Masters Theses: Recent submissions
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Maintaining Friendships Through Computer- Mediated Communication: An Investigation of University Students’ Use of Asynchronous and Synchronous Communication
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)This study investigates the ways in which university students maintain their existing friendships through different forms of computer-mediated communication (CMC). It aims to contribute to a greater understanding about ... -
An Examination of the Experiences of Organisational Restructuring on the Working Lives of Older Women
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Restructuring has emerged as a contemporary business practice utilised by organisations to remain competitive in increasingly globalised, neo-liberal free markets, and has contributed to the transformation of work in the ... -
Author Identification in Free Texts
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Information Extraction is a popular topic in the Natural Language Processing area. This thesis focuses on author identi cation in free text. This study divided the author identi cation task into two subtask, quotation ... -
Maori Cosmic Horror
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)This thesis consists of practice-led research in the form of a full-length script for a feature film. A summary of the script is as follows: Annette, Adam and Josh take up residence in a small country community. It’s ... -
Your Intuition Is Always Wrong
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Bobby Kent is a young woman so paralysed by her own anxiety that she’s unable to get on a plane to university. Instead, she retreats to the apartment of an old high school friend, while having troublesome visions of the ... -
A Singular Man: The Life of Dr Andrew Sinclair 1794-1861
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Thesis Governor Robert Fitzroy appointed Dr Andrew Sinclair as colonial secretary to New Zealand in January 1844. No one in the country knew who Dr Sinclair was, or if he was qualified for a top government job in a troubled ... -
Duregraph: Exploring Duration in the Post-photographic Image
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)This practice-led research project artistically considers how experienced time might be perceived in manipulated photographic images. The inquiry is developed through a series of digital images whose content is renegotiated ... -
The Truth About Writing Teenage Fiction As I Now Know It
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Young adults. On the brink of adulthood, they wait, sometimes impatiently, for that day to arrive so they can be older, wiser, free of the constraints they often feel hold them back. It is during these years of growth and ... -
Teenagers and Marketing Communication on Instagram
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)This study aims to determine if teenagers between the ages of 14-16 years are aware of the marketing communication tactics they are exposed to on Instagram. The study focuses on Instagram because it is one of the most ... -
Conversations About Poverty in New Zealand: How the News Media Framed Metiria Turei’s Confession and Resignation Prior to the 2017 General Election
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)This thesis analyses how the news media framed Metiria Turei’s confession and resignation prior to the 2017 General Election. In particular it investigates how poverty is portrayed, in the 10 weeks of the campaign period ... -
War & Bees
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)This thesis consists of practice-led research in the form of a full-length script for a feature film; plus, a 6000-word essay (exegesis). A summary of the script is as follows. Bridget, a devout Catholic woman, returns ... -
A Kaiako Perspective of Inquiry-based Learning in a Wānanga Setting
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Wānanga are self-determined places of learning and discovery. They are an indigenous educational provider trying to establish their own identity and to be consequential to Māori education and for all people of Aotearoa New ... -
He pukenga wai, he nohoanga tāngata. He nohoanga tāngata, he putanga kōrero: The Whanganui River, People, Knowledge, Technology and Place
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Many indigenous cultures are facing the struggle of language revitalisation. The need for constant effort and contribution has resulted in assessment and experiments in use of modern technologies. This research seeks to ... -
He Kōrero Paki nō Tawhiti mai: Narratives from Distant Past
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)He Kōrero Paki nō Tawhiti mai: Narratives from Distant Past Te Wai Ka Tō hia He Wai Mā Ū; Caught by the drag of the water Kei roto i ngā waiata tuku iho, ko ngā reo whakapapa, ko ngā reo whakatauki me ngā reo pūrākau. ... -
Rise - All Roads Lead to Rome, but so Few to Its Women: The Challenges of Writing a Feminist Historical Novel Set During the Late Roman Republic
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)RISE is a historical novel, set during the late Roman Republic. It follows the lives of three protagonists; Servilia, Clodia, and Fulvia, as they experience love and pain, discover their identities, and claim their power. ... -
The Design and Application of Self-assembled Cooperative Catalysts
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)This thesis describes the application of self-assembly and cooperativity in the design of efficient catalytic systems. In particular, we are looking at chemical reactions which require two or more catalytic units working ... -
Does Remaining at Home With a Homecare Package Promote Maintenance of Life Skills and Enhance Quality of Life
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)This mixed methodology study investigated whether provision of a homecare package promotes maintenance of life skills and quality of life in older adults, from their perspective. Twelve participants, 49 to 80+ years of ... -
Toward a New Climate Rhetoric: Appropriating Authority, Mobilising Anger and Radical Politics to Activate the Alarmed Youth
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)The climate and ecological crises are the most urgent existential threats facing humanity. Creative communication approaches on this topic are required to counter the ideological constraints of mainstream news media and ... -
Concepts of Creation, Representations and Vulnerable Populations: The Terraform of a Science Fiction Novel
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Prisoners in the Temple of Money is a science fiction novel with comedic elements, set against the socio-political backdrop of a world where humanity having fled a dead Earth to spread across the solar system, struggle to ... -
"Digital Trust": How Team Leaders View Trust in Global Virtual Teams
(Auckland University of Technology, 2020)Global virtual teams may be a new phenomenon to many people, but they are quickly becoming commonplace within companies and organisations (Brahm & Kunze, 2012). With this increase in the use of global virtual teams it is ...