Det faktum att grafiska formgivare behöver använda sig av medieteknik i arbetet varje dag indikerar att technostress kan påverka deras yrkesutövning. Den här uppsatsen handlar därför om i vilken grad technostress upplevs hos grafiska formgivare i mediebranschen. Uppsatsens syfte är att öka helhetsförståelsen om hur technostressen kan yttra sig i förhållande till denna yrkesgrupps kommunikation samt produktion genom användande av medieteknik. För att klargöra vad det är som stressar grafiska formgivare kommer studien att diskutera vilka olika stressfaktorer som kan upplevas vid användning av deras medieteknik. De olika stressfaktorer som kan uppstå genom användning vid medieteknik kallas för techno creators. Studien avser därför att synliggöra vilka techno creators som kan förekomma/upplevas mest i deras produktionsprocess. Genom kvalitativa intervjuer tillsammans med fem grafiska formgivare i Malmö har studien genomförts med en induktiv ansats. Empirin samt teorin har analyserats med varandra varpå frågeställningarna besvaras i slutsatsen. Studien tyder på att två av fem techno creators upplevs hos fem formgivare i Malmö. / The fact that graphic designers need to use mediatechnology in their everyday work indicates that technostress can affect their professional practice. This study therefore aims how much technostress is experienced by graphic designers in the mediaindustry. The purpose of this thesis is to increase the overall understanding of how the technostress expresses itself through their communication and producing when they use their mediatechnology.To clarify what stresses graphic designers, the study will discuss which different stressfactor that can occur when they use their mediatechnology. The various stressors that can arise through mediatechnology is called techno creators. The study therefore intends to aim which techno creator that can occur or are the most experienced in their workprocess.Through qualitative interviews with five graphic designers in Malmö, the study has been conducted with an inductive approach. The empire and the theory have been analyzed with each other, and the research question has been answered in the result. The study points out that two out of five techno creators are experienced by five designers in Malmö.

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This research thesis aims to explore the interplay between the recent introduction of generative artificial intelligence at work and professional role identity. As the public introduction of generative artificial intelligence shook up people’s lives in November 2022, we have reasons to think that an exploration of workers’ professional role identity regardinggenerative artificial intelligence is relevant. Due to the recent studies related to the massive introduction of artificial intelligence in the content creators’ field, we chose to explore how their role and their identity are evolving. Organizations face challenges in managing artificial intelligence systems and their impact on professional role identity, which, however, has received limited scholarly attention and is not well-understood yet. While prior research has studied various aspects related to artificial intelligence and has suggested that artificial intelligence can enhance productivity, efficiency, and prosperity, it has to a large extent neglected the influence of artificial intelligence on professional role identities. Therefore, this research aims to contribute to artificial intelligence literature by providing empirical insights into the evolution of work and identity.  To address the abovementioned gap, we build on previous research and conduct a qualitative study. We gathered important insights through interviews with several content creators, including photographers and designers from different countries, to discuss their experiences and elaborate a more comprehensive approach to the potential consequences of the introduction of generative artificial intelligence at work. Taking inspiration from a phenomenological approach, clarifications have been brought forward on the reasons exposed by content creators to introduce generative artificial intelligence in their work process and the consequences of such a choice. A broader perspective has been borrowed in order to question the legitimacy of clients and peers regarding the integration of generative artificial intelligence at work. More than adding a layer on the benefits of the introduction of generative artificial intelligence at work, our thesis sheds light on what we call “a dual motion” for workers’role identity, highlighting both interactions between generative artificial intelligence at work and professional role identity, challenging and enhancing each other. Additionally, this research explores manners content creators can enrich their work with generative artificial intelligence. This thesis gains perspective on this subject and aims to expose practical implications for workers to inform and broaden people’s minds about generative artificial intelligence.

Den här studien undersöker vilka affordanser sociala medie plattformarna X, Instagram och Rumble förser och hur affordanserna används av tre olika antifeministiska kreatörer. Vi använde oss av Treem och Leonardis teori om affordanser, där observationsschemat delades in i synlighet, varaktighet, redigerbarhet och anknytning. Resultatet i studien visar att användarna interagerar över flera plattformar och ofta använder länkar för att koppla samman sina konton. Detta ger dem möjlighet att sprida och förstärka antifeministiska perspektiv över olika kanaler. Affordanser används både av användarna och publiken för att uttrycka hat mot kvinnor i exempelvis livechatten i livestreams eller inlägg på X. Detta kan skapa en "vi" mot "dem" mentalitet vilket utnyttjas av antifeminister för att locka publik. Designen i sociala medier plattformarna främjar inte heller kritiskt tänkande bland publiken vilket underlättar för antifeminister att skapa och upprätthålla en lojal publik som inte får möjligheten att ifrågasätta de budskap som antifeministerna förmedlar. / This study examines the affordances provided by the social media platforms X, Instagram, and Rumble and how these affordances are utilized by three different anti-feminist creators. We applied Treem and Leonardi's theory of affordances, where an observation chart was divided into visibility, persistence, editability, and association. The results of the study indicate that users interact across multiple platforms and often use links to connect their accounts. This allows them to disseminate and reinforce anti-feminist perspectives across different channels. Affordances are utilized both by users and the audience to express misogyny, for example, in a live chat during livestreams or posts on X. This can create an 'us' versus 'them' mentality, which is exploited by anti-feminists to attract an audience. The design of social media platforms also does not promote critical thinking among the audience, facilitating anti-feminists in creating and maintaining a loyal audience that is not given the opportunity to question the messages conveyed by the anti-feminists.

The thesis "The documentary series Kmeny from the perspective of creators and viewers" addresses the audience reception and notions of culture documentary series producer strains. Kmeny are unique documentary series that aired on Česká televize from March 2015 to June 2015. The aim is to describe the primary intention of producers representing various urban subcultures and this plan will be confronted with the reception of the audience. The theoretical part focuses on the documentary, his conception of the role and film-maker. Further describes several approaches to research audiences and influence of media messages to the audience. Research will be presented to representatives of the main concepts of cultural studies - Stuart Hall and John Fiske. The last part will focus on the aesthetics receptionist kostnická škola. The research part will be done through interviews with viewers and creators. Secondary research method will be in-depth interviews with viewers within an ethnographic approach.

The main goal of the thesis is establishing market value of the company Severoceske doly as of 1.1.2009. In the introduction, there is a brief profile of the company along with some of the pecularities of entrepreneurship in mining. Third section of the thesis is focused on the strategic analysis. The outcome is revenue prognosis of the company in three variant scenarios. Subsequent section 4 is focused on the financial analysis, the result of which is assessment of the company`s financial health. Prediction of the value creators and set up of a financial plan is the task of the fifth section. The sixth section contains resulting assessment by means of the DCF Equity method. Value of the company is established as an interval range. Market comparison method has been used as an additional method of appraisal.

Los creadores de contenido de tecnología son usuarios que comparten contenido con cierto grado de producción y en muchos casos cuentan con experiencia en el tema que tocan en sus videos, ya sea hardware, software o servicios. Durante la pandemia Covid-19 los usuarios no podían acceder de manera física a los productos y menos conocer la experiencia de los servicios, no obstante, los canales de tecnología han sido muy buena fuente para conocer un smartphone, una laptop o cómo va el servicio de determinado proveedor de internet. Por ese motivo, en esta investigación se analizó el comportamiento de las comunidades de Perusmart y Jesús Veliz, también se busca conocer el nivel de credibilidad de ambos canales durante el estado de emergencia que atravesó Perú y el mundo. / Technology content creators are users who share content with a certain degree of production and in many cases have experience in the subject they touch on in their videos, be it hardware, software or services. During the Covid-19 pandemic, users could not physically access the products and even less know the experience of the services, however, the technology channels have been a very good source to know a smartphone, a laptop or how the service is going from a certain internet provider. For this reason, in this research I analyze the behavior of the Perusmart and Jesús Veliz communities, it also seeks to know the level of credibility of both channels during the state of emergency that Peru and the world went through. / Trabajo de investigación

Advanced Technology drives the increasing anti-censorship, decentralised social media networks, and publishing platforms that are based on blockchain, where no single party can control these platforms, which results in safeguarding information circulation, freedom to publish, and independence of journalism. Furthermore, cryptoeconomics associated with blockchain creates an easy economic model to find sustainable financing for independent journalism by Initial Coin Offering. Meanwhile, adopting a reward system by these publishing platforms has generated sustainable income sources for content creators, allowing them to be independent and motivated to create high-quality constructive content, which contributes to developing communities through disbursing knowledge in forms of constructive journalism.  This study presents the potential of blockchain and cryptoeconomics in developing independent and constructive journalism, especially in developing countries. Through analysing the structure of Steem Blockchain, and empirical analysis of journalistic content on Steemit network in terms of the amount of payout that content creators and curators receive, based on the system of reward according to the content value that is determined by community member voting. Besides selected sample interviews with journalists, writers, and publishers in the Arab World which is undergoing turmoil and transition and needs constructive journalism, asking for their opinions about the potential that blockchain and cryptoeconomics have to support independent and constructive journalism.  The results of the study demonstrated that journalistic posts classified under constructive journalism could achieve a high payout according to the reward system based on community voting for the content value. Meanwhile, journalists and writers have expected that this new economic model can enhance the financial independence of journalists and develop independent and constructive journalism in developing countries.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) is a massive ongoing franchise that began as a 1984 self-published comic book created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird. Its history is intertwined with the creators' rights movement and the Creator's Bill of Rights (CBR), which rejected work-for-hire contracts, wherein creative laborers—creative authors—cede authorial control of their labor. Because the production of comic books and their franchises is highly collaborative, intellectual property (IP) rights are often consolidated in a single rights holder—a corporate author—via work-for-hire contracts. Eastman and Laird, as both creative and corporate authors, initially maintained strict control of TMNT licensees, but allowed their employees to retain IP rights over creative contributions to TMNT. However, in 1992, Eastman and Laird sent retroactive work-for-hire contracts to all current and former employees. This TMNT case study illustrates how the CBR represented the conflicting interests of publishers and creative laborers and ultimately reinforced the individualistic view of authorship that undergirds work-for-hire doctrine. Additionally, because IP legal infrastructure uses individualistic discourse to consolidate control of media franchises in one entity that allows authorized individuals access to a shared database of creative expressions that workers can borrow from or add to, media franchises resemble folklore and are made via a database mode of production. The romantic vision of authorship (and authorial control) upon which the CBR was founded ultimately went on to serve publishers rather than creators working for media properties, repeating a pattern that has existed since the inception of copyright and authorship.

Den ökande användningen av information-och kommunikationsteknik (ICT) hos lärosäten i samband med omställningen till distansundervisning har inneburit att allt högre krav ställs på universitetslärare. Den stress som uppstår i samband med användningen av ICT kallas för teknikstress och kan bland annat ge upphov till problem med sömn, koncentration och sociala relationer. Det kan också leda till mindre trivsel och motivation på jobbet. Ålder och kön är faktorer som i tidigare forskning undersökts och man har kommit fram till blandade resultat, men ett relevant resultat är att medelålders lärare i åldern 35-45 år lider av mer teknikstress jämfört med lärare som är yngre än 35 och äldre än 45 och det tros bero på att de som är i medelåldern har ett mer komplicerat förhållande mellan hem och arbete på grund av att man till exempel har barn. Det finns också andra studier som kommit fram till resultat som skiljer sig från dessa. Syftet med denna studie var därmed att undersöka om det finns en korrelation mellan ålder och teknikstress. En kvantitativ undersökning i form av en enkät skickades ut till åtta högskolor och universitet i Sverige och 1422 svar togs emot. Frågorna i enkäten baseras på de fem källorna till teknikstress som är tekno-överbelastning, tekno-komplexitet, tekno-invasion, tekno-otrygghet och tekno-osäkerhet. Dessa används som underlag för att mäta mängden teknikstress hos respondenterna. De resterande frågorna behandlar de påverkande faktorer på teknikstress som identifierats i tidigare forskning. Datan analyserades med deskriptiva, univariata och bivariata analyser. En övergripande univariat analys utfördes på kön och ålder med frekvensfördelning. Resultatet visar på att det inte finns en korrelation mellan teknikstress och ålder och att samtliga åldersgrupper upplevde liknande mängder av teknikstress. Det fanns ingen skillnad i mängden teknikstress för män och kvinnor samt de med barn under 18 år och de utan barn under 18 år. / The increasing use of information and communication technology (ICT) in higher education institutions in connection with the transition to distance education has meant that ever higher demands are placed on university teachers. The stress that arises in connection with the use of ICT is known as technological stress and can, among other things, give rise to problems with sleep, concentration and social relationships. It can also lead to less job satisfaction and motivation. Age and gender are factors that have been investigated in previous research which has shown mixed results, but a relevant result is that middle-aged teachers aged 35-45 suffer from more technical stress compared to teachers younger than 35 and older than 45 and it is believed to be due to the fact that those who are middle-aged have a more complicated relationship between home and work due to having children, for example. There are also other studies that have come up with results that differ from these. The purpose of this study was thus to investigate whether there is a correlation between age and technostress. A quantitative survey in the form of a questionnaire was sent out to nine universities in Sweden which yielded 1422 responses. The questions in the survey are based on the five technostress creators which are techno-overload, techno-complexity, techno-invasion, techno-insecurity and techno-uncertainty. These are used as a basis for measuring the amount of technical stress in the respondents. The remaining questions address the influencing factors on technostress identified in previous research. The data were analyzed with descriptive, univariate and bivariate analysis. An overall univariate analysis was performed on gender and age with frequency distribution. The results show that there is no correlation between technology stress and age and that all age groups experienced similar amounts of technology stress. There was no difference in the amount of technical stress for men and women as well as those with children under 18 years and those without children under 18 years.