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This interview study investigates people's experiences and interactions online to give more nuance to the context of modern relationships, and what the perception of digitized relationships could mean. The study investigates digitized relationships in terms of friendship, love, intimacy, and social media. With these in focus, I discuss broadly the interviewees’ experiences of friendship, intimacy, and love within the use of social media and online dating. Firstly, how the use of it can cause difficulties and impact their perception of themselves and at relationships. Secondly, how this in turn creates meaningful and lasting relationships.  In this study, I had two focus groups that I referred to as gamers and socials, the first group included five who identified as men and the second group included four that identified as women. From the age of 23 to 35 and originates from different parts of Europe. After the interview, four themes were developed: The use of digitization and social media, friendship, love relationships and online and offline. / Denna intervjustudie undersöker människors erfarenheter och interaktioner online för att ge nyans till sammanhanget för moderna relationer och vad uppfattningen om digitaliserade relationer kan betyda. Studien undersöker digitaliserade relationer i termer av vänskap, kärlek, intimitet och sociala medier. Med dessa i fokus diskuterar jag brett intervjupersonernas erfarenheter av vänskap, intimitet och kärlek inom användningen av sociala medier och online-dating. För det första hur användningen av det kan orsaka svårigheter och påverka deras uppfattning om sig själva och på relationer. För det andra hur detta i sin tur skapar meningsfulla och varaktiga relationer. I den här studien hade jag två fokusgrupper som jag döpt till spelare och sociala, den första gruppen inkluderade fem som identifierade sig som män och den andra gruppen inkluderade fyra som identifierade sig som kvinnor. Från 23 till 35 års ålder och kommer från olika delar av Europa. Efter intervjun utvecklades fyra teman: Användning av digitalisering och sociala medier, vänskap, kärleksrelationer och online och offline.

Romantic relationships commonly endure rough patches. The relational turbulence model and the social allergy phenomenon may account for such rough transitions. A social allergy is an idiosyncratic social behavior that involuntarily stirs up irritation in an individual, either with or without the intention of the transgressor. As the behavior is repeated, tolerance for the bothersome allergen dwindles. This paper investigates the connections between relational turbulence and social allergies. The relational turbulence model describes individuals’ severe reactions to various turning points in an interpersonal relationship, and combines the effects of increased intimacy, relational uncertainty, and partner interference. Based on the turbulence model, the author predicted curvilinear relationships between intimacy and social allergen occurrence as well as between intimacy and negative emotional impact of social allergens. Based on the social allergen literature, the author predicted social allergen occurrence and repeated arguments about social allergens would both associate positively with relationship turbulence. Partial support was found for each prediction.

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Att dejta idag är annorlunda från hur det var för 12 år sedan. I takt med den ökade digitaliseringen har dejtingappar så som Tinder blivit allt vanligare och en av de största plattformarna för digital dejting. Tinders utformning bygger på en spelifierad swipefunkton där användarna genom bilder och textbeskrivning väljer vem de vill träffa. Syftet med denna studie är att problematisera huruvida dejtingappar haft en inverkan på relationsskapande och intimitet sedan Tinders introduktion på marknaden i ett senmodernt samhälle. Genom en kvalitativ studie utfördes 10 semistrukturerade intervjuer med Tinderanvändare i åldrarna 20-45. Materialet analyserades med hjälp av socialpsykologiska teorier med utgångspunkt i Giddens (1995) teorier om intimitet och relationsskapande. Utifrån en kritisk samhällsvetenskaplig metod analyserades materialet med hjälp av en reflexiv analys där resultatet visade att intimitet och relationer till stor del påverkats av Tinders uppkomst och är under en omvandling. Vi fann bland annat att det stora utbudet skapar komplikationer att finna kärleken samt att identiteten vi skapar online inte alltid är representativ för vår offline-identitet, vilket ytterligare försvårar dejtandet i det digitala senmoderna samhället. / Dating today is different from 12 years ago. With the increased digitalization, dating apps such as Tinder have become increasingly common and one of the largest platforms for digital dating. Tinder's design is based on a gamified swipe function where users choose who they want to meet through pictures and text descriptions. The purpose of this study is to problematize whether dating apps have a negative impact in creating relationships and intimacy since Tinder's introduction to the market in a late modernity. Through a qualitative study, 10 semi-structured interviews were conducted with Tinder users aged 20-45. The material was analyzed using social psychological theories based on Giddens (1995) theories of intimacy and creating relationships. Using a critical approach, the material was analyzed using reflexive analysis, with the results showing that intimacy and relationships have been greatly influenced by the emergence of Tinder and are undergoing a transformation. We found, among other things, that the vast selection creates complications in finding love and that the identity we create online is not always representative of our offline identity, further complicating dating in the digital late modern society.

Cette thèse se penche sur les mécanismes de surveillance et de contrôle à l’œuvre dans les talk-shows de l’intime produits par et pour les Tunisien·ne·s après le soulèvement populaire de 2010-2011. Combinant la lecture minutieuse à l’analyse de contenu, elle examine un corpus composé de 20 histoires tirées de cinq talk-shows de l’intime diffusées entre février 2019 et avril 2020, en dialecte arabe tunisien, sur des chaînes de télévision et de radio locales. À cela s’ajoute un corpus secondaire composé de 31 histoires et un corpus exploratoire d’une centaine d’épisodes englobant une période plus large (2011-2020). Souvent associées à l’ignominie (al-fadhiha) et à l’outrance, ces émissions mettent en scène des témoignages sur les intimités tunisiennes, dans un contexte marqué par une effervescence politique et identitaire, par la réforme et la privatisation de l’industrie médiatique, ainsi que par des revendications de la libre expression et d’al-soutrah. À travers le concept du pan-synoptique (Foucault, 1975 ; Mathiesen, 1997), ces programmes de télévision et de radio sont analysés comme des variations d’un dispositif de regard et d’écoute à travers lequel les individus sont simultanément surveillés et surveillants. Ils participent ainsi à la circonscription des intimités dans un champ d’observation médiatique. S’appuyant sur les critical intimacy studies et sur les feminist affect studies, cette thèse théorise l’intimité comme une « chose sauvage » prenant forme lorsque les corps s’orientent vers leurs objets d’attachement. Ces « orientations » (Ahmed, 2006) peuvent suivre les lignes droites prédéfinies ou emprunter des déviations éloignées des trajectoires normatives. Bien qu’elles soient distinctes des formes institutionnelles et normatives qu’elles peuvent prendre, les intimités sont orientées par des normes des valeurs, des idéaux et des discours qui peuvent varier selon les contextes (Berlant, 1998 ; Berlant et Warner, 1998). Dans cette optique, cette thèse explore comment ces programmes s’articulent (Hall, 1986) à un dispositif plus large, pour mettre les intimités tunisiennes en lumière et en discours. / The present thesis examines the mechanisms of surveillance and control at work in intimate talk-shows produced by and for Tunisians after the 2010–2011 insurrection. Combining close reading with content analysis, the thesis examines a corpus of 20 stories from the five intimate talk-shows that aired on local television and radio channels, in the Tunisian Arabic dialect, between February 2019 and April 2020. The thesis also examines a secondary corpus of 31 stories and an exploratory corpus of over one hundred episodes covering a broader period (2011–2020). Often associated with scandal (al-fadhiha) and trashiness, these shows stage testimonies of Tunisian intimacies within a context marked by political and identity tensions, the reform and privatization of the media industry, as well as demands of free expression and al-soutrah. Through the concept of the pan-synopticon (Foucault, 1975 ; Mathiesen, 1997), the thesis analyzes these television and radio programs as variations of a surveillance dispositif where the many watch the many. In this way, the thesis interrogates how these shows contribute to the shaping of Tunisian intimacies. Drawing on critical intimacy studies and feminist affect studies, the present thesis theorizes intimacy as a “wild thing” that takes shape when bodies move towards their objects of attachment. These “orientations” (Ahmed, 2006) may follow predefined lines or deviate from normative trajectories. Intimacies are oriented by norms, values, ideals, and discourses that can vary across contexts (Berlant, 1998; Berlant and Warner, 1998). From this perspective, the thesis explores how these programs articulate within a broader dispositif (Hall, 1986) to expose and talk about Tunisian intimacies.

Four core themes characterised this study: (a) adult friendship, particularly across the gender line, (b) the association between friendship and psychological well-being, (c) the role of attachment in friendship processes, and (d) the influence of the boundaries of marriage on friendship. Twenty six individuals were included in the initial research and 19 subjects participated in the main study. Theoretical principles of social cognition, constructive alternativism and attachment guided the collection and interpretation of data, which was collated, interpreted and then presented in case-study format. Self-with-other representation played a major role in data interpretation. Investigation into the structure and processes of friendship revealed it to be a complex and fragile relationship, defined both idiosyncratically and existentially, as well as by specific distinguishing features, such as trust, loyalty and intimacy . Attachment orientation and positive friendship experiences were noted as being contributory to the sense of interpersonal intimacy associated with feelings of well-being. Positive association was registered between 'secure' attachment orientation and self-ratings of well-being and happiness. Opposite-sex friendship emerged as an exclusive relational type, both similar to, and different from, samesex friendship and romantic love relationships. Its ambiguous role is evidently compounded by the latent sexuality in heterosocial relationships. Respondents reported cases of opposite-sex friendships metamorphosing into romantic love relationships and, less frequently, vice versa. Manifest in attachment and relational mental models, marital boundaries can facilitate or inhibit friendship. On both direct- and meta-perspective levels, securely-attached respondents were relatively accepting of opposite-sex friendships within a marital context. Insecurely-attached subjects tended to construe them as threatening to the marital reality. Responses to this threat varied: avoidantly-attached individuals used ego-protective mechanisms such as denial and repression, whereas · the anxious-ambivalent attachment orientation seemed more closely associated with feelings of mistrust and jealousy, expressed through anger and anxiety. Personal boundary structure plays an incisive role ln adult friendship. Thick-boundaried personalities seemed particularly conscious of preserving marital identity. They were more territorial with regard to friendships within the marital context, and more conscious of social rules pertaining thereto. / Psychology / D. Litt. et Phil. (Psychology)