// 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, …
- The Sway of VTuber Language and Authenticity
Are a VTuber's Words Scripted or Sincere?
This question deeply explores to what extent the words spoken in VTuber streams are intentionally constructed 'scripts' (character setting, …
- Digital Archaeology
Who Are the Excavators of Digital Ruins?
The question 'Who are the excavators of digital ruins?' re-examines the actors who dig up the internet's past. Web archive administrators, d…
- VTubers and the Imagination of Non-Embodied Identity
How Do We Imagine an Existence Without a Body?
This question deeply explores how we construct mental images of, direct emotions toward, and form relationships with existences that lack ph…
- Motivations for Becoming a VTuber and Desires for Self-Realization
What Are You Seeking When You Think You Want to Become a VTuber Yourself
This question deeply explores what desires or wishes lie at the root when one thinks 'I want to become a VTuber myself.' Going beyond superf…
- 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…