// Disciplines
Digital Anthropology
6 topics
- VTuber Culture and Emotion & Identity
Does 'Clipping' Cut the VTuber Short or Expand Them?
'Clipping' refers to fans or creators extracting specific funny or impressive scenes from a VTuber's stream and editing them into short vide…
- VTuber Culture and Emotion & Identity
Attachment to a Being One Can Only Encounter Through a Screen
An 'existence one can only encounter through a screen' refers to VTubers or virtual characters whom one cannot meet physically, only through…
- VTuber
What Do You Lose When Your Favorite VTuber Graduates?
When your favorite VTuber 'graduates,' what exactly do you lose? The 'death' of a character, the end of a relationship, the loss of communit…
- VTuber
Is There Something Conveyed by Not Showing Oneself?
What is conveyed by a VTuber not showing their appearance? The imaginative space created by not seeing a face, the 'essence' conveyed only b…
- Comparing Emotions Toward VTubers and Real Talents
How Do Emotions Toward VTubers Differ from Those Toward Real Talents?
Where are emotions toward VTubers the same as, and where do they differ from, emotions toward real talents (idols, actors, YouTubers, etc.)?…
- Internet Slang
Where Does the Aversion to Slang Come From?
Have you ever felt 'I don't like that' or 'language is being corrupted' when seeing or hearing internet slang? This question digs into where…