Essays about: "celebrity culture"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 22 essays containing the words celebrity culture.

1. 6. The Audience Engagement for the TV Show of the Palace Museum : Case Study for the Social Media, Weibo account of the TV Show, There is Something New in the Palace Museum

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för informatik och media

   Author : Xueying Shi; [2020]
   Keywords : digital museum; social media interaction; audience engagement; participatory culture; edutainment;

   Abstract : This study aims to analyze the audience engagement in a Chinese social media, Weibo, of the Palace Museum TV show “There is Something New in the Palace Museum”. It is new for a Chinese museum to cooperate with traditional media and digital media at the same time to generate more interest, particularly of younger generations. READ MORE

3. 7. Grandma on YouTube: a case study of the older female YouTuber Korea Grandma

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

   Author : Min Joo Kim; [2020]
   Keywords : micro-celebrity; older adults; older women; ageism; gendered; YouTube; South Korea; Korea Grandma; granfluencer; silver creator; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Older women have long been invisible and marginalized in society and culture at large because of the ‘gendered’ ageist stereotypes towards them. Especially, ageist stereotypes towards older women have been reinforced by their invisibility and stereotypical portrayals in traditional media. READ MORE

4. 8. Will Beauty Save the World? A historical context study of the Miss Venezuela pageant as a conceivable contributor to communication for development

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

   Author : Jassir de Windt; [2019]
   Keywords : celebrity beauty queens; beauty with a purpose; communication for development; cultural identity; national identity; popular culture; race and class; internationalisation; economic transnationalism; social norms of beauty; representation women; social change; Celebrity-Development nexus; Venezuela; historical context; qualitative research;

   Abstract : In recent years, old-hand development scholars, in the category of Dan Brockington, have expressed their concern over academia’s neglect of the significance of celebrities in the field. As has been the case of an outturn hereof, namely beauty pageants. READ MORE

5. 9. Racial Performances On Social Media - A study of the Sweet Brown memes

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

   Author : Simone Sevel-Sørensen; [2019]
   Keywords : Racial Performance; Internet memes; Minstrelsy; Digital Blackface; Internet Culture; Race; Representation;

   Abstract : Abstract:Social Media has become a powerful tool in several aspects. It can mobilize movements, rallying for social or political causes, and it can bring people together to share experiences or interest on a global platform. READ MORE

6. 10. ‘Cute Politics’ : a case study of 2018 Taipei mayoral candidates Ko Wen-je and Ting Shouchung’s self-presentation on Instagram

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

   Author : Teng-Jhong Yeh; [2019]
   Keywords : Instagram; Goffman; dramaturgy theory; Sajiao; politician celebritisation; Taiwan; Ko Wen-je; Ting Shou-chung; self-presentation; hashtag; interactivity; Internet influencer; Taiwan-China relations; visual communication; impression management; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to study the self-images built on the social media Instagram by the re-elected Mayor Ko Wen-je and the second place Ting Shou-chung in 2018 Taipei mayoral election. Through conducting a qualitative content analysis as the research method and applying Goffman’s dramaturgy theory as the theoretical framework to analyse every Ko and Ting’s Instagram posting in the duration of the 6 months before the 2018 Taipei mayoral election, this thesis probes into Ko and Ting’s performance on the front-stage Instagram. READ MORE