Articles from Volume 15, Issue 3 (44) / 2022

Immersive Journalism and Cinematic VR. The Perspective of the Experts

Christof AMRHEIN


Abstract:

With the development of virtual reality technologies, the research on how human beings interact with this type of audio-video media and their effects has become more and more relevant. Scholarship in the field of 360-degree videos, cinematic VR, and immersive journalism gained momentum within the last year.... Read More

Keywords: Cinematic VR; Interview with experts; Immersive journalism; Qualitative methods; Virtual reality

Advertising Models and the Romanian Academic-Practitioner Divide

Răzvan MĂTĂȘEL


Abstract:

The current paper presents a comparative analysis between the advertising models taught in the advertising classes of Romanian universities and those applied in the marketing and advertising industry, appraising the gap between the two worlds but also identifying the interference points. The current qualita... Read More

Keywords: Academic-practitioner divide; Advertising models; Strategic planning; Advertising efficiency; Advertising effects

Greenwashing versus Green Marketing in der Modeindustrie. Auswirkungen auf den Kaufentscheidungsprozess [Greenwashing versus Green Marketing in the Fashion Industry. The Impact on the Purchasing Decision-Making Process]

Andreea AMAȚI, Mirela ABRUDAN


Abstract:

Sustainability has become part of the social consciousness in the last decade, due to increasing environmental problems. But green marketing implies great costs, and many companies are taking the short way, called greenwashing, to create the impression of false sustainability. They invest more in greenwashi... Read More

Keywords: Sustainability; Greenwashing; Green Marketing; Fashion; Purchasing Behavior

Laughing Off Hollywood’s Representation Practices: the Joker’s Cultural Politics

Teodora-Elena GRAPĂ


Abstract:

Hollywood’s popular hero films are infused with hegemonic representations and narratives that can potentially shape or maintain certain beliefs and attitudes. Superheroes especially have become ubiquitous and a fuel for the civic imagination. Such is the case of the Joker, a comic book anarchic superv... Read More

Keywords: Joker; Cultural politics; Representation; Identity; Myth

Urban Comics as a Research Method and Tool in Social Innovation. Case Study: ArtiViStory Collective

Anamaria TOMIUC, Alice ILIESCU, Daniel POPESCU


Abstract:

The present paper proposes an investigation of the use of comics and sequential art as a qualitative research method and a tool in a social innovation approach. It presents an exploratory research on the artistic practice of the ArtiViStory Collective, as a group of artists and faculty members from the Univ... Read More

Keywords: Urban comics; Artist collective; Community of practice; Comics based research; Creative practice

The Four Romanian Journalist Guilds of the Twentieth Century

Marian PETCU


Abstract:

The present study examines the four journalists’ organizations, called “guilds” („uniuni” in Romanian) that existed from 1919 to 1990. These are associative structures founded in Bucharest, not related to each other by statutory succession / program or patrimony, and each of th... Read More

Keywords: Journalism; Professional organizations; Romania; Bucharest; Press