Browsing by Supervisor "Yeatman, Bevin"
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Conspiratoria - the Internet and the Logic of Conspiracy Theory
(University of Waikato, 2011)This thesis is a theoretical investigation of the relationships between the logic of conspiracy theory and the Internet. It argues that the Internet can be conceptualised as a technocultural space conducive to the development ... -
Diffracting Through Media: An exploration of the performative and a diffractive reading of media texts
(University of Waikato, 2015)This thesis explores the development of the notion of performativity. This exploration is used to develop and apply a diffractive methodology to media texts in order to assess the usefulness of the diffractive method in ... -
Exploring Representations of Interactive Space
(University of Waikato, 2013)Space has been conceived in many different ways by as many different disciplines. Lefebvre and Harvey suggest conceptions of space as approaches to understanding human interactions within our world. These same conceptions ... -
Feedback-Based Gameplay Metrics and Gameplay Performance Segmentation: An audio-visual approach for assessing player experience.
(University of Waikato, 2014)Gameplay metrics is a method and approach that is growing in popularity amongst the game studies research community for its capacity to assess players’ engagement with game systems. Yet, little has been done, to date, to ... -
Meaningful Witnessing in the United States, India & New Zealand: The Possibility Space for Digital Video Within Human Rights, Protest Movements and Activist Practices
(University of Waikato, 2015)This dissertation examines the emergence of digital video practices rooted in human rights, social justice issues and protest movements through a number of select case studies in the United States, India and New Zealand. ... -
The DiY ['Do it yourself'] Ethos: A participatory culture of material engagement
(University of Waikato, 2016)Do it Yourself (DiY) is a participatory culture which exemplifies a particular ethos in its approach to technology and materials. Rather than engage with ‘complete’ technologies, such as a technology supplied as ready-to-go ...
