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Debatten som sporet av. En kvantitativ innholdsanalyse av Bergensavisen og Bergens Tidendes dekningen av Bybanes fjerde byggetrinn mot Åsane
(Master thesis, 2017-09-30)Hvor Bybanens trasé mot Åsane skal ligge, har vært en av Bergens viktigste og mest omtalte saker. I spissen for denne dekningen har Bergensavisen og Bergens Tidende stått. I lyset av pressens samfunnsoppdrag og statens ... -
Decadal Scale Changes in Glacier Area in the Hohe Tauern National Park (Austria) Determined by Object-Based Image Analysis
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-01-15)In this paper, we semi-automatically classify clean and debris-covered ice for 145 glaciers within Hohe Tauern National Park in the Austrian Alps for the years 1985, 2003, and 2013. We also map the end-summer transient ... -
Decent Work: Principles, policies and programmes of the International Labour Organisation
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Decentralizing environmental policy implementation: The Case of the Zambian national policy on environment
(Master thesis, 2012-05-29)The NPE placing emphasis on facilitating environmental integration, decentralization, community participation and privatization and further developement, is close to the end of its intended implementation phase. This study ... -
Decision-making and scalar biases in solar photovoltaics roll-out
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Rapid roll-out of solar photovoltaic (PV) energy is a key component of decarbonising energy systems. Yet clear risks are involved, including footprints from land use and infrastructure as well as socio-economic inequalities. ... -
Decision-Shaping From the Outside: Measuring and explaining the degree of preference attainment in the EEA EFTA Comments
(Master thesis, 2020-08-21)The membership of Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway in the European Economic Area (EEA) has often been suggested to entail a democratic deficit. These three European Free Trade Association (EFTA) members have to implement ... -
Deep Neural Nets and the Language Instinct
(Master thesis, 2023-12-01)In this masters thesis we will conduct a series of translation experiments with sentences that deviate from the principles of universal grammar on human participants and the machine learning models NLLB200 and ChatGPT. ... -
Deep Time Growing Neural Network vs Convolutional Neural Network for Intelligent Phonocardiography
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)This paper explores the capabilities of a sophisticated deep learning method, named Deep Time Growing Neural Network (DTGNN), and compares its possibilities against a generally well-known method, Convolutional Neural network ... -
Deepfake Detection: Analyzing Model Generalization Across Architectures, Datasets, and Pre-Training Paradigms
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)As deepfake technology gains traction, the need for reliable detection systems is crucial. Recent research has introduced various deep learning-based detection systems, yet they exhibit limitations in generalising effectively ... -
Defending parenthood: A look at parents' legal argumentation in Norwegian care order appeal proceedings
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-08)This paper examines parents' legal argumentation in 15 appealed care order (child removal) cases in one Norwegian district court, asking on what grounds parents appeal their case. I investigate the pragmatic, ethical, and ... -
Defending what is ours: Territorial property rights, maps and indigeneity in the Peruvian central rain forest
(Master thesis, 2012-06-21)The aim of the thesis is to identify and analyse central dynamics in the encounter between the indigenous population and settlers in a Native Community in the Peruvian central Amazon. The indigenous residents are subsistence ... -
Defining the playing field: A framework for analysing fairness in access to resources, media and the law
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-02)The playing field is a concept often used to describe level of fairness in electoral competition. With Levitsky and Way’s definition of the playing field as a case in point, this paper takes a critical look at existing ... -
Dekningen av fotball-VM i Qatar - dilemmaet mellom sport og menneskerettigheter
(Master thesis, 2023-06-01)Utgangspunktet for denne oppgaven er å undersøke praktiseringen av kritisk og undersøkende sportsjournalistikk i norske sportsredaksjoner. Verdensmesterskapet i fotball i Qatar i 2022 er brukt som case for å belyse hvilke ... -
Deliberasjon og retorikk i klimadiskursen i Europaparlamentet
(Master thesis, 2009-06-01)Denne studien tar sikte på å analysere tre debatter i Europaparlamentet, som fant sted i perioden 1992-2007, med klimapolitikk som tema. Arbeidet tar utgangspunkt i to teoretiske perspektiver: et deliberativt og et retorisk. ... -
Deliberative systems theory and citizens’ use of online media: testing a critical theory of democracy on a high achiever
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Deliberative systems theory is a promising candidate for a normative theory of democracy that combines ideal requirements with feasibility. Yet, recent theoretical elaborations and studies of citizens’ online media use ... -
Delineating boundariesbetween 'us' and 'them': A reception study of the representation of Muslim characters in the television serial 24
(Doctoral thesis, 2014-11-07)This thesis presents an examination of the US television serial 24’s representation of Muslim characters, and it explores to what extent the perception of these characters can be determined by the cultural and ethnic ... -
The Demise of an Agency Director – A Puzzling Saga of Political Control and Professional Autonomy.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-02)This article aims at addressing the relationship between expertise and politics by examining a reorganization process of Statistics Norway. The puzzle is why a minor reorganization with low political salience, in a ... -
Democracy and Civil Society: An Investigation into the activities of MISA-Zimbabwe in Promoting Media Freedom in Zimbabwe
(Master thesis, 2009-12-15)Zimbabwe, like many other African countries as well as other non-African developing nations is faced with the growing abuse of freedom of expression and media freedom. This is mainly due to the fact that developing nations ... -
Democratic Legitimacy in South Asia and Beyond : Does Culture Matter?
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-08-12)Demokrati har fått verdensomspennende offentlig aksept som et ideelt system for styring. Forskere om demokrati utfører mye forskning, inkludert undersøkelser, for å identifisere kildene til legitimitet for demokrati. Denne ...