Essays about: "narrative"

Showing result 26 - 30 of 1789 essays containing the word narrative.

  1. 26. EXTREME, SPECTACULAR AND HORRIFIC A qualitative film analysis of affective strategies in extreme horror via Terrifier 2

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för kulturvetenskaper

    Author : Iris Landar Lygren; [2023-12-20]
    Keywords : Horror; film studies; spectatorship; extreme cinema; Terrifier 2; extreme horror;

    Abstract : During the year of 2022 the film Terrifier 2 was shown in theaters all over the western world. This film was not supported by any larger production companies, but was partly crowdfunded. The film combines elements from the 1980s slashers and the Extreme Cinema tradition and contains 2 hours and 18 minutes packed with gore. READ MORE

  2. 27. FACEBOOK IS NOW META. Meta's corporate sociotechnical imaginary and the discursive construction of the Metaverse as the social platform of the future

    University essay from Institutionen för tillämpad informationsteknologi

    Author : Marc Castell; [2023-11-22]
    Keywords : corporate sociotechnical imaginary; corporate communication; future narratives; Metaverse; platform capitalism; strategic narratives; Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse;

    Abstract : The interpretive discourse-analytic framework of the Sociology of Knowledge Approach to Discourse is used to analyze how Meta's senior executives discursively frame the use of augmented reality and virtual reality in order to position the Metaverse as the next social platform during Connect 2021. The findings suggest five interpretive schemas that characterize the Metaverse as a social platform of the future: (a) the Metaverse as the next version of the Internet; (b) the Metaverse as a facilitator of presence and a connector of people; (c) the Metaverse as a marketplace in the Metaverse economy; (d) the Metaverse as a ubiquitous place in our daily lives; and (e) the Metaverse as a space designed in a responsible manner. READ MORE

  3. 28. Exploring foreign language teachers’ professional agency in Romanian Public Secondary schools.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för pedagogik och specialpedagogik

    Author : Camelia Dragomir; [2023-10-31]
    Keywords : teacher agency; ecological theory; foreign language teaching; accountability; professional development;

    Abstract : Aim: This research aims to explore how seven foreign language teachers in a few urban public secondary schools in Romania understand and enact their professional agency and how contextual factors support or constrain its achievement. The purpose is to understand the ways in which the participants’ teaching philosophies and experiences inform their awareness and achievement of agency, what they perceive as the available contextual resources within contextual constraints, and how that reflects in their beliefs and professional aspirations. READ MORE

  4. 29. Applying ChatGPT in AI-based dynamic video game narrative generation system

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för data- och informationsteknik

    Author : Arturs Umbraško; Robert Drury; [2023-10-23]
    Keywords : Computer; science; engineering; thesis; ChatGPT; OpenAI; games; narrative; machine learning; interaction design;

    Abstract : ChatGPT’s release and general availability has the potential to create new possibilities for storytelling in games. There are potential benefits of leveraging ChatGPT to generate a narrative at runtime in a video game, as well as possible resulting pitfalls. READ MORE

  5. 30. The European Union's identity-building project, and the impact on the Romanian national identity

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Felix Jatko Stålnacke; [2023-10-19]
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    Abstract : The research brings up the ongoing debate on how globalization causes increased tension between the Global and Local identity formations. The local identity formations are challenged, and potentially diminishing in the presence of homogenized identities. Suprnationalites, are likewise questioned if they are excluding national identity formations. READ MORE