摘要：From movies to emojis, from love letters to flame wars, from shocking television news to immersive video games – emotions are of utmost importance for media production, reception, appropriation, and interaction. They guide the sensory perception and meaning-making of their users; they imprint media experiences into memory; and they contribute to the formation of collective identities, values, and modes of action. Often, emotions are the main motivation for the use of media in the first place, as they form the basis of aesthetic experience, enjoyment, and entertainment. Today, media interfaces and algorithms even observe and influence their users’ emotions. The perplexing variety of connections between media and emotions can be tentatively sorted into four groups of general questions: Emotion representation: How are different emotions represented and expressed in media, and through what means? Emotion elicitation: Which emotions do media evoke in users, and by what forms and structures? Which user dispositions and contexts underlie affective reactions? Emotion practice: In which practices are emotions integrated, and how are they interwoven with media uses and functions? Emotion culture: Which socio-cultural causes and effects do media emotions have in certain cultures and epochs? How are they linked to power, ethics and politics, and how do they change over time?.
