Affectively Entertaining: Dating/Games During a “Limited Military Exercise”

Abstract

Here the author presents a collage of inter-relatable quotations. The excerpts include discourses from/regarding reality dating shows, media coverage of Ukraine’s invasion, gamification in dating apps, the role of affect in media remixing and sense-making, military and business strategy, computerized games, and literary authors and social theory. Questions emerge: How do various forms of popular/social media “interpellate” us? How does affect precede and result from participation, watching, and/or collaboration? How might varied discursive contexts present overlapping (and destabilizing) phrasing and points of focus across platforms? The performative text is designed to meet the moment.