Essays about: "affective state"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 28 essays containing the words affective state.

1. 16. “Mommy meets Money”: Digitized forms of affective labor among ‘mommy’ bloggers and the biopolitical production of ‘life’ as a marketable commodity

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

   Author : Erla Gjinishi; [2018]
   Keywords : affective labor; biopolitical production; everyday life; marketable commodities; virtual economy; reproductive labor; social factory; ‘mommy’ blogging; multitude; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study explores the ways in which digitized forms of affective labor among ‘mommy’ bloggers effectuate biopolitical production of ‘life’ as a marketable commodity. Situating the research in a context of a neo-liberal re-structuring of the global order and dissolving biopolitical state boundaries, this study captures the transformation of ‘life’ and its quotidian needs and capabilities into a terrain for commodification. READ MORE

3. 17. Augmented Reality : How it influences customer experience

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Ylva Högnäs; Minja Lendahl; [2018]
   Keywords : augmented reality; customer experience; interactive technology; cognitive experiential state; affective experiential state; hedonic value; utility value; IKEA;

   Abstract : Augmented reality (AR) has emerged as a new interactive technology that enables marketers to craft an immersive experience for customers. The technology complaints the physical environment with virtual objects, and thus have the unique power to put the (virtual) product in the hands of the consumer. READ MORE

4. 18. “Thanks to a good fairy you were born” : An intersectional feminist analysis of ovum donation advertising found in the public space in Barcelona

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

   Author : Elisabet Tasa-Vinyals; [2017]
   Keywords : Ovum donation; Egg donation; Assisted reproduction; New Reproductive Technologies NRT ; In Vitro Fertilisation IVF ; Politics of reproduction; Economy of cells and tissues;

   Abstract : Gamete donors are actively searched by companies dedicated to assisted reproduction in the Spanish State, and advertising is not only legal but rather common. This thesis provides an overview of the main themes that arise from the analysis of mostly visual materials used to promote ovum donation in public spaces in Barcelona, and critically links them to current debates in intersectional feminist cultural studies of technoscience, bodily theory and visual studies. READ MORE

5. 19. Empathy for Pain : And its Neural Correlates

   University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för biovetenskap

   Author : Emelie Löfstrand; [2016]
   Keywords : empathy; pain; shared networks; pain matrix; empathy for pain;

   Abstract : The phenomenon of empathy has been fascinating laymen and scholars for centuries and has recently been an important subject for cognitive neuroscientific study. Empathy refers to the ability to understand and share others’ emotions and a characteristic of this ability is the capacity to empathize with others in pain. READ MORE

6. 20. The pervasiveness of nationalism: “How the world should be politically organised” : The rhetorical construction of European identity in the ‘Brexit’ debate.

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Elisabeth White; [2016]
   Keywords : Brexit; nationalism; European identity; EU; discourse;

   Abstract : The June 2016 UK referendum on EU membership is indicative of the challenges facing the EU, in terms of an apparent lack of unity and solidarity among its component member states. The very fact of a potential ‘Brexit’, and the ramifications that it might have, call into question the concept of European identity, indicative of a sense of belonging and attachment to a community beyond the confines of the nation-state. READ MORE