Tv-generationen - Kvinnor födda på 50-talet berättar om tv-mediet

Abstract

This study is an analysis of eight womens memories and stories about TV. All of the informants were born in the 1950:s and they are all senior citizens today. Through their individual stories about the medium they say something about who they are, both as a group and as individuals. In the way they compose their stories they position themselves on certain “thought figures”or shared intellectual concepts (tankefigurer). These range from everything from the concept of early TV being so exciting that you even watched the test-screen to the norm that as a parent you should be present when your kids are watching TV. When they position themselves to these concepts they also become part of certain communities with others who position themselves on the same concepts. The study also uses Sarah Ahmed's theories on lifelines and theories about time to show how the women positions themselves on certain norms and concepts.