance of internal communication documents for their practical work. This study was conducted through

Denna studie undersöker personalisering av politik och syftar till att åskådliggöra hur personliga och politiska berättelser konstrueras och förhåller sig till varandra på en samtida politikers egen kommunikationskanal. Tidigare forskning har tenderat att bortse från dessa kanaler och har främst fokuserat på personalisering av politik utifrån ett nyhetsmediaperspektiv. Det råder en brist på konsenThis study examines the personalization of politics and aims to investigate how personal and political narratives are constructed and related to each other on a politician's own communication channel. Previous research has tended to disregard these channels and mainly focused on personalization from a news media perspective. Whilst there is a lack of consensus regarding the spread of personali

I denna uppsats har vi med hjälp av retoriska verktyg som stilfigurer, Toulmins argumentationsmodell samt argumentativa grundbegrepp genomfört en deskriptiv redogörelse för vilka retoriska element som Statsminister Stefan Löfvens “Tal till nationen” innehåller. Dessa har vi disponerat efter dispositio och därefter analyserat utifrån en prisma av teorier om nationen och nationsidentitet. Analysen rIn this thesis, through the use of rhetorical tools, we have carried out a descriptive report of the rhetorical elements found in Prime Minister Stefan Löfven’s speech “Speech to the nation”. These we have arranged by disposition and analyzed through a prism of theories of nation and nation identity. This analysis resulted in an insight that through the speech, the Swedish nation actually presents

This thesis explores the radioactive image and poses the multi-layered question: ‘(how) can radioactivity exist as an image, when it cannot be seen, heard or felt?’. By having no sensorial qualities, radioactivity is often narrated in popular media by metaphoric association. Through close analyses of selected scenes from HBO’s tv-series Chernobyl (2019) the study suggests that a variety of tropes

Intresset för miljöfrågor har de senaste åren ökat, och likaså har vikten av dem. Enligt direktiv från EU ska alla byggnader som byggs inom EU efter år 2021 byggas som så kallade nära- nollenergibyggnader. Att bygga energisnålt kan därmed komma att bli allt mer populärt och nödvändigt. Ett passivhus är en byggnad vars syfte är att ha en låg energiförbrukning samtidigt som en god inomhusmiljö kan u

Previous research shows that there exists a procyclicality premium in some large economies like the U.S. However, this study investigates if a procyclicality premium is present in a small open economy like Sweden as well as in some developed countries around the world due to the size of the Swedish economy. The study investigates the monthly excess return of a portfolio based on Sweden and on a po

Detta är en brandteknisk riskvärdering av Gamlestadsskolan i kursen Brandteknisk riskvärdering på LTH. Gamlestadsskolan är en grund- och särskola för ungefär 650 elever belägen i Göteborg. Riskvärderingen går ut på att avgöra om säker utrymning i händelse av brand kan ske samt innefattar endast personsäkerheten och inte byggnader eller egendom. För att kunna utföra denna riskvärdering gjordes detThis report is a fire safety evaluation of the elementary school of Gamlestadsskolan in Gothenburg, Sweden. The evaluation was done to assess whether the fire safety for students, teachers and other staff is adequate. The evaluation was made in several steps and consists of a scenario analysis, choice of the two most critical scenarios to evaluate further, fire and evacuation simulations, risk eva

To feel self-evident – The Licensing of Hospital Based Social Workers As of July 1 2019 hospital based social workers can apply for a license - similar to that of doctors and psychologists - which also means that their job title is protected. The aim of this study was to explore how hospital based social workers within the children and adolescent psychiatric department related to the fact that

Organizational identity has been mostly researched through a managerial perspective, where employees are given a secondary role. This thesis approaches identity from a dynamic perspective and explores how librarian identity is enacted in daily interactions between librarians and patrons, whilst considering any implications for the organization. The research focuses on a single case where participa

This thesis explores the evolution of British nationalism regarding two major historical segments - industrialisation and imperialism - considering Brexit. The essay aims to reveal the true colours of Global Britain, and it is based on two dominant sections, the origins of British nationalism, as they are described by Ernest Gellner, Liah Greenfeld and Krishan Kumar, and its development into a har

Green technologies are essential to the development of sustainable economy and environmental protection. Stimulating innovation in green technologies requires environmental policies, regulations, public awareness, and more importantly intellectual property protection such as patents. This thesis explores the significance of patents in the green innovation process, and how patents affect the firms’

The global coverage of sociology of law (SoL) has remained limited to the Western world, due to the difficult and problematic application of its current theories and concepts in non-Western societies. Thus, the sociology of law norm concept was studied in relation to the culture of Ashanti people of Ghana. This was done to identify and valorise culturally specific issues of their society that are

Följande rapport är en brandteknisk riskvärdering av Storkyrkan i Stockholm. Syftet med rapporten är att göra en värdering av brandskyddet för ett verkligt objekt. Målet är att utvärdera brandskyddet med avseende på personsäkerheten vid olika brand- och utrymningsscenarion. Samt att i de fall personsäkerheten anses bristfällig komma med åtgärdsförslag. Rapportens avgränsningar innefattar; att kyrkThis report is a Fire Safety Evaluation of Stockholm Cathedral. The purpose with the report is to make an evaluation of the fire protection of the object. The aim is to assess the fire protection regarding personal safety in different fire- and evacuation-scenarios. And give suggestions of improvements in those cases where the personal safety is deficient. Demarcation in the report is that the ste

En undersökande studie av historiebruk och materialitet i den nya konsthistoriska basutställningen som just nu håller på att byggas på Malmö Konstmuseum. Undersökningen består av intervjuer med de två intendenter som ingår i utställningens projektgrupp. Svaren från intervjuerna analyseras utifrån teorier om historiebruk, med begreppen historiekultur och historiemedvetande för att analysera olika d

Since the end of the 20th century, society has gradually moved towards an information society where the use of the internet and the management of information has grown to become more important. While discussing digitization in the construction industry, BIM is oftentimes mentioned. Simply put, BIM is a 3d-model comprised of unique objects containing different types of information. Recent surveys i

Bolivia has experienced a drastic decline in inequality and poverty since 2000. It coincided with the administrative period of Evo Morales between 2006 and 2019. Hence, it is debated whether poverty reduction was mainly driven by economic growth alongside the commodity boom in the 2000s or by policy implementations during Morales’s presidency. This study addresses the research question: “How and w

Due to globalization, increasing amounts of water are traded across borders as virtual water embodied in traded products. The thesis traces global water trade patterns at different levels of income between 1990 and 2015 in order to test whether developed countries outsource their water-intensive production to less developed countries increasing global water use in the process. The research problem