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Investigating Egyptian Athletes Visual Self-Presentation Strategies on Instagram (2025)
Thesis
El-Bous, J. M. I. (2025). Investigating Egyptian Athletes Visual Self-Presentation Strategies on Instagram. (Thesis). The University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/5173201

The study of visual self-presentation strategies on social media has captivated the attention of numerous academics and scholars, particularly those who specialise in the disciplines of sports communication and self-image branding among professional... Read More about Investigating Egyptian Athletes Visual Self-Presentation Strategies on Instagram.

Neon, for the Lonely: Exploring Gay Men's History and Well-Being through Memoir-Based Reality Reconstructions (2025)
Thesis
Commerford, M. (2025). Neon, for the Lonely: Exploring Gay Men's History and Well-Being through Memoir-Based Reality Reconstructions. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/5086279

Neon, for the Lonely: Exploring Gay Men’s History and Well-Being through Memoir-Based Reality Reconstructions is both an adapted memoir and an exegesis that charts a PhD journey of self-empowerment, and healing through the lens of a queer individual'... Read More about Neon, for the Lonely: Exploring Gay Men's History and Well-Being through Memoir-Based Reality Reconstructions.

Conventions are Forever: The influence of medieval romance narrative conventions on female agency in the Bond film franchise (2024)
Thesis
Morton, J. Conventions are Forever: The influence of medieval romance narrative conventions on female agency in the Bond film franchise. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4866115

The iconic Bond girl has been the subject of considerable scholarly interest; quite rightly this has mainly focused on areas such as 'stereotypical' female behaviours, chauvinism and the sexual objectification of women. In a unique analysis, I consid... Read More about Conventions are Forever: The influence of medieval romance narrative conventions on female agency in the Bond film franchise.

Teaching VR Locomotion Techniques with VR: An interactive approach within Higher Education (2024)
Thesis
Fedorczuk, K. (2024). Teaching VR Locomotion Techniques with VR: An interactive approach within Higher Education. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/5085940

This paper explores the application of virtual reality (VR) in education, specifically focusing on the education of virtual reality Locomotion techniques within the VR environment. A comparative study is conducted to evaluate educational outcomes in... Read More about Teaching VR Locomotion Techniques with VR: An interactive approach within Higher Education.

Surveillance, State Violence and Resistance: A History of “Dangerous Incidents” between Police Officers and Black Individuals in the United States (2024)
Thesis
Blance, K. Surveillance, State Violence and Resistance: A History of “Dangerous Incidents” between Police Officers and Black Individuals in the United States. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4587924

[From the introduction]:
This thesis will seek to explore racialised surveillance and Black resistance to this surveillance in both historical and contemporary forms in the United States. At its core, this research will argue that racialised surveil... Read More about Surveillance, State Violence and Resistance: A History of “Dangerous Incidents” between Police Officers and Black Individuals in the United States.

Enhancing Student Assignment Completion Through Gamified Mobile Applications: A Motivational Approach (2024)
Thesis
Rahman, S. Enhancing Student Assignment Completion Through Gamified Mobile Applications: A Motivational Approach. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4564890

This thesis explores the design of digital tools to encourage motivation for students in higher education. A design is proposed for an original prototype app that makes use of gamification techniques. Theories on improving motivation are discussed in... Read More about Enhancing Student Assignment Completion Through Gamified Mobile Applications: A Motivational Approach.

Fear, trauma and found footage : how found footage horror can help us feel better (2022)
Thesis
Chinnery, B. Fear, trauma and found footage : how found footage horror can help us feel better. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224518

Why would people experiencing a global pandemic seek out a pandemic disaster movie? Why would horror films help people feel better about an unrelated real world source of health anxiety? Why do people enjoy horror cinema at all? This project seeks to... Read More about Fear, trauma and found footage : how found footage horror can help us feel better.

Everybody Needs Some Bodies: Familial Teams and Individual-Communal Tensions in Early-00s British Television Crime Series at the Intersection of Post-Feminism and Post-Television (2020)
Thesis
Khorikian, A. L. (2020). Everybody Needs Some Bodies: Familial Teams and Individual-Communal Tensions in Early-00s British Television Crime Series at the Intersection of Post-Feminism and Post-Television. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4922443

Familial teams were a pronounced and novel trend in 00s British crime series, with nearly 18% employing a structure wherein multi-protagonist teams display nuclear family-like bonding and dynamics, informing patterns within an individual episode, and... Read More about Everybody Needs Some Bodies: Familial Teams and Individual-Communal Tensions in Early-00s British Television Crime Series at the Intersection of Post-Feminism and Post-Television.

Examining social networking site narratives between government and youth on entrepreneurship : the case of relationship development in Egypt (2020)
Thesis
Arslan, M. A. I. Examining social networking site narratives between government and youth on entrepreneurship : the case of relationship development in Egypt. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4223055

Analysis of the ways in which SNS (Social Networking Sites) are used by governments, organisations and everyday users has over the past ten years been of significant interest to academic researchers. Part of this analysis of use has included understa... Read More about Examining social networking site narratives between government and youth on entrepreneurship : the case of relationship development in Egypt.

The rise of the citizen curator : participation as curation on the web (2017)
Thesis
O'Neill, R. The rise of the citizen curator : participation as curation on the web. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4220482

From jazz clubs to cheese plates, the term curation has become a signifier of the growing need to organise and prioritise the seemingly endless possibilities of the digital sphere. The issue addressed here is in the associated meanings of the word cu... Read More about The rise of the citizen curator : participation as curation on the web.

Understanding the representation of cultural heritage within video game contexts (2017)
Thesis
Balela, M. S. Understanding the representation of cultural heritage within video game contexts. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4224192

The research detailed in this Thesis examines how cultural artefacts are represented within modern video game contexts. It takes as a starting point the perspective that whilst there is evidence of substantial investigative work that takes place in t... Read More about Understanding the representation of cultural heritage within video game contexts.

Craptacular science and the worst audience ever : memetic proliferation and fan participation in The Simpsons (2016)
Thesis
Gilboy, J. D. Craptacular science and the worst audience ever : memetic proliferation and fan participation in The Simpsons. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4218439

The objective of this thesis is to establish meme theory as an analytical paradigm within the fields of screen and fan studies. Meme theory is an emerging framework founded upon the broad concept of a “meme”, a unit of culture that, if successful, pr... Read More about Craptacular science and the worst audience ever : memetic proliferation and fan participation in The Simpsons.

New mobile visualities and the social communication of photography : Instagram as a case study (2015)
Thesis
Serafinelli, E. New mobile visualities and the social communication of photography : Instagram as a case study. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4217513

This research intends to show how visuality, through the mobility of Instagram (a social media platform designed for photo sharing), is modifying individuals’ perception of the world and their mediated lives. It examines how Instagram transforms indi... Read More about New mobile visualities and the social communication of photography : Instagram as a case study.

Surveillance : an investigation into individual reactions to the capture and recording of personal images through interpretation of the moment (2013)
Thesis
Bailey, J. P. Surveillance : an investigation into individual reactions to the capture and recording of personal images through interpretation of the moment. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4215726

This research project explores surveillance and how individuals react to its presence. This is achieved through research into the development of surveillance, exploring early techniques such as espionage as discussed by Crowdy, (2006), and Bentham’s... Read More about Surveillance : an investigation into individual reactions to the capture and recording of personal images through interpretation of the moment.