Browsing Masters Theses by Title
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Sean Spicer is the News: The Relationship Between Sean Spicer and The White House Press Corps
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)This research concerns the relationship between former White House press secretary Sean Spicer and the White House press corps, analysed through the reportage of the daily White House press briefing. This relationship can ... -
Searching for magic in Dog Town: a photographic journey
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)This project began as an exploration of Henry F. Talbot’s 1839 description of his new photographic process as “a little bit of magic realized”. It examines the role of sympathetic magic and the participation of non-human ... -
Searching for the Digital Fāgogo: A Study of Indigenous Samoan Storytelling in Contemporary Aotearoa Digital Media
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)This research analyses the manifestation of fāgogo – an indigenous form of Samoan storytelling – in the digital media of Aotearoa. It argues that digital media and their associated frameworks have the potential to supplement ... -
Season of La Niña - a fictive memoir
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)Season of La Niña is a fictive memoir about a New Zealand flamenco dancer’s encounter with the gypsy flamenco sub-culture in Jerez de la Frontera, Andalucia, Spain. The text follows her struggle to learn the art form, her ... -
Second Ave
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)Second Ave is an Adult fiction novel set during a decade in the surly 1970s in a grunty little neighbourhood in Auckland. Dad reckons he’s living in paradise cause he’s moved the family to Second Ave where the Tip Top ... -
Second-generation migration: An exploration of New Zealand born Tongan experiences as secondary school students in Tonga
(Auckland University of Technology, 2018)This study explores the experiences of New Zealand born Tongan, young adults, who studied in a Tongan high school in their youthful years. This study was spurred on by my brother’s experience of being sent to Tonga by my ... -
Secondary school first XV rugby players’ perceptions of the coaching environment: A qualitative descriptive study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)Sport provides a number of physical, social and psychological benefits for youth. These benefits do not come from sport participation on its own, as the effects are mediated by the actions and interactions of significant ... -
Security Intelligence and the public interest
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)Abstract: The attacks of September 11 2001 created an iconic moment where our history can be defined as the pre and post 9-11 period. The impact that this event had on how states organise their national security intelligence ... -
See You on the Otherside
(Auckland University of Technology, 2013)See you on the Otherside is the tale of a man who’s unable to escape the past that plagues his mind. However, the events of his past are not as they seem, or more importantly, not as he leads the audience to believe. But ... -
Seeing the funny side: focusing on Cook Islands humour in the experience of the religious pageant Nuku.
(Auckland University of Technology, 2010)This multi-media art project investigates the notion of Cook Islands humour, and subsequently place, through the context of the religious pageant Nuku. This pageant has been practiced annually in the Cook Islands for over ... -
Seeing the world through orthopaedic eyes: the experience of being an orthopaedic nurse: a hermeneutic study
(Auckland University of Technology, 2007)This study explores the experience of being an orthopaedic nurse. As an orthopaedic nurse I had concerns that the validity of orthopaedic nursing as a unique scope of practice was being questioned. In this thesis, the case ... -
Selective commitment: player choice and dedication to end states in games
(Auckland University of Technology, 2015)There are noticeably two types of player commitments in video games, one in which the player is forced into a linear progression towards certain values, or a dominant strategy that conducts the players values. But some ... -
Selective Laser Re-melting
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)The additive manufacturing (AM) industry is heavily employed in a wide variety of applications today. Initially, the different processes have been used for concept modelling and rapid prototyping but are now capable of ... -
Self-efficacy in the Classroom: A Socio-cultural Perspective on the Contributing and Detracting Factors
(Auckland University of Technology, 2019)This thesis is an investigation into both self-efficacy and cultural capital in New Zealand classrooms. I believe that there is a useful intersection to be found between these two concepts, and through this thesis I aim ... -
Self-organising Maps (SOMs) in Software Project Management
(Auckland University of Technology, 2011)Although numerous researchers have devoted much time and effort to the issue, generating a reliable and accurate cost estimate at an early stage of the development life cycle remains a challenge to software engineers. In ... -
Semi-automated Extraction of New Product Features from Online Reviews to Support Software Product Evolution
(Auckland University of Technology, 2017)Throughout its lifetime, a software product is expected to continually improve and evolve to ensure its efficiency, utility and desirability to users, both existing and potential. This involves incrementally developing new ... -
Senior leader influence on organisational learning: the employees’ perspective
(Auckland University of Technology, 2012)Today, the world is changing at an ever increasing rate. Not only is change “happening faster, it is more dramatic and dynamic than ever before” (Adcroft, Willis, & Hurst, 2008, p. 40). For many organisations, there is ... -
The Sense of an Ending and Other Postmodern Tragedies
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)My thesis, The Sense of an Ending and Other Postmodern Tragedies, is a collection of literary short stories based on classic tragedies. Together the stories are an intertextual web which explore literary postmodernism and ... -
Senses and sensibility: a human-centred branding strategy
(Auckland University of Technology, 2014)A brand is the soul of a business. Whether we are marketing a product or a service, brand value is significantly grounded on emotions that are activated through the five human senses. Studies have indicated that successful ... -
Serious Pathologies in the Lumbar Spine: Prevalence and Diagnostic Accuracy of Red Flag Questions
(Auckland University of Technology, 2016)Low back pain is a common problem that can be seriously or chronically disabling. It is one of the most common reasons for people to visit their general practitioner and is associated with high healthcare costs. Low back ...