Essays about: "youtubers"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the word youtubers.

1. 1. Resistance from within : the experiences and performances of female Malawian YouTubers

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kommunikation och medier

   Author : Mercy Malikwa; [2023]
   Keywords : Female Malawian YouTubers; YouTube vlogging; Vlogs; Affective labour; Transgression; Agency; Identities; Patriarchy; Colonialism; Performance; Everyday Life; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis explored the experiences and performances of female Malawian YouTubers. It is grounded in the understanding of the digital realm as a liberal space in which common people can showcase their own realities without the mediation of the structures of censorship common in traditional media. READ MORE

3. 2. Streaming as a Virtual Being : The Complex Relationship Between VTubers and Identity

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Anna Birna Turner; [2022]
   Keywords : vtuber; livestreaming; streaming; twitch; motion capture; identity;

   Abstract : The boundary between offline and online worlds is rapidly shrinking with improvements in technology. Virtual Youtubers (VTubers) have emerged in recent years as a new Twitch streaming phenomenon. Replacing the use of webcams, VTubers obscure their true physical appearance and instead choose to represent themselves through a fictional character. 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. YouTubers: An Anthropological Exploration of YouTube Content Creators

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialantropologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Robin Ronron Olsson; [2019]
   Keywords : Social Anthropology; YouTubers; Content Creators; Self-Presentation; YouTube; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : YouTube is today one of the most popular video hosting services on the Internet. With over a billion users all over the world it is an immensely active website. It is also a major platform for video content creators also referred to as YouTubers. READ MORE

6. 5. The practice of influencing : how zero waste YouTubers try to influence the reduction of waste through online communities

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Emelie Oldensjö; [2018]
   Keywords : zero waste; netnography; YouTube; online community; practice theory;

   Abstract : The huge generation of waste has become one of the world’s most crucial environmental issues, due to consumption, massive use of resources and short life-spans of products. As a response to this, the waste management industry has started to implement zero waste strategies, striving for reduction of waste to lessen environmental impact. READ MORE