Globalization asserts increasing pressure on marginalized cultures and languages. While faced with the pragmatic, often economic, need to communicate via global languages such as English and Chinese, communities of non-dominant language users struggle to maintain or reestablish their own cultural and linguistic practices. This thesis considers three areas of theory to further inquiry into how revitalization contexts may operate within an increasingly borderless world. The specific focus is the CHamoru/Chamorro revitalization context on Guåhan /Guam. First, readers enter the discussion through the conduit of narrative theory which focuses on how legends spanning generations may lend insight into how the dispositions of local inhabitants developed. Second, affect theory is considered to illustrate how narratives are constructed about the future through fear and anxiety. Third, revitalization rhetoric and the emergent theory of translingualism are addressed as they lie at the intersection of narratives about the past and future. The thesis works to initiate conversations between theories which previously worked apart from one another in a context infrequently considered in an effort to establish a foundation for future research and activism on the the island of Guåhan

This study examines what it means to be a Russian LGBTQ emigrant in light of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The study follows a phenomenological research approach that differs from the commonly used scientific approach that strives for objective knowledge. Through a qualitative study consisting of 5 participants who identify themselves as Russian LGBTQ emigrants, this research examines findings via affect theory, queer theory, and theories of social and cultural trauma to ask what it means to be a Russian LGBTQ emigrant, how the LGBTQ emigrant is constructed, and how the construct of being a Russian LGBTQ emigrant affects the subject. The study shows how the meaning of being a Russian LGBTQ emigrant is constructed through the effects of affect and how these effects create a collective, social, and cultural trauma that manifests in their everyday lived experiences while shaping their prospects for the future. / <p>2023-09-14</p>

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Anchored in affect theory, how power is understood through feelings rather than logic (Schaefer 2016), and civic imagination, the desire to create shared spaces to communicate hopes for the future (Jenkins, Peters-Lazaro &amp; Shresthova 2020, s. 183), this paper aims to discuss two questions: How are political and/or social messages reproduced in entertainment media? What effect does it have to implement political messages and/or social issues in entertainment related media content?  Two music videos from Taylor Swift’s discography will be analyzed through a multimodal analysis: The man (2020), which addresses the gender equality issue, and You need to calm down (2019), which addresses hatred directed towards the HBTQ+-community. Edutainment, education through entertainment, is understood to be a good way of achieving attitude changes in society, since it targets the audience’s emotions rather than their rational mind, which is a more effective way to create engagement (Usdin, Scheepers, Goldstein &amp; Japhet 2005). The media habits of younger generations are understood to adhere foremost to the individual’s interests, and media content is evaluated by its ability to entertain or its use for personal development (Boczkowski, Mitchelstein &amp; Matassi 2018; Galan, Osserman, Parker &amp; Taylor 2019).     This paper concludes that infotainment/edutainment imitates current discourses as well as challenge these from the perspective of civic imagination and the thought of a better future, with the help of storytelling through characters that are meant to evoke interest and engagement through emotions. / Med resonemang förankrade i affektteori, att makt upplevs och förstås genom känslor (Schaefer 2016), och begreppet civic imagination, strävan efter att skapa gemensamma utrymmen för att diskutera möjliga framtider (Jenkins, Peters-Lazaro &amp; Shresthova 2020, s. 183), ämnar uppsatsen undersöka två frågor: Hur reproduceras politiska och/eller sociala budskap i nöjesmedia? Vilken effekt uppnås av att implementera politiska budskap och/eller sociala frågor i nöjesrelaterat medieinnehåll?   Med multimodal analys som metod analyserar uppsatsen två musikvideor från Taylor Swifts katalog: The man (2020) och You need to calm down (2019) som behandlar jämställdhetsfrågan respektive hat mot HBTQ+-rörelsen. Uppsatsens teoretiska utgångspunkt består i edutainment, kunskapsförmedling via underhållning, som Usdin, Scheepers, Goldstein och Japhet (2005), menar är ett bra sätt åstadkomma en attitydförändring i samhället, då det spelar an på mediekonsumenternas känslor istället för att presentera fakta och argument. En förståelse för dagens medievanor hämtas från Boczkowski, Mitchelstein och Matassi (2018) och Galan, Osserman, Parker och Taylor (2019), som beskriver att mediekonsumtion utgår från individens intressen och bedöms efter sitt underhållningsvärde och utvecklingsvärde.    Uppsatsen landar i förståelsen att infotainment/edutainment spelar an på befintliga diskurser, och utmanar dessa med hjälp av civic imagination för att introducera en alternativ, bättre värld, genom att berätta berättelser genom karaktärer för att engagera mediekonsumenternas känslor.

Bryan Lee O'Malley's "Scott Pilgrim" series is, arguably, one of the most important American literary works of the early twenty-first century. Evaluating this work w/r/t multimediality and simultaneous multiliteracy, emotions and affective states, friends and their informal economies, and the role of active fandoms in current artistic production, this thesis seeks to explain why "Scott Pilgrim" has found such deep resonance with a generation of kids growing up at the time of publication.

Affektmedvetenhet avser förmågan att vara medveten om, tolerera och uttrycka affekter. Affektskola är en gruppintervention och avser att öka individers affektmedvetenhet samt förmågan att uppleva och uttrycka affekter. Forskning avseende affektskola har gjorts på kliniska grupper men få studier har utförts på en icke-klinisk population. Psykologstudenter kan argumenteras gynnas av en hög affektmedvetenhet och känsla av sammanhang (KASAM) i sin kommande profession. Även hög KASAM kan ses som fördelaktigt då det korrelerar med psykisk hälsa. Studien syftade att undersöka effekterna av genomförd modifierad version av affektskola med frågeställningen om affektskola leder till ökad affektmedvetenhet och KASAM. 33 psykologstudenter vid Linnéuniversitetet fick förfrågan om deltagande. Deltagarna fyllde i självskattningsformulär (KASAM-29, TAS-20, Affektfobitestet) före affektskolans start, efter affektskolan avslutats samt en månad efter affektskolan avslutats. Resultatet visade på nästintill oförändrade medelvärden mellan mättillfällena och att interventionen affektskola inte ledde till någon mätbar förändring. Resultatet talar för att affektmedvetenhet och KASAM är stabila egenskaper. Korrelationsanalyser visade däremot på medelstarka korrelationer mellan affektmedvetenhet och KASAM. Framtida studier bör vidare undersöka detta samband för att ge en djupare förståelse för dess förhållande till psykisk ohälsa. / Affect consciousness is the ability to be aware of, tolerate and express affects. Affect-school is a group intervention that aims to increase individuals' affect consciousness and ability to experience and express affects. Studies on affect-school have been made on clinical groups but only a few on nonclinical populations. Psychology students are arguable favoured by high levels of affect consciousness in their future profession. High levels of sense of coherence (SOC) is also favorable as SOC correlates with mental health. The purpose of the study was to explore the effects of a modified version of affect-school with the research question if affect-school leads to increased levels of affect consciousness and SOC. 33 psychology students at Linnéaus University were asked to participate. The contestants completed questionnaires (KASAM-29, TAS-20, Affektfobitestet) before the affect-school begun, after the affect-school was terminated and one month after the affect-school was terminated. The results showed almost no changes of the mean values between the different times of measurement which indicates that the intervention did not lead to any changes. The results suggest that affect consciousness and SOC are stable traits. However, correlation analysis indicated moderate correlations between affect consciousness and SOC. This correlation should be further investigated in future studies to provide a deeper understanding of the constructs and their relationship to mental health.

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