Research

Sustainable – Discourse analysis of a fashion/fashionable term

2019.11.06 Education, Research

Nathalie Hyde-Clarke (PhD), Head of the Department of Culture and Media, Arcada UAS Sustainable: Able to be maintained at a certain rate or level; conserving an ecological balance by avoiding depletion of natural resources; able to be upheld or defended (Oxford University Dictionary 2019). Since the publication of my last blog, ‘Stranded: a critical discourse analysis’, I have been asked by students in the Kultur och Media Methodology course…

Data och mänskliga rättigheter

2019.10.26 Education, Research

John Grönvall, lärare i medieteknik, Institutionen för kultur och medie, Arcada Idag är min iPhone det mest intima föremål jag äger. Telefonen innehåller mina anteckningar, min epost, bankinformation, positionsdata, sjukdomsinfo, diverse textmeddelanden, bilder och videon av familj och vänner. Jag har lagrat alla mina lösenord i ett virtuellt bankvalv som är krypterat så effektivt att ingen någonsin skall komma åt min personliga information. Mitt fingeravtryck låser upp valvet och ger…

Find open access publications: Ebooks, e-journals and theses freely accessible for you!

2019.10.18 Education, Events, Research

What is Open Access (OA)? Open access means that research results are made freely accessible in digital form, which promotes the dissemination of research results both within the scientific community and to the public at large. The reader can read free of charge, use, copy, print, and link the OA publications. Read more about Open access in the Libguide for OA. Arcada Library recommends: DOAB (Directory of Open Access…

Our new students are curious and motivated to learn!

2019.10.10 Education, Projects, Research, Student Life

During the first week of this semester, all new students (N=684) in our bachelor programmes were invited to participate in a survey called Me and My Knowledge. The students completed the web survey during scheduled sessions, and (most probably) due to this arrangement, we managed to collect 521 responses, out of which the major part is complete. Our sincerest thanks to all participating students! With 71 statements, the web survey…

Stranded: a critical discourse analysis

2019.09.27 Education, Research

Nathalie Hyde-Clarke (PhD), Head of the Department of Culture and Media, Arcada UAS Stranded: “left without the means to move from somewhere” (Oxford University Dictionary) On Wednesday, while introducing third year Methodology students to Critical Discourse Analysis, it quickly became apparent that the world social order is in shambles. Or at least that is how it is represented in the media – and given that is almost the…

Conceptualising different amounts of student engagement and its evaluation within a course

2019.09.27 Education, Research

Jutta Törnqvist, Lecturer in Online Media, Department of Culture and Media, Arcada UAS This text discusses student-centered learning and experiments with a new approach to meet the needs of a broader type of students with varying educational and socio-economic backgrounds. As they must complete 30 credits of elective extension studies as part of their degree, students find themselves in situations where they identify and enrol for interesting subjects in other…

Managing a Change Strategy for a Website using Service- and Human-Centered Design

2019.08.30 Education, Research

Jonna Seilonen, Media Management MA student, Department of Culture and Media, Arcada UAS Supervisor: Dr. Nathalie Hyde-Clarke Examiner: Dr. Owen Kelly My master thesis is based on website service development. It analyses how a change strategy may be managed for a website based on user preferences and recommendations. The aim of the study is to provide recommendations as to how a change strategy may…

Ideals, working conditions and the future for Swedish-speaking journalists in Finland

2019.06.19 Education, Research

Ann-Sofi Berger, Media Management MA student, Department of Culture and Media, Arcada UAS Supervisor: Dr. Tiina Räisä Examiner: Dr. Mats Nylund My MA Thesis investigated the prevalent ideals among journalists within the Swedish-language media in Finland. It also inquired about their working conditions and expectations for the future. I personally find this topic very interesting since I work as a journalist myself, and there is very little discussion…