Essays about: "fan studies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 62 essays containing the words fan studies.

  1. 1. Conjunction of the spheres. The struggle for hegemony in the English language online reception of Netflix adaption: The Witcher.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Author : Sarah R. Kern; [2024-02-06]
    Keywords : Production reception; Hegemony; Discourse; Transmedia; Witcher; Fantasy; Polish Fantasy; Media literacy; Convergence culture; Fan-studies; Participation culture; Technical communication; Digital Role-Playing Games; Civic imagination; Netnography; ;

    Abstract : This essay uses the concepts of convergence culture, transmedia and hegemony, to understand the struggles within the English language reception to Netflix Tv production “The Witcher.” In order to help the reader, the essay presents the background to the larger Witcher franchise, as well as standard debates and issues within the fantasy genre, the role-playing-game genre and convergence culture. READ MORE

  3. 2. “I Feel so at Home in This Subreddit" : A Netnographic Analysis of the Fan Subreddit r/ThelastofusHBOseries and Its Community-Building Aspects

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

    Author : Marlene Penn; [2023]
    Keywords : The Last of Us; fandom; online fan community; Reddit; netnography; communication; community building;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the online fan community of the HBO series The Last of Us on the social media platform Reddit. Within this study, the fans’ communication practices on the subreddit r/ThelastofusHBOseries are researched and analyzed from a community-building perspective. The subreddit was observed employing a netnographic approach. READ MORE

  4. 3. Goncharov and Collaborative Storytelling : How Tumblr Invented a Fake Martin Scorsese Movie

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

    Author : Anna Birna Turner; [2023]
    Keywords : goncharov; tumblr; transmedia; storytelling; ARG; social media; fandom;

    Abstract : Online fandoms are capable of various feats; from influencing the TV shows they watch to funding half-baked convention scams, Tumblr fandoms in particular are infamous across the internet. Their chaotic and intense nature simultaneously leads to intense bouts of creative activity, pumping hundreds of thousands of fan works into the Tumblr ecosystem every year. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Race to Success: Navigating the Roadblocks to Formula E's Popularity

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Rebecca Aharon; Fu Jill Dakota van der Horst; Guillaume Berge; [2023]
    Keywords : Keywords: Brand loyalty; Corporate Brand Identity; Sustainable Messaging; Media Influence; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Purpose: Formula E, the electric counterpart to Formula 1, has not achieved the same level of popularity among consumers. The purpose of this paper is to understand why Formula E has not been as successful as Formula 1 and the barriers to consumer adoption of Formula E. READ MORE

  6. 5. N2 fixation of three legume species in an agroforestry system

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Soil and Environment

    Author : Hsiang-Ju Fan; [2023]
    Keywords : nitrogen; dinitrogen fixation; legumes; groundnut; stylo; pinto peanut; understorey crop;

    Abstract : Due to the strong soil erosion caused by agricultural activities and sloping landscape, agroforestry has been introduced as a potentially sustainable cropping practice in the mountainous NW Vietnam. Using legumes as understorey crops in these systems has a potential to limit erosion and smother weeds, as well as provide additional nitrogen (N) to the system. READ MORE