Media affinity management system

1. A method for managing media, the method comprising:

identifying, by a computer system, a configurable media item in a media for a user;

searching, by the computer system, for a corresponding media item in a collection of media items for the user;

selecting, by the computer system, the corresponding media item in the collection of media items that most closely matches a desired emotional connection to the configurable media item according to a type of emotional response of the corresponding media item and according to a level of emotional response of the corresponding media item; and

replacing, by the computer system, the configurable media item with the corresponding media item in the collection of media items.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

presenting, by a device, the media using the corresponding media item.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein searching, by the computer system, for the corresponding media item in the collection of media items for the user comprises:

identifying, by the computer system, media item matches for the configurable media item in the collection of media items; and

prioritizing, by the computer system, the media item matches based on a desired emotional connection for the configurable media item.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

sending, by the computer system, the media with the corresponding media item to a device for the user.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

searching, by the computer system, a group of media sources for a group of user media items for the user having an emotional connection; and

storing, by the computer system, the group of user media items in the collection of media items.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the collection of media items is stored in a database.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein a media item in the collection of media items is stored in a record in the database in which the record comprises the media item, an emotional response, and a score for the emotional response.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configurable media item has a media type selected from one of an image, a video, and a sound.

9. A computer system comprising:

a processor unit;

a content manager that identifies a configurable media item in a media for a user; searches for a corresponding media item in a collection of media items for the user; and replaces the configurable media item with the corresponding media item in the collection of media items, wherein the corresponding media item is selected according to a type of emotional response of the corresponding media item and according to a level of emotional response of the corresponding media item.

10. The computer system of claim 9 , wherein the content manager presents the media using the corresponding media item.

11. The computer system claim 9 , wherein the searching comprises:

identifying media item matches for the configurable media item in the collection of media items;

prioritizing the media item matches based on a desired emotional connection for the configurable media item; and

selecting a media item match in a group of media items that most closely matches the desired emotional connection as the corresponding media item.

12. The computer system of claim 9 , wherein the content manager sends the media with the corresponding media item to a device for the user.

13. The computer system of claim 9 , wherein the content manager searches a group of media sources for a group of user media items for the user; identifies an emotional connection to the user for each media item in a group of user media items; and stores each media item in the collection of media items.

14. The computer system of claim 9 , wherein a media item in the collection of media items is stored as a record in a database in which the record comprises where an object in the media item is located, an emotional response, and a score for the emotional response.

15. The computer system claim 9 , wherein a media item in the collection of media items is stored in a record in a database in which the record comprises the media item, an emotional response, and a score for the emotional response.

16. The computer system claim 9 , wherein the configurable media item has a media type selected from one of an image, a video, and a sound.

17. A computer program product for managing media, the computer program product comprising:

a computer-readable storage media;

first program code, stored on the computer-readable storage media, for identifying a configurable media item in a media for a user;

second program code, stored on the computer-readable storage media, for searching for a corresponding media item in a collection of media items for the user; and

third program code, stored on the computer-readable storage media, for replacing the configurable media item with the corresponding media item in the collection of media items, wherein the corresponding media item is selected according to a type of emotional response of the corresponding media item and according to a level of emotional response of the corresponding media item.

18. The computer program product of claim 17 , wherein the second program code comprises:

program code, stored on the computer-readable storage media, for identifying media item matches for the configurable media item in the collection of media items;

program code, stored on the computer-readable storage media, for prioritizing the media item matches based on a desired emotional connection for the configurable media item; and

program code, stored on the computer-readable storage media, for selecting a media item match in a group of media items that most closely matches the desired emotional connection as the corresponding media item.

19. The computer program product of claim 17 further comprising:

fourth program code, stored on the computer-readable storage media, for sending the media with the corresponding media item to a device for the user.

20. The computer program product of claim 17 further comprising:

a fourth program code, stored on the computer-readable storage media, for searching a group of media sources for a group of user media items for the user;

fifth program code, stored on the computer-readable storage media, for identifying an emotional connection to the user for each user media item in the group of user media items; and

sixth program code, stored on the computer-readable storage media, for storing each media item in the collection of media items.