The problem of the investigation was to ascertain the contributions of various sociological theorists to a sociology of emotions. Emphasis was to be placed on the symbolic interactionist school. The method employed was that of a literature review, with an evaluative analysis of each of a number of writers as each contributed to a sociology of emotions. The study had the purpose of remedying the long-standing neglect of emotions by sociologists. This purpose was accomplished by indicating the distinctive contributions of each theorist and areas of convergence among theorists. The investigation was organized according to groups of theorists. Each theorist was examined for conceptions of human nature and of the relationship between the individual and society. Chapter I discussed the problem in general; the remaining chapters analyzed the theorists. Chapter II discussed the classical theorists Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Georg Simmel, and Talcott Parsons. Chapter III presented the views of the symbolic interactionists George Herbert Mead, Charles Cooley, Herbert Blumer, Hans Gerth and C. Wright Mills, and Erving Goffman. Chapter IV treated contemporary theorists: Arlie Hochschild, Theodore Kemper, Susan Shott, and Norman Denzin.

En Argentine, pendant le Proceso de Reorganización Nacional, une mobilisation voit le jour en 1981, Teatro Abierto : elle durera jusqu’en 1986. Au Chili, sous le régime de Pinochet, des foyers de protestation théâtraux essaiment à Santiago, sans que la profession théâtrale ne parvienne ni à s’unir ni à gagner en visibilité. Cette thèse interroge les notions de résistance et de mobilisation en cherchant à résoudre ce paradoxe de départ : pourquoi et comment une profession artistique parvient-elle à se mobiliser dans une situation autoritaire a priori plus fermée qu'une autre? Outre les caractéristiques historiques, macro, méso et micro-sociologiques des deux milieux professionnels considérés, on s’aperçoit que la nature de la répression (structurelle ou individuelle) et ses effets sont une variable cruciale pour comprendre les dynamiques d’engagement. A l’aide d’une enquête qualitative de neuf mois conjuguant entretiens, récits de vie, observations participantes et travail sur archives, nous démontrons que la répression à l’oeuvre sous le Proceso entraîne une économie affective spécifique chez les membres de Teatro Abierto, qui explique en partie le passage à la mobilisation. Les artistes effectuent une double conversion émotionnelle, pour, d’une part, passer du sentiment d’humiliation au sentiment d’indignation, et, d’autre part, réhabiliter dans l’espace public grâce à des outils théâtraux précis les émotions euphoriques et ludiques que le régime avait censurées. A terme, la mobilisation permet aux acteurs de reconstruire une estime de soi défaillante, gagner en capital symbolique et politique, et autorise les spectateurs à militer et à vivre par procuration. / In Argentina, the Proceso de Reorganización Nacional is soon challenged by the emergence of a mobilisation movement in 1981, Teatro Abierto, which will last until 1986. In Chile, under Pinochet's regime, many hubs of theatrical protest proliferate in Santiago, however, the theatrical profession does not succeed in creating unity or gaining visibility. This thesis questions the concepts of resistance and mobilisation, and endeavours to solve this initial paradox: why and how does a branch of the performing arts manage to mobilise itself in an authoritarian context which seems, at first glance, more closed than any other. Besides the historical and macro, meso, micro-sociological characteristics of the two professional groups under study, it appears that the nature of the repression (whether structural or individual) and its consequences are a crucial variable to understand the dynamics of political commitment. The results of the qualitative survey, carried out over a period of nine months, and including interviews, collection of life stories, participatory observation and research based on records, show that the repression at stake under the Proceso leads to a specific economy of affection among the members of Teatro Abierto; which explains in some respect the transition towards mobilisation. The artists undergo a double emotional transformation, in order to, on one hand, move from humiliation to indignation, and, on the other hand, rehabilitate – within the public place and thanks to the specificity of the theatrical mechanisms – the euphoric and playful emotions that were banned by the regime. On the long run, mobilisation enables the actors to rebuild their damaged self esteem, to increase their symbolic and political capital and to allow the audience to militate against the regime and live by proxy.

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Syftet med denna uppsats var att studera hur tingsrätten praktiserar uttryck av emotioner i de skriftliga domarna, avseende försök till mord och mord. Utöver det var syftet även att undersöka hur tingsrätten framställde förövaren och gärningen kopplat till känslouttryck, samt om det förekom några skillnader i framställandet av dessa. Studien har genomförts med kvalitativ innehållsanalys som metod och datamaterialet bestod av domar från en tingsrätt. Resultaten har visat att tingsrätten huvudsakligen exkluderar känslouttryck i de skriftliga domarna och uttryckt sakliga framställningar, men att det dock är förekommande till viss del. Resultaten har även visat att det förekommit skillnader i tingsrättens framställande av förövaren och gärningen. Våra slutsatser har bland annat blivit att tingsrätten i olika grad frångått sin neutrala ställning, där emotioner i relation till gärningen varit mest framträdande. Slutsatserna har stärkts genom kopplingen till det emotionssociologiska perspektivet och Garlands teori om straffets funktion. / The purpose of this paper was to study how the district court practices expression of emotions in the written judgments, regarding attempted murder and murder. In addition, the purpose was also to study how the district court presented the perpetrator and the act linked to emotional expressions, and whether there were any differences in the presentation of these. The study was conducted with qualitative content analysis as a method and the data material consisted of judgments from a district court. The results have shown that the district court mainly excludes emotional expressions in the written judgments and expressed factual representations, but that it does occur to some extent. The results have also shown that there have been differences in the district court's presentation of the perpetrator and the act. Our conclusions have, among other things, been that the district court to varying degrees deviated from its neutral position, where emotions in relation to the act were most prominent. The conclusions have been strengthened through the connection to the emotional sociological perspective and Garland’s theory regarding the function of punishment.

Banks appear to be interested in enhancing their effectiveness and efficiency by developing e-banking technology, i.e., the provision of banking products and services through electronic channels. However, the successful implementation of e-banking technology depends on how consumers perceive such technology and how they are probably provoked to adopt it. Considering emerging e-banking technologies, knowledge of the salient influential factors affecting consumer adoption is crucial for banks. Studies have analysed these factors from different perspectives, such as attribute- and barrier-based perspectives. Attribute-based factors pertain to the perceived or expected characteristics of e-banking technology, whereas barrier-based factors refer to factors that can hinder or delay the adoption of e-banking technology. Despite the absence of consensus on these factors, there is a predominant focus on the functional aspects of this technology, often neglecting the emotional experience of consumers.  Consumers’ emotions in the e-banking context mainly refer to hedonic motivation, defined as positive emotions such as fun, pleasure, and enjoyment arising from the usage of e-banking technology. While examining hedonic motivation has provided valuable insights into the adoption of such technology, further studies are required to examine the relationship among consumers’ emotions, particularly negative ones arising from different kinds of appraisals. Accordingly, this thesis aims to examine the influence of consumers’ emotions towards emerging e-banking technology on their intention to adopt such technology, with a specific emphasis on negative emotions from attribute and barrier-based perspectives.  Applying Structural equation modelling (SEM), the empirical results draw attention to the influential role of different types of negative emotions in the adoption of emerging e-banking technology. From the attribute-based perspective, the empirical results demonstrate an association between loss emotions and consumers’ behavioural intention to adopt emerging e-banking technology, through effort expectancy and performance expectancy. From a barrier-based perspective, the results indicate that deterrence emotions can be positively associated with consumers’ perceived risk. This, in turn, influences their behavioural intention to adopt emerging e-banking technology. The results also reveal the influence of deterrence emotions on consumers’ perceived risk, even in the presence of positive emotions. These results suggest the importance of considering various categories of negative emotions when examining consumers’ intention to adopt emerging e-banking technology.

Shame is a self-conscious emotion that characterizes the life of all individuals. It arises when a moral violation occurs and the person is judged negatively by others for a way of being that does not correspond to the standards of society. Although over the years it has been widely treated from a theoretical point of view, there are few attempts in the literature to approach it scientifically by psychologists and neuroscientists. Using an integrated approach, based on neuroimaging, behavioral and neuropsychological investigations, in this thesis we aimed to investigate what are the cognitive mechanisms through which shame operates and what are its neural bases. After an initial theoretical introduction in which a novel model of shame functioning is proposed, two behavioral studies are presented in which an innovative experimental paradigm of shame elicitation has been validated and tested. Subsequently, the single-case of a patient with rare bilateral amygdala damage has been described. Since this region is notoriously crucial for emotional aspects, we tested the possibility that an amygdala injury could also lead to deficits in perception and recognition of shame. Afterward, to investigate if shame had its own specific neural activation map, a meta-analysis on functional studies in the literature that investigated the neural bases of shame and guilt (another self-conscious emotion) has been carried out. Finally, given the heterogeneity of the paradigms included in the meta-analysis, we run an fMRI study using our novel paradigm in order to detect shame neural signal. In general, by combining different methodologies, this work allowed us to approach shame from different perspectives, from simple elicitation and behavioral measurement to its neural basis. This has added a piece of knowledge in the field of affective neuroscience regarding a moral emotion (i.e. shame) that is fundamental to individual well-being within our society.

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Seit nunmehr sechs Jahren beschäftigen wir uns ganz gezielt mit der Schnittstelle von Emotion und Design. Alles begann mit der Frage: Warum sprechen uns gewisse Dinge an (und andere nicht) und warum entwickeln wir bei bestimmten Produkten einen starken Besitzwunsch? Dabei geht es uns nicht um Marketingtricks, sondern um die Frage: Können wir den emotionalen Ausdruck von Gestaltung gezielt steuern und wenn ja, wie? Diese Vision keimte erstmals 2010 mit einem hochschulinternen Essay mit dem Thema „Auswirkungen frühkindlicher Prägung auf die Produktgestaltung“ auf. Diverse Experteninterviews nährten den Forscherdrang für eine 300-seitige Masterthesis und mündeten in der Gründung des Design- und Strategiebüros hoch E. Die einstige Kernfrage wurde zur Mission. In unserem büroeigenen Labor intensivieren wir seither die interdisziplinäre Vernetzung, um die Erkenntnisse auf diesem Fachgebiet zu bündeln und weiter zu entwickeln. Als Unternehmer, Dozenten, Betreuer von Absolventenarbeiten, sowie als Sprecher und Berater in Seminaren und Workshops, vermitteln wir unsere praktische Erfahrung und die dazugehörige theoretisch-methodische Basis. Dies ist ein kurzer Einblick in unsere Wirkungsgebiete, welche unsere Motivation für eine fortwährende Auseinandersetzung mit und an der Schnittstelle Emotion und Design Literaturverzeichnis befeuern.

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This research aims to make the first step in the direction of creating guidelines to use for building an instrument capable to collect information about citizens’ emotional reaction toward their city.Through the use of an existing mobile application meant to collect data about one’s own emotions I tried to evaluated the availability of people in sharing how they feel.Later on, based on the evaluations of this app, I created two subsequent analog prototypes that can be placed in urban spaces to collect people’s place related emotions. The devices have been used both inside the university and in open urban spaces in Malmö. Using the experiences made with these prototypes, concerning the availability of people in sharing their emotions about spaces, this thesis is used to develop guidelines and design opportunities for further development of interactive street furniture designed to collect place related emotions.