Essays about: "WSB"
Found 5 essays containing the word WSB.
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1. r/wallstreetbets Influence on the Stock Market
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : This research aims to examine how much impact social media channels have on stock returns during unusual market events. We do this by measuring the sentiment and activity on the Reddit forum wallstreetbets (WSB) regarding some of the six most mentioned companies during the first four months of 2021 and connect this to their relative stock returns. READ MORE
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2. $GME To The Moon : Mapping Memetic Discourse as Discursive Strategyin Reddit Trading Community r/WallStreetBets during the GameStop Short Squeeze Saga
University essay from Stockholms universitet/JMKAbstract : As social media has emerged to become a key site for contemporary communications and cultural production, the internet meme has penetrated every level of social networking online. Albeit being a global phenomenon with pervasive discursive power in a number of fields ranging from humour to international politics and cyber warfare, comparatively little research has been made into how internet memes work on the discursive level of identity formation and their influence on the formation of internet-based social movements. READ MORE
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3. Stocks only go up: Discussions on WallStreetBets and their relationship with stock returns and trading activity
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomiAbstract : We investigate the ability of stock ticker mentions on the online message board Reddit WallStreetBets (WSB) to forecast abnormal stock returns and trading activity. By simply counting the number of times a stock is mentioned on WSB, we construct a novel and direct measure of investor attention. In a sample of more than 2,500 U.S. READ MORE
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4. The Mobilisation of r/wallstreetbets : A critical discourse analysis of GameStop short squeeze comments
University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskapAbstract : This thesis revolves around the subreddit r/wallstreetbets (WSB) and how members started buying the GameStop stock (GME) to push up the price. This thesis aims to develop an understanding of how WSB was mobilised through internal discourses and what significance social media had as a communication tool in the mobilisation. READ MORE
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5. Participatory Edutainment in Practice : A Case Study of Wan Smolbag, Vanuatu
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : Entertainment-Education (EE), or ‘Edutainment’ as it has come to be known, is a prominent discipline and communicative practice, both in international and community development, and is utilised to address social issues and culturally specific norms, some of which may be taboo or harmful. This research sets out to explore the application of edutainment, in particular Theatre for Development (TfD), through an examination of its practice in a Pacific context; namely, a case study of Wan Smolbag Theatre (WSB), a grassroots NGO based in Vanuatu. READ MORE