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Social Inequalities and the Reform of Romanian Public Pension System by Law no. 127/2019
2019
Social protection system had developed in order to ensure the protection of the citizens, but also to maintain the economic growth of the country. The importance of the pension system is given by its social purpose, which is poverty alleviation, adequacy of income and consumption smoothing at retirement. In countries of Central and Eastern Europe, the income inequalities – main cause of poverty, had increased with the economic development. The aim of this paper is to show the changes brought to Romanian public pension system by the Law no. 127/2019 regarding the provided benefits vis-à-vis of social inequalities existing among elderly people.
The Influence of Religion on Life Satisfaction in Italy
2021
Italy is the cradle of Catholicism and, despite the secularization process, religion continues to be part of its national culture. Although Italian sociologists have investigated the religious paradigm in Italy, there are aspects of such phenomenon still little explored. This paper examines the potential influence religion has on individuals’ life satisfaction. Data from the European Value Study survey provides evidence of a two-way interaction between religion and life satisfaction, with a substantial effect only in the case of public religious forms. This association seems to be moved by the mechanism of social support, and it differs across Italian regions. Results confirm the hypothesis…
Communicative Functions of Hashtags
2018
Abstract Despite the initial function of hashtags as tools for sorting and aggregating information according to topics, the social media currently witness a diversity of uses diverging from the initial purpose. The aim of this article is to investigate the communicative functions of hashtags through a combined approach of literature review, field study and case study. Different uses of hashtags were subjected to semantic analysis in order to disclose generalizable trends. As a result, ten communicative functions were identified: topic-marking, aggregation, socializing, excuse, irony, providing metadata, expressing attitudes, initiating movements, propaganda and brand marketing. These findin…
Velkommen til Norge : en studie av Refugees Welcome to Norway og Refugees Welcome to Vest-Agders kommunikasjon i sosiale medier
2016
Masteroppgave samfunnskommunikasjon- Universitetet i Agder, 2016 I denne oppgaven undersøkes Refugees Welcome to Norway og Refugees Welcome to Vest- Agders kommunikative praksiser på Facebook med et fokus på retorisk og tematisk innhold. Spørsmålet som søkes å besvares er følgende: Hvordan bruker frivillige hjelpeorganisasjoner sosiale medier til å kommunisere en vanskelig og omfattende flyktningsituasjon for å prøve å fremme et frivillig engasjement? Til grunn for oppgaven ligger teorier om sosiale medier og moderne retorikk. Studien har en kvalitativ innretning og benytter en triangulering av metodene tekstanalyse og kvalitative intervjuer. I tekstanalysen undersøkes innlegg på facebookgr…
Kommunikasjonsstrategiske utfordringer innen non-profitt sektoren : stiftelsen Arkivet som case
2016
Masteroppgave samfunnskommunikasjon- Universitetet i Agder, 2016 Denne avhandlingen belyser non-profitt organisasjoners kommunikasjon, sett i sammenheng med strategisk bruk av sosiale medier. Videre er Stiftelsen Arkivet brukt som case. Sosiale medier er et aktuelt område for hvordan organisasjoner kan bruke dette i sin markedsføring. Målet for avhandlingen er å belyse hvilke utfordringer som fremkommer ved bruken av sosiale medier strategisk for non-profitt organisasjoner. I lys av dette er det foretatt intervjuer ved ansatte hos Stiftelsen Arkivet. Det er også gjort en kort innholdsanalyse av Facebook siden deres. Tidligere forskning på området, og teori om strategisk kommunikasjon er anv…
Bruk av Facebook blant karenfolk : et kvalitativt studie av sosiale medier i en flyktningleir
2016
Masteroppgave samfunnskommunikasjon- Universitetet i Agder, 2016 The purpose of this paper is to illustrate the use of Facebook among a young group of students at a Bible school in a refugee camp called Mae La Refugee Camp. The students are Karen people, an ethnic minority who mainly live in Burma and Thailand. There is relatively little research on the use of social media among this specific group. In addition, the situation around the students are currently changing fast because of political changes in both Thailand and Myanmar, but also on the basic of increased access to modern communications technology in previously isolated refugee camps like the Mae La Refugee Camp. The paper is base…
Framtidas eldre - hva mener de egentlig om velferdsteknologi? : En studie om holdninger til teknologi i morgendagens helsetjeneste
2017
Masteroppgave i helse- og sosialinformatikk HSI500 - Universitetet i Agder 2017 Background: In 2040 the number of elderly (< 80 years) will double. Welfare technology is introduced as one of the solutions to the challenges health care is facing (Parliamentary report 29 (2012-2013)). There is little data on the elderly’s attitudes about services in the years to come and their attitudes toward welfare technology.Aim: The aim of the study was to mapattitudes towardwelfare technology among the future generation of elderlyin the municipality of Grimstad, as well as to assess predictors for positivetechnology attitudes.Research method: On the basis of Theory of planned behavior (Ajzen, 1985),aque…
Ultra Reliable Communication in 5G Networks: A Dependability-based Availability Analysis in the Space Domain
2017
Master's thesis Information- and communication technology IKT591 - University of Agder 2017 As our daily life is becoming more dependent on wireless and mobile services, seamless network connectivity is of utmost importance. Wireless networks are expected to handle the growing demand for applications which require higher capacity, without failure. Therein, wireless connectivity is regarded as an essential requirement for a wide range of applications in order to support exible and cost-e ective services. As part of the fth generation (5G) communication paradigm, ultra reliable communication (URC) is envisaged as an important technology pillar for providing anywhere and anytime services to en…
Assessing risk perception over recidivist traffic offenders from a multi-group approach: how gendered could it be?
2022
ABSTRACT Objective: The core aim of this study was to examine the predictive role of demographic, psychosocial and driving features of Spanish drivers on their risk perception over recidivist traffic offenders, focusing on gender as a key differentiating factor. Method: For this cross-sectional study, it was analyzed the data gathered from a nationwide sample of 1,711 licensed drivers from the 17 regions of Spain (49% females, 51% males) with a mean age of 40.07 years, responding to a telephone-based interview on road safety issues. Demographic, driving-related and psychosocial factors were comparatively analyzed through robust tests and a bias-corrected MGSEM (Multi-Group Structural Equati…
On the spatial configuration of scatterers for given delay-angle distributions
2014
Published version of an article in the journal: Engineering Letters. Also available from the publisher at: http://www.engineeringletters.com/issues_v22/issue_1/EL_22_1_05.pdf. Open access This paper investigates the distribution of scatterers located around the mobile station (MS) for given delay-angle distributions. The delay-angle distribution function represents the joint probability density function (PDF) of the time-ofarrival (TOA) and angle-of-arrival (AOA). Given such a joint PDF, we first derive a general expression for the distribution of the scatterers in both polar and Cartesian coordinates. We then analyze an important special case in which the TOA and the AOA follow the multipl…