// Disciplines
Performance 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…
- Live vs Archive Experience
Why Is the Experience Different Between Live Streaming and Recordings?
Even for the same VTuber and same content, why does the quality of experience differ greatly between watching a live stream and watching a r…
- VTuber Collabs and Relationship Emotions
Where Do Emotions Toward Relationships in VTuber Collab Streams Come From?
Collab streams refer to formats where multiple VTubers co-star in the same broadcast slot. The emotions viewers feel toward the 'relationshi…
- VTuber Streams and the Sensation of Loneliness/Empathy
When You Sense a Lonely Person Behind the Stream
Sensing a lonely person behind the stream refers to the experience during a VTuber live stream of imagining the human loneliness, fatigue, o…
- Transformation of VTuber Fandom and the Emotional Cooling Process
What Changes When the Passion for a VTuber Cools Down
This question deeply explores what and how things change in the process when the intense passion, attachment, and emotional investment once …