I och med digitaliseringen har fenomenet streaming vuxit fram. Nu behövs inte längre separata medier för att kunna ta del av musik, film och tv etc. Man behöver inte heller äga eller ha fysisk tillgång till skivan eller filmen. Allt finns samlat på en och samma plattform. Spotify och Netflix är två typexempel på dessa streamingtjänster. De båda erbjuder abonnenter ett stort bibliotek med musik (Spotify), och film och tv serier (Netflix). Detta streaming koncept är något som även ljudböcker har anammat, och numera finns det även ljudbokstjänster som erbjuder abonnenter ett stort bibliotek med ljudböcker men även e-böcker.    Storytel är en av dessa tjänster och är våren 2018 den ledande ljudbokstjänsten i Sverige. Det finns även Nextory och BookBeat, men i denna uppsatsen analyserades endast Storytel som var den första och är även den största tjänsten i Sverige. Syftet med uppsatsen var att analysera Storytels marknadsföring, det vill säga deras reklamkampanjer, samt undersöka representationen av genus, etnicitet och ålder där. Därför valdes ett par reklamvideor ut, som sedan analyserades med en semiotisk metod men även utifrån ett intersektionellt perspektiv. Storytels marknadsföring kan vara en av anledningarna till att de har blivit så framgångsrika, därför har det varit intressant att studera just deras marknadsföring.   Resultatet blev att Storytel genomgående använder liknande färger i de sex reklamfilmer som analyserats. De använder till exempel orangea hörlurar för att representera sitt varumärke. Reklamfilmerna används även som ett slags exempel på vad Storytel kan ha för roll i en typisk vardag. Kvinnor är i en tydlig majoritet av klippen, och de gör främst produktiva saker så som att laga mat eller träna, samtidigt som de lyssnar på en ljudbok. Tre kvinnor verkar vara mellan 20–30 år, två personer (en man och en kvinna) runt medelåldern, och en man 50–60.

The purpose of this study was to describe, analyze, and better understand the lived experiences of women age 50 and older in Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Guiding this inquiry were the following research questions: 1) How do the older women participants experience the AA program? 2) What aspects of AA do older women consider beneficial? 3) What aspects of AA do older women consider detrimental? 4) What do older women consider as important conditions to succeed in the AA program? 5) How did these older women elicit meaning in their involvement with AA? and 6) How was the narrative aspect of AA experienced by the participants? Fourteen older women from AA meetings in Southwest Virginia participated in two qualitative interviews. The results were represented by narrative descriptions of each participan's experiences and analyzed for common themes across the stories, which were presented and discussed. For these participants, the AA program was found to intersect with narrative therapy. AA, like narrative therapy, highlights deconstructing and re-authoring life stories through personal narratives. Storytelling itself proved to be among the most important traditions of AA and a core benefit to the storyteller (and to a lesser extent, the listener). Study participants found that telling their stories allowed for 1) a way to give back to the program, 2) a feeling of belonging to the group, 3) a welcome reminder to the speaker of her past struggles with alcoholism, and 4) a spiritual experience. Many of the women articulated their early concerns with publicly sharing at meetings, as well as their ongoing considerations of boundaries, over-sharing, and conflicts of interest in storytelling. Finally, in an unexpected finding, the women cultivated and maintained intimate friendships with other women in AA that addressed relevant issues beyond sobriety including everyday needs and life challenges. Social activities often transcended the boundaries of the meetings. / Ph. D.

This study, done in collaboration with Storytel, aimed to investigate whether a shared audiobook live listening experience would add value to users of the Storytel app and how such a feature could be designed in terms of User Experience and User Interface. The purpose was to determine the minimal viable product (MVP) and if live listening with others is interesting in itself or else, what is the most basic interaction type required in connection to the listening. The aim was also to design the optimal solution, beyond technical, time and/or prioritization constraints. The method used was a combination of the IDEO design process with three phases (Inspiration, Ideation and Implementation), and Holtzblatt and Beyer’s (2016) five steps of Contextual Design (Gathering User Data, Compiling User Data, Ideation with User Data, Defining the Product and Making it Real). To investigate user opinions and requirements, surveys were sent out to Storytel users and authors on the four markets Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands and India, resulting in a total of 448 responses. Based on this data, an extensive design work in three phases was carried out to achieve the result of a final design prototype of a live listening feature inside the Storytel app. In order to validate the design choices continuously in each phase, 15 user tests were achieved, whereof 4 initial tests, 10 interactive user tests and 1 focus group interview. The results show that there is certainly an interest for such a feature among some users, and the interest is bigger if an author participates. In general, users on the Indian market are more interested in the feature than users on the European markets. Authors are more interested than the average user in live listening and interacting with its listeners. An important finding was that the feature must include an element of interaction to make it relevant and interesting to users, which is why a prototype including emoji reactions was proposed as an MVP. In this version, the possibility to discuss is linked to an outsourced forum such as Google Meet. For the optimal design, a chat was included inside the application as this was concluded highly desired by users.