Search for dissertations about: "entertainment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 103 swedish dissertations containing the word entertainment.

2. 1. Biofeedback Interaction : Applying Physiological Methods to Entertainment Video Games

   Author : Diego Navarro; Veronica Sundstedt; Hans-Jürgen Zepernick; Niklas Lavesson; Valeria Garro; Enkelejda Kasneci; Blekinge Tekniska Högskola; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Biofeedback; Natural User Interaction; Video Games; Physiology; Entertainment.; Computer Science; Datavetenskap;

   Abstract : Biofeedback interaction offers interesting opportunities for video games since it allows player physiological information to be used in novel interaction techniques. Despite several contributions in the area, biofeedback interaction faces a set of challenges relating to its design and implementation. READ MORE

4. 2. More than Meets the Eye : Transmedial entertainment as a site of pleasure, resistance and exploitation

   Author : Karin Fast; André Jansson; Michael Karlsson; Jonathan Gray; Karlstads universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Transmedial; entertainment; world; brand; media convergence; producer; consumer; fandom; power; Media and Communication Studies; Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap;

   Abstract : Today’s converging entertainment industry creates ‘transmedial’ brand worlds in which consumers are expected to become immersed. Integrated marketing campaigns connected to these worlds encourage various kinds of consumer productivity and invite consumers to partake in brand-building processes. READ MORE

5. 3. Blurring the Colonial Binary : Turn-of-the-Century Transnational Entertainment in Southeast Asia

   Author : Nadi Tofighian; John Fullerton; Charles Musser; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; colonial history; early cinema; film history; distribution; transnational networks; entertainment culture; Southeast Asia; Singapore; postcolonial theory; colonial discourse; ethnicity; race; whiteness; Cinema Studies; filmvetenskap;

   Abstract : This dissertation examines and writes the early history of distribution and exhibition of moving images in Southeast Asia by observing the intersection of transnational itinerant entertainment and colonialism. It is a cultural history of turn-of-the-century Southeast Asia, and focuses on the movement of films, people, and amusements across oceans and national borders. READ MORE

6. 4. A Measure of Fun : Extending the scope of web usability

   Author : Charlotte Wiberg; Victor Kaptelinin; Kristina Höök; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Informatics; computer and systems science; Usability; evaluation methods; entertainment; information technology; Informatik; data- och systemvetenskap; Informatics; computer and systems science; Informatik; data- och systemvetenskap;

   Abstract : Currently usability research and practice are facing a challenge. The focus of design concerns is expanding from predominantly functional aspects of IT systems to overall user experience, which has direct implications for the area of usability evaluation. READ MORE

7. 5. Laughable Propaganda : Modern Xiangsheng as Didactic Entertainment

   Author : Marja Kaikkonen; Göran Malmqvist; Pär Bergman; Nikolai Speshnev; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Sinology; sinologi;

   Abstract : This dissertation introduces the popular Chinese comic story-telling genrexiangsheng. The genre is first viewed in the light of historical predecessorswhich contain elements similar to those found in traditional xiangsheng. READ MORE