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1. 21. "Dom kallar oss giggare". En studie av de nya daglönarna i flexibilitetens tjänst.

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

   Författare :Astrid Bäckström; [2020]
   Nyckelord :flexibility; gig economy; labour; bodies; technology; precarious; work.; Cultural Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : The following paper aims to examine and discuss the gig-economy and the workers that I call “giggare” from a cultural analysis-perspective. In this essay I hope to answer these three questions: In what way does labour operate in a material and technological aspect? How does flexibility shape the work and the worker? And how is the body of the worker visible in the labour? The study is based on the ethnographic material I collected during my fieldwork in Skåne in October of 2019. LÄS MER

3. 22. Kvinnoförtrycket i virtuella spelvärlden : “Vi är som slagpåsar” - En kvalitativ intervjustudie om kvinnors upplevelser av spelvärlden

   Kandidat-uppsats, Högskolan i Halmstad/Akademin för hälsa och välfärd

   Författare :Denis Mehmeti; Devin Radianu; [2020]
   Nyckelord :Sociology; subordination; power relations; gender; misogyny; male dominance; Sociologi; underordning; maktrelationer; genus; misogyni; manlig dominans;

   Sammanfattning : This essay is based on a study that presents the result of interviews directed at women who are integrated in the gaming community. The purpose is to get clarification on the topic about how women experience gaming and if they are treated differently than men in the community. LÄS MER

4. 23. Defining the Voice of Montreal: Exploring Possibilities for Human-Machine Companionship

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för etnologi

   Författare :Malik Dehbi Talbot; [2020]
   Nyckelord :critical posthumanism; artificial intelligence; virtual assistant; tourism; science and technology studies; human-machine relationships; voicebot; labor relations; companion; sociomaterial assemblage; History and Archaeology; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : This thesis explores the possibility for (re)defining the relationship between humans and robots with conversational interfaces. It does so by looking at the creation process of a voice and text-based virtual assistant for tourists from the perspective of critical posthumanism and posthuman performativity. LÄS MER

5. 24. “ROFL F*ck You” : Understanding the Current State of Toxicity in Battlefield V

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

   Författare :Justin Juvrud; [2020]
   Nyckelord :Toxicity; Virtual Worlds; Battlefield V; Techne; Contingency;

   Sammanfattning : With the birth of “virtual worlds,” created a new space for social norms to evolve and change within a subset community. This thesis focuses on toxicity within the virtual world of EA DICE’s Battlefield V title. LÄS MER

7. 25. Virtual Influencing: Uncharted Frontier in the Uncanny Valley

   Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Företagsekonomiska institutionen

   Författare :Mary Caroline Creasey; Adrián Vázquez Anido; [2020]
   Nyckelord :influencer marketing; virtual influencers; social media marketing; opinion leadership; brand spokespeople; brand spokes-characters; source credibility; uncanny valley; Business and Economics;

   Sammanfattning : Title: Virtual Influencing: Uncharted Frontier in the Uncanny Valley Date of the Seminar: 4th June 2020 Course: BUSN39 Degree Project in Global Marketing Authors: Mary Caroline Creasey and Adrián Vázquez Anido Supervisor: Burak Tunca Keywords: influencer marketing, virtual influencers, social media marketing, opinion leadership, brand spokespeople, brand spokes-characters, source credibility, uncanny valley Thesis purpose: In exploring if and to what extent reality level affects sentiment and skepticism, this study aims to provide valuable and actionable insights to both guide academics in further studies and help managers better understand nuances of influencer perceptions. Methodology: To analyze whether perception differs across influencers’ reality levels (human or virtual), this study collected comment data from Instagram to assess levels of sentiment and skepticism. LÄS MER