Affect, Emotion and Media

TEMPORARY WORKING GROUP

AFFECT, EMOTION & MEDIA

The main objective of the TWG Affect, Emotion & Media is to provide a platform for European media and communication scholars to engage in an interdisciplinary dialog about the ongoing research into the interplay of affect, emotion, and media.

The TWG invites all researchers who are interested in theoretical concepts and methodological approaches that aim at capturing how affect and emotion shape and are shaped by media technologies, texts, and productions in mass and social media in numerous contexts, including – but not limited to – journalism, politics, entertainment, advertising, and everyday lifeworlds.

Researchers working with qualitative, quantitative, and computational methods will have the chance to present their work, exchange ideas, and collaborate with each other. Members of the working group not only contribute to the academic fathom of affect and emotion in the field of media and communication but also advance our knowledge about affective and emotional dynamics driving pressing societal issues, such as hate speech, populism, decreasing trust in journalism, debates around exclusion and inclusion in cultural production, among others.

We encourage all interested ECREA members to formally join the TWG in their ECREA profile on the website and to follow us on Twitter to receive and circulate essential updates on events and publications.

Management Team

Manuel Menke

Chair

Manuel Menke is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Communication, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. His research interests comprise (theories of) social and media change, mediated memory and nostalgia, mediated affect and emotion, digital public spheres, and journalism.

Fredrika Thelandersson

Vice Chair

Fredrika Thelandersson is a postdoctoral researcher in Media and Communication Studies at Lund University, Sweden. Her research is situated in the fields of Media, Culture, Gender, and Affect studies, with a particular focus on sad affects and mental health/illness in popular culture and on social media.

Débora Medeiros

Vice Chair

Débora Medeiros is a postdoctoral researcher working at the Collaborative Research Center Affective Societies at Freie Universität Berlin. She is also a member of the Institute for Social Movement Studies (ipb) and a founding member of the Affect and Colonialism Web Lab.

Klara Langmann

YECREA Representative

Klara Langmann is a research associate and PhD student at the Department of Communication, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany. Her research focuses on dynamics and effects of (collective) emotions in democratically dysfunctional online communication like incivility or outrage dynamics.