Essays about: "tumblr"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the word tumblr.

1. 1. 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

3. 2. Fan Art and Creative Community : THE MEANING OF ART IN ONLINE FANDOM

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Sally Wertwein Samuelsson; [2023]
   Keywords : participatory Culture; Fandom; Fan Art; Interview; Wellbeing; Online Community; Deltagande Kultur; Fan Kultur; Online Konst; Intervju; Välmående; Online Kultur;

   Abstract : This study investigates the individual experience of viewing fan art and creative works within fandom, as well as the community’s potential to be a place for learning or to develop creative skills. I approach the fandom of Final Fantasy XIV, a massive multiplayer online game, on the online platform Tumblr, asking for fans’ experience with creative content and community connections. READ MORE

4. 3. The influence of social media on the travel decisionmaking behavior of Ethiopian educational tourists in Poland : The case of Ethiopian educational tourists in Poland

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

   Author : Taleyihun Tadese Wendemagegnehu; [2021]
   Keywords : Social media marketing; Ethiopian educational tourists; Poland’s educational tourism; social media platforms; Decision-making behavior; Tourist’s motivation; Likert scale; Quantitative data;

   Abstract : The impact of international mobility and globalization on universities has led to a greater need for students. Thus, throughout students stay in their destinatio ncountry, prospective students access a variety of sources of information and make simultaneous decisions about where to travel; decision making is required at everystage of the travel process (pre-travel, during travel, and post travel). READ MORE

5. 4. Speaking Tumblr : A Case Study of Textual Communication on Social Media

   University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för lärande, humaniora och samhälle

   Author : Tove Elmgren; [2018]
   Keywords : cyberpragmatics; social media; netspeak; computer-mediated communication; functions; textual communication; internet linguistics; Tumblr; phatic communication; covert prestige;

   Abstract : This essay describes a case study of textual communication on the online social mediaplatform Tumblr. The aim of the research was to analyse the communicative functions and thestylistic, sociolinguistic, and pragmatic characteristics of textual discourse on Tumblr. READ MORE

6. 5. Stories of Significance : The Process and Practises of Sense-Making in the Sherlock Fan Community

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

   Author : Kee Lundqvist; [2015]
   Keywords : coping theory; production of meaning; virtual anthropology; sherlock; tumblr; fan studies; fan psychology;

   Abstract : Building on professor of psychology Kenneth Pargament’s claim that people actively seek to establish a sense of significance and strive to minimize its loss, this study argues that fans of fictional works continually create a (subjectively seemingly) coherent interpretation of the source text that both builds upon and supports meaningful themes and phenomena found in the text. This, in turn, generates a subjective (though often communally negotiated) sense of significance. READ MORE