Musikindustrin ställs idag mot en utmaning när innehåll på sociala medier ses utan ljud, vilket kan ha en negativ inverkan på effektiviteten av budskap och annonsering. Denna studie har undersökt hur marknadsförare inom den svenska musikindustrin förhåller sig till ljudlös uppspelning av rörligt innehåll på sociala medier och vilka strategier de använder för att nå ut med rörligt innehåll på sociala medie-plattformar. Fem marknadsförare inom svensk musikindustri deltog i kvalitativa intervjuer. Tre av respondenterna representerar arrangörer för liveevent och två respondenter representerar skivbolag. Resultatet visade på varierat förhållningssätt till fenomenet om ljudlös uppspelning. Några marknadsförare såg på ljudlös uppspelning som problematiskt, medan några inte såg ljudlösa förhållanden som ett problem. En möjlig förklaring kan vara ökad användning av ljudbaserade plattformar, såsom TikTok. Resultaten identifierade ett flertal strategier relaterade till ljud i rörligt innehåll på sociala medier. De flesta instämde med strategier som identifierats i tidigare studier och källor, medan ett fåtal kunde betraktas som ett nytt tillägg till det nuvarande kunskapsläget. Studien bidrar till befintlig forskning om ljudlös reklam och musikmarknadsföringsstrategier i sociala medier. / The music industry faces challenges when content on social media is consumed without sound, potentially making messages and advertising less effective. This study examined how marketers within the Swedish music industry relate to soundless video play on social media, and what strategies they use relating to sound on social platforms. Five marketers within the Swedish music industry participated in qualitative interviews – three of the participants work at concert and event organizers and two participants work at record labels. The interviews showed varied approaches to the phenomenon of soundless videos. Some marketers regarded muted conditions as problematic, whereas some did not consider soundless play an issue. A possible explanation might be the increased utilization of sound based platforms such as TikTok. The results identified several strategies relating to sound in video marketing on social media. Most concurred with strategies identified in previous studies and sources, whereas a few could be considered a new addition to the current state of knowledge. This study contributes to research on soundless advertising and music marketing strategies in social media.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / In this study, ideological criticism combined with use of muted group theory are employed to analyze four Quiverfull mothering blogs in order to unveil the models of mothering and maternal messages that emerge from the discourse. The Quiverfull, comprised of fundamentalist Christians who advocate prolific birth rates and strict traditional gender norms, propose a very narrowly defined view of motherhood. Therefore, the goal of this study is to analyze how Quiverfull mothers choose to construct and maintain their own rhetorical vision of motherhood through mommy blogs, in an effort to understand if Quiverfull mothers also struggle to “get it right” like so many other contemporary mothers, faced with cultural contradictions. The findings unveil that Quiverfull mothers struggle with many of the same ideological pressures that mainstream mothers endure such as being almost entirely responsible for childrearing, wanting to find time for themselves amidst society’s demands that children become a mother’s “everything,” and negotiating their role as mothers in the public sphere. However, Quiverfull mothers’ primary difference from mainstream mothers is through their relationship with God. They relinquish all control to God’s will, challenging the notion that good mothers must always be in control. Additionally, Quiverfull mothers distance themselves from feminist ideology by promulgating the need for male authority and criticizing all pro-choice sentiment. Moreover, through the exploration of these online artifacts, this study acknowledges the ideological differences between mothering groups, yet exposes that both mainstream and Quiverfull mothers find success as a mother almost unattainable. As a result, this study proposes that mommy blogs have the rhetorical ability to challenge mothering models that destine many mothers to “fail,” imbue value into motherhood, and unite women of competing and polarized ideologies as a way to question the “timeless truth” of what constitutes good mothering.

In this thesis, the concept of style transfer for visual storytelling is introduced. Style transfer for visual storytelling is the process of identifying a definitive style of a source, such as an artist or culture, and applying the features of that style to a target, such as a character which has a different style. As a proof of concept, the style of the American film director Tim Burton is transferred to a character from Hindu mythology, Yamah. The style transfer is done based on the concept of 'Pattern Language' introduced by Christopher Alexander et al., in his book, 'A Pattern Language'. A set of patterns is developed based on the source and target. The target is then designed based on the patterns. The design is then visualized in a suitable medium.

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