Essays about: "disinhibition"

Found 4 essays containing the word disinhibition.

  1. 1. "Be fit, my age, big c**k": Engagements with Hegemonic Masculinity, Hetero(homo)normativity and Discrimination among Queer Male Dating App Users in Malmö and Copenhagen - A Thematic and Summative Content Analysis

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Aaron West; [2023]
    Keywords : MSM dating apps; hegemonic masculinity; heteronormative; homonormative; misogyny; body shaming; racism; queer digital geographies; self- re presentation; online disinhibition.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This exploratory research addresses a significant gap in feminist, cultural, and digital geographies by examining the geographic variations of how hegemonic masculinity, hetero(homo)normativity and discrimination is exhibited by MSM dating apps users in two distinct city contexts. Drawing from a post-structuralist humanistic perspective, the study explores how dominant ideologies shape exclusionary online queer spaces made unique by digital placemaking. 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. How the Online Disinhibition Effect Affects the Online Video Game Industry

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för speldesign

    Author : Ladbon Monjezizadeh; Alex Untoro; [2016]
    Keywords : disinhibition; cyberpsychology; dissociative anonymity; invisibility; asynchronicity; solipsistic introjection; dissociative imagination; minimizing authority;

    Abstract : Extensive computer use is creating a society where its citizens are communicating outside the norm of real life. These diversions from real life communication behavior have been named the Online Disinhibition Effect (ODE). READ MORE

  5. 4. In computer veritas : Flaming as a form of toxic online disinhibition and its triggers in World of Warcraft

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

    Author : Andreea Florentina Jonsson; [2015]
    Keywords : flaming; offensive behaviour; online gaming; World of Warcraft;

    Abstract : Being active in an online environment has become part of our day to day life. The protection of anonymity, invisibility and lack of authority on online platforms ranging from social media to gaming, allows people to act uninhibitedly in a setting often populated by foul language. READ MORE