Essays about: "online-culture"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the word online-culture.

  1. 1. Effective Emergency Online Teaching

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för informatik

    Author : Klaudia Huzova; Jessica Amina Borafia; [2022]
    Keywords : Emergency Online Teaching; Effective Online Teaching; Teaching Tools; Cybersecurity; IT Support; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, educators had to conduct emergency online teaching from home. This rapid switch required a lot of individual learning for teachers, even those who had conducted planned online teaching before the health crisis, impacting their effectiveness. READ MORE

  3. 2. PALMCLOUD

    University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

    Author : Astrid Marchal; [2022]
    Keywords : hybridbuilding; culturehouse; digital; greenhouse; datacenter; vr; online;

    Abstract : Think about how much of the things you do daily that is online. So much of our everyday life wouldn’t be possible without online connection. We are becoming more and more dependent on always having access to information and we spend so much time online. READ MORE

  4. 3. Cancelling the Callouts : The ‘Dramageddon’ of 2019 and the Effects of Cancel Culture Online

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

    Author : Francesca Mitrofan; [2020]
    Keywords : cancel culture; callout; drama; scandal; social media; justice; group mentality; identity; consequences; haste;

    Abstract : The guiding questions of this thesis aim to target particularities of ‘call out’ or ‘cancel’ culture - an internet phenomenon primarily dominant through social media - and fill in gaps within the literature pertaining to such online culture. Although adhering to the digital sphere, its repercussions beyond the screen are observed through the ‘dramageddon’ of 2019, the cancellation events of YouTuber influencer James Charles. READ MORE

  5. 4. Gender representations of dark fictional characters: A hermeneutic analysis of Harry Potter fan discussions on Reddit

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Jason Maurer; [2020]
    Keywords : fictional characters; media fans; Harry Potter; Reddit; gender representation; morality; villains;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to deepen our understanding of how audiences represent male and female dark fictional characters (DFCs) by exploring how Harry Potter fans discuss four of these characters on Reddit. Drawing on affective disposition theory as a guiding framework as well as previous investigations of gender representation and online fan cultures, I collected and analyzed 117 posts (containing 9,693 comments) about four DFCs from the Harry Potter franchise. READ MORE

  6. 5. “Rule no.3: Never raid with pants on.” : An Anthropological Study of Communication, Co-Operation and Friendship in the ’Virtual’ World of Warcraft

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

    Author : Isabell Haraldsson; [2017]
    Keywords : Online gaming; World of Warcraft; virtual worlds; online-culture; communication; social structure; social organisation; homo ludens; gamer culture;

    Abstract : The significance of technology and technological devices in the modern western society is steadily expanding, and affecting how the consumers of these products interact with one another. Both through these devices, but also how they interact without them the importance of studying these forms of interaction is therefore of rising significance. READ MORE