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Embracing the other: Affect, self, and the strangerJanuary 2018 (has links)
In the year 2016, 65.6 million people were forcibly displaced from their homes. A third of these people are now refugees (UNHCR 2017). As these people seek refuge in other countries, the citizens of the host countries are pushing back with fear of the unknown. In this instance it does not matter to those who fear the other from what the refugees are escaping, nor what it took to get where they are now. An architectural movement is expanding beyond its traditional skills in order to empower those outside of the field to engage with the spatial environments. This opens up the possibility of giving those who have been classified as "other" a voice through a spatial construction. Architectural affect offers an opportunity to create a social commentary through architecture. These sensations are created through the unconscious adaptation of perspective, without the use of cultural symbols (Lavin 2011). In architecture, affect can be fostered with the participation of space and intensified with the interaction between one or more mediums. Through the examination of the experience of refugees who have encountered the fear of "otherness", this thesis looks to translate these memories into an architectural construction that will examine the concept of vocalization through affect and mitigate the fear felt by the host countries. / 0 / SPK / specialcollections@tulane.edu
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As Vantagens da Amoralidade: Melodrama, comentário político, e interação com o público em House of Cards / The Advantage of Amorality: Melodrama, political commentary, and interacting with the audience in House of CardsGozzi, Giancarlo Casellato 09 November 2018 (has links)
Esta dissertação de mestrado versa sobre as diferentes formas com que a série televisiva americana House of Cards (Netflix, Beau Willimon, 2013-) interage e se comunica com seu público e sua época. Tendo como tema um inescrupuloso casal de políticos que escala os degraus do poder na capital dos Estados Unidos, a série trabalha na intersecção entre modalidades de manter a atenção do espectador, a produção de comentário político, e os imperativos comerciais da distribuição televisiva. Sendo o primeiro exemplar de um seriado distribuído por uma plataforma online de streaming, incentiva também questões quanto a inovação trazida pelo modo de exibição ao formato seriado. Dessa forma, o trabalho se inicia analisando o uso particular de apartes dramáticos pelo protagonista, que ao se dirigir diretamente aos espectadores os fisga para dentro da diegese e os estimula a continuar assistindo à série, enquanto co-conspiradores de suas tramas. O texto passa em seguida para uma interpretação do comentário político promovido pelo programa a partir de mecanismos melodramáticos, comentário que para ser efetivo necessita trazer para a diegese elementos extradiegéticos que assemelham a ficção ao mundo real e a familiarizam ao espectador. Ao mesmo tempo, internautas e jornalistas se apropriam dessa ficção para o comentário de sua época, demonstrando a reciprocidade entre mundos ficcionais e a realidade da qual comentam e aonde participam. Finalmente, é analisado a relação entre o formato seriado que estrutura o programa e a plataforma online de streaming que o distribui, indagando o quanto que modos de exibição que estimulam a fruição concentrada de produtos seriados inovam o conhecido formato, enquanto que o mesmo auxilia na promoção de novas formas de distribuição e exibição. / This Master\'s dissertation delves into the different ways with which the television series House of Cards (Netflix, Beau Willimon, 2013-) interacts and communicates with its audience and time. Having as theme an unscrupulous couple of politicians that climb the steps of power in the United States capital, the series works in the intersection between methods of keeping the spectator\'s attention, the production of a political commentary, and the commercial imperatives of television distribution. Being the first example of a series distributed by an online streaming platform, it also stimulates questions regarding the innovation brought to the serial form by this mode of exhibition. This way, this study starts by analyzing the particular use of dramatic asides by the protagonist, in which as he addresses directly to his audience he hooks them into the diegesis and stimulates them to continue watching the show, as co-conspirators to its schemes. It then moves on to an interpretation of the political commentary promoted by the show through melodramatic mechanisms, commentary that to be effective needs to bring into the story extradiegetic elements that resemble the fiction with the real world and familiarize the audience. At the same time, internet users and journalists appropriate this same fiction to comment on their own conjuncture, showing the reciprocity between fictional worlds and the reality that they comment on and which they participate in. Finally, it is analyzed the relationship between the serial form that structures the show and the online streaming platform that distributes it, inquiring on how much modes of exhibition that stimulate concentrated viewing of serial products innovate this known format, inasmuch as this format helps the promotion of new modes of distribution and exhibition.
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Motivation on Twitter : A qualitative study examining motivational factors for political participation in #svpol / Motivation on Twitter : A qualitative study examining motivational factors for political participation in #svpolLenstierna, Elisabeth January 2019 (has links)
This work takes off in earlier studies concerning motivational factors to interact in various social media in relation to societal and political discussions. The aim for this study is to garner a deeper understanding about how users on Twitter are motivated to take part in debates beneath the hashtag #svpol. Also, this work contributes with the personal experience of entering the Twittersphere as a new user without the capital of trust or knowledge prerequisite to the participation in the community of #svpol. Through semi-structured interviews six respondents shared their experiences of political dialogue on Twitter. Further, this study presents a new form of gathering data by using Twitter as a channel for textual responses through the function of Direct Messages where 3 respondents answered in text. The results presented confirms earlier theory in some respects regarding motivational factors to engage in political commentary and debate on Twitter. Also, this study presents nuances which can be recognized as pre-dispositioning motivational factors addressed in earlier research. The respondents in this work show differences in their social orientation displaying both relation orientation and antagonistic features in the community of #svpol. Their motivation and gratifications differ, and the result are discussed and concluded in the final chapter. This study does not generalize by the findings presented, rather it describes a small window of the community of #svpol and political commentary on Twitter. Rather than posing any absolute truths or widely held conceptions, this study contributes by giving some depth to the notion of nine Twitter users and their perception of the activity beneath #svpol on the Twitter platform. This work also shines light hardships which a researcher might encounter on the way to a qualitative approach to Twitter users in a general, largely anonymous, network within a national setting.
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La chronique politique de la presse écrite montréalaise : portrait d’un genre journalistique en quête d’une définitionPoirier, Pénélope 08 1900 (has links)
La chronique politique, qui se trouve au coeur de la question de l’influence de la presse sur l’opinion publique, rencontre un vide dans les écrits scientifiques, du moins au Québec. L’étude de la chronique est pourtant des plus pertinentes dans le contexte actuel où les plateformes Web viennent renforcer la présence de commentateurs de tous les sujets. À partir d’une analyse systématique de chroniques politiques parues entre 1991 et 2011, ainsi que d’entrevues semi-dirigées avec des chroniqueurs politiques chevronnés, la présente étude décrit ce genre jusqu’ici peu étudié. Ainsi, les caractéristiques tels le format et la disposition de la chronique sont d’une part mises en évidence, alors que la diversité de sujets traités par les chroniqueurs politiques, d’autre part, montre que le genre jouit d’une grande liberté et que les auteurs peuvent choisir à propos de quoi ils veulent écrire et la manière de le faire. La critique négative reste omniprésente dans les chroniques, mais dans une moins grande proportion que ce à quoi il aurait été possible de s’attendre, plusieurs étant plutôt neutres et de nature explicative. Finalement, les propos des chroniqueurs prouvent que cette fonction s’accompagne d’une reconnaissance et d’un certain vedettariat, autant parmi la population qu’auprès de leurs collègues. Le tout permet de distinguer la chronique de l’ensemble des autres genres et pratiques journalistiques. / The political column – which figures at the heart of the issue of the press’ influence of public opinion – is rarely studied in scholarly literature, especially in Quebec. Yet, the study of punditry is particularly relevant in the context where different Web platforms seem to strengthen the presence of commentaries of all flavours. This study aims to shed light on the recent evolution of political column by presenting a systematic content analysis of such articles published in Quebec newspapers from 1991 to 2011, combined with a series of semi-directed interviews with renowned political columnists. Emphasis is first put on several characteristics, such as formatting or layout of the articles, while the wide variety of issues addressed by political columnists show that the column genre enjoys real freedom as the authors themselves choose their topics and decide how to write about them. Moreover, the negative critique remains ubiquitous in political punditry, though in a smaller proportion that could be expected, as many authors are rather neutral and explanatory in their comments. Finally, the remarks of the interviewed columnists suggest that their status is accompanied by recognition and celebrity, as much from the readers as from their colleagues. The general conclusions lead us to better assess the distinctions between political columns and other journalistic genres.
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La chronique politique de la presse écrite montréalaise : portrait d’un genre journalistique en quête d’une définitionPoirier, Pénélope 08 1900 (has links)
La chronique politique, qui se trouve au coeur de la question de l’influence de la presse sur l’opinion publique, rencontre un vide dans les écrits scientifiques, du moins au Québec. L’étude de la chronique est pourtant des plus pertinentes dans le contexte actuel où les plateformes Web viennent renforcer la présence de commentateurs de tous les sujets. À partir d’une analyse systématique de chroniques politiques parues entre 1991 et 2011, ainsi que d’entrevues semi-dirigées avec des chroniqueurs politiques chevronnés, la présente étude décrit ce genre jusqu’ici peu étudié. Ainsi, les caractéristiques tels le format et la disposition de la chronique sont d’une part mises en évidence, alors que la diversité de sujets traités par les chroniqueurs politiques, d’autre part, montre que le genre jouit d’une grande liberté et que les auteurs peuvent choisir à propos de quoi ils veulent écrire et la manière de le faire. La critique négative reste omniprésente dans les chroniques, mais dans une moins grande proportion que ce à quoi il aurait été possible de s’attendre, plusieurs étant plutôt neutres et de nature explicative. Finalement, les propos des chroniqueurs prouvent que cette fonction s’accompagne d’une reconnaissance et d’un certain vedettariat, autant parmi la population qu’auprès de leurs collègues. Le tout permet de distinguer la chronique de l’ensemble des autres genres et pratiques journalistiques. / The political column – which figures at the heart of the issue of the press’ influence of public opinion – is rarely studied in scholarly literature, especially in Quebec. Yet, the study of punditry is particularly relevant in the context where different Web platforms seem to strengthen the presence of commentaries of all flavours. This study aims to shed light on the recent evolution of political column by presenting a systematic content analysis of such articles published in Quebec newspapers from 1991 to 2011, combined with a series of semi-directed interviews with renowned political columnists. Emphasis is first put on several characteristics, such as formatting or layout of the articles, while the wide variety of issues addressed by political columnists show that the column genre enjoys real freedom as the authors themselves choose their topics and decide how to write about them. Moreover, the negative critique remains ubiquitous in political punditry, though in a smaller proportion that could be expected, as many authors are rather neutral and explanatory in their comments. Finally, the remarks of the interviewed columnists suggest that their status is accompanied by recognition and celebrity, as much from the readers as from their colleagues. The general conclusions lead us to better assess the distinctions between political columns and other journalistic genres.
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Embracing LOLitics: Popular Culture, Online Political Humor, and PlayTay, Geniesa January 2012 (has links)
The Internet, and Web 2.0 tools can empower audiences to actively participate in media creation. This allows the production of large quantities of content, both amateur and professional. Online memes, which are extensions of usually citizen-created viral content, are a recent and popular example of this. This thesis examines the participation of ordinary individuals in political culture online through humor creation. It focuses on citizen-made political humor memes as an example of engaged citizen discourse. The memes comprise of photographs of political figures altered either by captions or image editing software, and can be compared to more traditional mediums such as political cartoons, and 'green screens' used in filmmaking. Popular culture is often used as a 'common language' to communicate meanings in these texts. This thesis thus examines the relationship between political and popular culture. It also discusses the value of 'affinity spaces', which actively encourage users to participate in creating and sharing the humorous political texts. Some examples of the political humor memes include: the subversion of Vladimir Putin's power by poking fun at his masculine characteristics through acts similar to fanfiction, celebrating Barack Obama’s love of Star Wars, comparing a candid photograph of John McCain to fictional nonhuman creatures such as zombies using photomanipulation, and the wide variety of immediate responses to Osama bin Laden's death. This thesis argues that much of the idiosyncratic nature of the political humor memes comes from a motivation that lies in non-serious play, though they can potentially offer legitimate political criticism through the myths 'poached' from popular culture.
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