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Sammanfattning Syfte och frågeställningar Syftet med uppsatsen var att studera och analysera de budskap som förmedlas i samband med idrott i serietidningen Bamse. Frågeställningarna i arbetet var på vilket sätt förmedlingen sker respektive vilka budskap det är som förmedlas.   Metod Datainsamlingen skedde genom textundersökning och bildanalys. Antalet årgångar av tidningen som studerades var sju (mellan år 2001 och 2007). Utöver detta studerades två nummer av Bamse-extra. Samtliga episoder i de angivna utgåvorna lästes igenom, men endast de delar analyserades där något idrottsinslag på ett eller annat sätt var bärande av budskap. En analysmodell användes för att lättare kunna uttolka seriernas fulla innebörder. Modellen har reviderats något men är ursprungligen utformad av Lars Peterson.   Resultat Förmedlingen av budskap sker ibland genom att de tydligt uttalas i episodernas slutskeden. Den kan också ske genom att det görs en klar tudelning mellan goda karaktärer som handlar gott och onda dito som handlar skurkaktigt. På så vis förmedlas vad som är ett handlingsmönster att eftersträva och vad som inte är det. Ett ytterligare sätt som förmedlingen sker på är genom att låta läsaren förstå huruvida olika sätt att handla får önskvärda eller icke önskvärda konsekvenser.   De budskap som förmedlas är att det goda övervinner det onda, att alla ska få vara med, att det (i normalfall) är fel att fuska, att en handling måste alltid ses i ljuset av omständigheterna och de bakomliggande motiven, att tankeförmåga och teknik bringar idrottslig framgång, att personer av kvinnligt kön mycket väl kan vara dugliga idrottare (liksom män kan), att man skall ställa upp för varandra, vara hjälpsam och generös, att den som försöker utsätta någon annan för något elakt eller obehagligt ofta faller offer för gärningen själv, att man skall våga stå för vad man har gjort, att allt inte bör handla om att vinna, att man skall våga delta och inte ge upp, att det oväntade kan vinna samt att man inte skall döma någon på förhand.   Slutsats Budskapen följer en tydlig linje om att man skall handla gott. För att kunna göra det bör man vara öppensinnad, rättrogen, ödmjuk, fördomsfri, eftertänksam, solidarisk, hjälpsam, vänlig, generös, ärlig, trägen och framåt samt ha en känsla för alla individers lika värde. Ett gott handlande leder enligt Bamse till en mer trivsam tillvaro för samtliga. Idrottslig framgång bringas av tankeförmåga och teknik.

The study aims to examine how censorship and comics have been discussed in three debates. The aim is also to identify discourses and the orders and relations of power constructed in the debates, and to examine how librarians should handle debates about censorship and comics. Selected sources are articles from Swedish newspapers and tabloids about the debates on the Pox-trial, the manga case and the debate about Tintin in Kulturhuset. The results from the analysis indicates that the debates have been dominated by two main discourses: a discourse on freedom of speech and a discourse on social responsibility. Within the discourse of freedom of speech there is a range of perspectives that emphasize: artistic freedom, the need for open and free conversations, a discussion about how the comics are assessed in comparison with other media formats as well as a discussion about moral and moralism. The discourse of social responsibility results in a feminist and anti-porn discourse, a post-colonial and anti-racist discourse and a discourse on the protection of children and young people. Based on these results, the discourses can be analysed in relation to the laws, values and ethical guidelines for libraries. The analysis indicates that libraries and librarians should keep a balance between freeedom of speech and social responsibility. They could keep up to date with research about censorship, comics and various genres in order to make informed decisions about how to handle comics in the libraries. The librarian should also assess the comics on the same bases as literature, music, film and other cultural expressions.

Although immensely popular with American boys upon his debut in 1938, Superman has gradually lost relevance with the postmodern generation. DC Comics has rewritten the character numerous times in an attempt to regain lost popularity, but the problem lies in an aspect of his character they refuse to alter – his invulnerability. Superman’s invulnerable body was engineered to quell the fears America harbored towards technological progress, but his impervious physique now renders him obsolete. Boys in postmodern America, under the influence of post-Enlightenment body values, now connect with vulnerable comic book heroes whose bodies more closely match their own. This paper examines the sociological reasons for the shift in Superman’s popularity by comparing the body values of 1938 with those of today, and concludes that while Superman might have succeeded as a modern hero, he fails as a postmodern one.

With shows such as Big Bang Theory and the increased mainstreaming of San Diego Comic-con, now more than ever before, it is acceptable to be a “nerd”. The question now becomes what efforts are being made to appeal to fans of color in traditional “nerd” activities, specifically comic books (this can include television shows and movies based on comic book characters), anime, and science fiction. Throughout the decades, there have been various attempts to have a discourse about the lack of diversity in nerd culture, both among its creators and characters from various properties considered beloved to nerds. Only, at the time of this writing, in recent years does there seem to be an increase among fans of color discussing these issues in the world at large, and not just in their own social group(s). This research will discover how minority fans feel about representation, or lack thereof, in the three above fandom. It will examine how minority fans feel about specific instants involving race and ethnicity in fandom from the past year. What I have discovered is that, issues of race are not discussed among the majority of fans and creators. Occasionally, when such issues are discussed there is an amount of hostility from white fans.

At this exact moment, graphic novels are enjoying a heyday of popularity, profusion and attention. As the graphic novel medium matures and detaches itself from the “non-serious” reputation of comics, it is becoming clear that graphic novels are a powerful and effective art form, using the both verbal and the visual to relay their narratives. Portrait, the short graphic novel that is my senior art project, is intended to emphasize the artist’s book character of the graphic novel, and serve as an example of how a graphic novel’s artist’s book characteristics allow communication of the artist’s message effectively.

Graphic texts, or graphic novels, have spent many years on shelves with comic books about superheroes and adventurers. They officially gained notoriety in 1992 with Art Spiegelman’s Maus, and at this time, critics and scholars began to take notice. However, graphic novels have not been fully adapted by academia. Graphic novels have the ability to offer new levels of instruction and learning in upper-level classrooms.The following is a study in the multitude of uses of graphic text in academia. Chapter 1 looks at the history of graphic text to understand the present and future of graphic novels. Chapter 2 focuses on literacy issues to develop a basis for the use of graphic novels in the classroom. Chapter 3 offers a method of using graphic novels to broaden a students’ understanding of plays. Chapter 4 moves on to a study of graphic novels as works of literature. Through this look of historical data and an analysis and discussion of the modern form of graphic novels, we will come to the conclusion that graphic novels can be useful assets in the classroom when they are taken from the shelf of comic books and used to their full potential.

LaRossa, Jaret, Gadgil, and Wynn (2000, 2001) conducted a content analysis of 495 comic strips published on Father’s Day and Mother’s Day in the United States from 1945 to 1999 in order to determine whether the culture of fatherhood and gender disparities in the media had changed over the past half-century. Drawing on their research, I conducted a similar kind of analysis of 246 comic strips published on Father’s Day and Mother’s Day in Japan from 1950 to 2004. By comparing and contrasting the results in the two studies, I show how comic portrayals of families have changed in Japan and in the United States, and demonstrate the value of analyzing comic strips in cross-national research.

Murdoch&rsquo / s fiction has been influenced by dramatic elements, particularly comic elements. This influence has been revealed as parody. Murdoch parodies the comic character types of the eiron, alazon, buffoon and agroikos by exaggerating and mixing their functions and themes of love, separated lovers and metamorphosis in her novels, The Nice and the Good, The Black Prince, and The Sea, The Sea. In addition, she makes parodic uses of Shakespearean plays, As You Like It and Love&#039 / s Labour&#039 / s Lost, Hamlet, and The Tempest, in her novels in question. Her use of parody as a weapon against the genre of romantic comedy, its character types and main themes is the result of her philosophical view of drama and the dramatic. She argues that comedy and tragedy deal with appearance whereas drama and the dramatic ought to involve reality. In her novels in question, she shows that the dramatic is the conflict of selfish self with itself to reach self-knowledge. Murdochian self- knowledge is the knowledge of what lies beyond self. This kind of knowledge is achieved by unselfing, a process through which a solipsistic self recognizes its solipsism and challenges it by means of love and art.

Thesis (Ph.D)--Literature, Communication, and Culture, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010. / Committee Chair: Mazalek, Alexandra; Committee Member: Bolter, Jay; Committee Member: Knospel, Kenneth; Committee Member: Murray, Janet; Committee Member: Winegarden, Claudia Rebola. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.