BEYOND STREAMING: FANDOM AND VIRTUAL WORLD EXPERIENCE

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

BEYOND STREAMING: FANDOM AND VIRTUAL WORLD EXPERIENCE

Original language description

Streaming platforms seek possibilities to connect with audiences through new channels and to enter new markets. The brand identity of streaming platforms is based on elements including content offer, target audience, marketing and business strategy. Current media environment is constantly evolving and adapting the user experience to an advanced level. In order to keep up, brands need to extend own identity and further adjust to the competition on the market. Virtual experience in marketing provides a unique opportunity to produce new situations, impossible to create in real world, and the development of contexts that will never be experienced by most people in real life. The virtual affordance exceeds the usual communication between the product and the customer which supports the opportunity to extend the brand and appear more competitive on the market. Streaming platforms aim to capture the attention of audiences and further expansion into virtual world seems relevant for the improvement of the possible user experience. Audiovisual content has the ability to transfer storyline and emotions using narrative structures. Interactive environment provides the audience with an option to deepen the experience and to become a participant in the story. Also, the transmedia storytelling and extension of the cinematic universe associated with the audiovisual content both build and improve stronger fandom community. The paper aims to describe the use of virtual worlds as a part of the marketing strategy of streaming platforms. Case study will be based on two examples from current production of Netflix and HBO Max. First case study will explore metaverse experience established by Netflix as part of their advertising campaign to support a movie The Gray Man. Second case study will focus on virtual reality app DracARys released by HBO Max. Finally, we discuss the differences between the two cases and how they relate to the promoted content of the streaming services.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50802 - Media and socio-cultural communication

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2022

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

MARKETING IDENTITY:: METAVERSE IS THE NEW UNIVERSE

ISBN

978-80-572-0297-4

ISSN

2729-7527

e-ISSN

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Number of pages

10

Pages from-to

378-387

Publisher name

Univerzita sv. Cyrila a Metoda v Trnavě, Fakulta masmediálnej komunikácie

Place of publication

Trnava

Event location

Trnava, Slovensko

Event date

Oct 25, 2022

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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