// Disciplines
Digital Culture Studies
6 topics
- VTuber Identity and Self-Presentation
Swaying Between Character Setting and One's True Self
This question deeply explores the sway, conflict, or harmony that arises between a VTuber's 'character setting' (the fictional personality, …
- Authenticity of Emotional Expression and Empathy in VTubers
Are Virtual Tears and Real Tears the Same Weight?
This question deeply explores how much weight the 'virtual tears' shed by a VTuber during a stream (expressed as acting through the avatar's…
- Adjusting Parasocial Distance with VTubers
How Do We Grasp the Sense of Distance to the Person Within the Screen?
This question deeply explores how we grasp and adjust the 'sense of distance' that arises with VTubers (or streamers) within the screen. Tow…
- Net Slang and Internet Memes
Does Internet Language Ease Loneliness?
Internet-specific language (slang, memes, emojis, abbreviations, etc.) functions as a 'common language' that connects physically distant peo…
- Net Slang and Internet Memes
What Do the Words "陰キャ" and "陽キャ" Divide?
"Inkya" (陰キャ) and "Yōkya" (陽キャ) are internet slang terms that dichotomize people's personalities and social tendencies into 'gloomy/introver…
- Digital Archaeology
Is Deleted Data Really Gone?
The question 'Is deleted data really gone?' probes the essence of 'erasure' in the digital world. When we 'delete' a file, is the data physi…