Essays about: "fan identification"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 17 essays containing the words fan identification.
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6. Supporting the Cause: How Can Football Supporters Engage with a Club's Brand Extensions
University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Title: Supporting the Cause: How Can Football Supporters Engage with a Club’s Brand Extensions Seminar Date: June 4th, 2020 Course: BUSN39: Degree Project in Global Marketing Authors: Peter Moane and Alessandro Solmi Supervisor: Ekaterini Drosou Thesis Purpose: This research aims at understanding what English supporters of football teams with a small fan base deem important in order to buy, engage or interact with the brand extensions put in place by their favourite club, thereby contributing to the club’s revenue. Methodology: The thesis adopts a relativist ontology and a social-constructionist epistemology, which induced authors to choose a qualitative method and an abductive approach. READ MORE
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7. Transmedia storytelling in the music industry : The case of BTS
University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskapAbstract : This case study research examines the impact of transmedia storytelling on the global reach of Korean-pop (K-pop) group BTS (Bangtan sonyeondan) and how narratives within the transmedia storyworld can motivate the audience to seek individual and social change. This study is inspired by the rise of BTS in the global music industry. READ MORE
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8. 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)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
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9. Doing digital football fandom
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för teknik och samhälle (TS)Abstract : By applying ethnographic method this study sought to explore how football’s mediatization is inviting the digital displacement of fan culture by social media-based communities. It also aimed to understand how contemporary football fans engage online as part of identifying themselves as supporters of a football club. READ MORE
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10. Die-hard fans or double agents? : A quantitative study on esports fandom in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CSGO)
University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för företagande och ledning; Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för marknadsföring och strategiAbstract : Esports has during the 21st century developed from an overlooked subculture into a billion-dollar industry. Across the globe, teams are competing in tournaments with large prize pools, cheered on by devoted fans. Despite this impressive scenery, there is still little knowledge on these teams and their fans. READ MORE
