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Social media in the hospitality industry: An empirical study how hotel managers deal with user-generated content
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-NHS/2013;, Master thesis, 2013-06-17)Social media has gained in importance in the last years. With the revolution of the World Wide Web from simple tool to complex platform, user-generated content and online customer reviews have had a great impact on both ... -
Social Media Natives' Invisible Online Spaces: Proposing the Concept of Digital Gemeinschaft 2.0
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-07)This study proposes the concept of “digital Gemeinschaft 2.0,” through examining Rich Ling’s employment of Ferdinand Tönnies’ Gesellschaft (market society) and Gemeinschaft (fellowship), when conceptualizing the “digital ... -
Social media users’ online subjective well-being and fatigue: A network heterogeneity perspective
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-07)Scholars have drawn increasing attention to the implications of the dark side of social media for users’ online subjective well-being (OSWB). We develop a research framework based on the limited-capacity model to examine ... -
Social media wellbeing: Perceived wellbeing amidst social media use in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023-02)Social media use is a topical issue and raises several concerns including online comparison and social media fatigue, which have implications on the perceived wellbeing of users. Thus, this study explores how university ... -
Social stratification and sustainable lifestyles: lifestyle choices based on education and gender
(Bachelor thesis, 2021)In this thesis, I examine the following question: to what extent does education and gender influence lifestyle choices, within a sustainable perspective? I tried to answer the research question by using a qualitative ... -
Social Ties and Purpose of Work in the Principal-Agent Relationship
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-HH/2017;, Master thesis, 2017-06)This paper investigates the effect of strengthening social ties and purpose of work on motivation in the principal-agent relationship. We hypothesise that by building social ties to employees and give them purpose of work, ... -
Social work and families in child welfare in Malawi: social workers considerations when placing a child outside the home
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)This article discusses professional discretion in relation to placing a child outside the family, as understood by Malawian social workers. The article is a product of an exploratory study covering different aspects of ... -
Social work bachelor students' knowledge awareness during Field practice: Students perspektives
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Social work has increasingly become a research-based discipline, while at the same time acknowledging the importance of knowledge gained through practical experience and user knowledge. Awareness of various forms of knowledge ... -
Social Work Practitioners’ Ethical Reflections after Resolved Child Protection (custody) Cases of Immigrant Children, and the Effects of Reflections on Child Protection Practice
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IS/2019;, Master thesis, 2019-05-29)Professional obligation for child protection by social workers remains a complex phenomenon infused with stringent adherance to various roles and responsibilities, regulations, values, and laws, such that their observance ... -
Social work with children and human rights
(Chapter, 2023)This chapter explores human rights in social work with children, based on cases from several countries in the world. Human rights and social justice differ across countries and cultures. This is complicated further in ... -
social workers experiances working with unacompanied minors
(Master thesis, 2020)AIM OF THE STUDY In this thesis I will analyze the existing knowledge regarding the unaccompanied minor asylum seekers and the way social workers approach them. I will look at different conventions and treaties that Norway ... -
Social workers understanding of extended family's position in child welfare in Lithuania, Chile and Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-09)Child welfare services around the world deal with families and family complexities. The study from Chile, Lithuania and Norway explores how social workers define family and more specific the position of extended families ... -
Social-Ecological Peace – A framework to analyze the transition from violence to peace in post-conflict areas, applied to Aceh, Indonesia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)While the analysis of peace often stops with "negative peace" in conflict studies (Shields 2017), critical structural analyses of a transition towards peace risk to analytically emphasize how wartime structures extend into ... -
Societal safety, archaeology and the investigation of contemporary mass graves
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2006-12)The article focuses on the role of archaeological investigations into mass graves and subsequent revelation of truth and enforcement of justice. Post violent conflict state authorities or rebels ordered massive killings ... -
Societal Safety, Trust and the Investigation of Modern Mass Graves
(PhD thesis UiS;268, Doctoral thesis, 2015-10-26) -
Sociological game theory: Agency, social structures and interaction processes
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-08)This article presents two sociological theories, alternatives to classical game theory. These social science-based game theories discussed here present reformulations of classical game theory in applied mathematics (CGT). ... -
Soil- A homeland story in the Palestinian diaspora: A study on the function of imagination and memory as narrative techniques in documentary storytelling.
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IMS/2020;, Master thesis, 2020-12-29)Among the Palestinians in Sweden, homeland stories cross the frontiers of the diaspora through the memories of ancestors and the imagination of children. But how do these stories convert into documentaries that cross the ... -
«SOM Å LEVE I EN KRIGSSONE» - BARNS ERFARING MED Å VOKSE OPP MED VOLD I NÆRE RELASJONER
(Bachelor thesis, 2023) -
«Som å rope inn i en fjellvegg» - en studie av brukeres misnøye med NAV uttrykt i sosiale medier
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IS/2012;, Master thesis, 2012)Internett spiller en stadig større rolle i samfunnet, og fremstår per dags dato som det viktigste medium i Norge (NTB, 2012). Samtidig som flere nordmenn daglig benytter Internett, har bruken av sosiale medier skutt i ... -
«Som å snakke til en vegg» : personer med rusmiddelproblemer og deres erfaringer med brukermedvirkning i møter med sosialtjenesten
(Masteroppgave/UIS-SV-IH/2009;, Master thesis, 2009)Artikkelen er en presentasjon av en studie som har som mål å få kunnskap om hvordan brukermedvirkning inngår i møtene mellom personer med rusmiddelproblemer og utøvere i sosialtjenesten. Studiens datamaterial består av 8 ...