Essays about: "media and communication studies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 293 essays containing the words media and communication 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. Communications Effect on Trust in The Hybrid Workplace. An explorative case study of an outsourcing company providing financial services

   University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi

   Author : Linn Gyllenhammar Byström; [2023-11-22]
   Keywords : trust; communication; hybrid workplace; media synchronicity theory; social exchange theory;

   Abstract : The COVID-19 pandemic transformed the way people work, with many organizations shifting to remote work as the result. As we move towards a post-pandemic world, the hybrid working method that combines remote and in-office work is becoming increasingly popular and not likely to go away. READ MORE

4. 3. Analysing the Internal Communication in Organisation in the Context of Hybrid Model Working from Perspectives of Leaders and Followers

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Roope Haapanen; [2023-08-29]
   Keywords : Hybrid model working; Internal communication; Formal communication; Informal communication Leaders; Followers;

   Abstract : The COVID-19 pandemic kept the world closed for a long time, and its effects affected everyone. Even large organisations could not escape these changes, but it was mandatory for them to come up with new ways, how the working conditions that prevail in offices can be transferred to people`s homes, so that remote working would be possible. READ MORE

5. 4. Collective Digital Identity of Russian Nationalist Organisations in the Invasion of Ukraine

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Medier och kommunikation

   Author : Gabriele Scalise; [2023]
   Keywords : Russian invasion of Ukraine; Russo-Ukrainian War; Russian nationalism; Eurasianism; ethnography; semiotics; coding; Russian studies; media ecology; collective identity; narrative; infowar;

   Abstract : This project investigates Russian nationalist organisations during the invasion of Ukraine, to study their collective identity and practises. It features an ethnography of 26 organisations, their websites and social media. Their content is coded via a semiotic framework, categorising their symbols, images, content posted and other identity tropes. READ MORE

6. 5. “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