https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/tede/4451 PPGC Wed, 20 May 2026 05:54:36 GMT 2026-05-20T05:54:36Z https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/123456789/38021 Título: 'It just wordks reação dos jogadores aos mods pagos na plataforma Bethesda Game studios Creations em The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Autor(es): Damasceno, Maria Angela Duarte Orientador: Bezerra, Ed Porto Abstract: Modding, the practice in which fans create and modify game content, has been established since the 1990s as an essential part of video game culture. Companies have begun to incorporate these productions as engagement strategies, keeping their titles active and attracting new audiences. One of the most emblematic cases is The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, known for its large community of modders. In 2023, the developer Bethesda launched Creations, a platform integrated into the game that allows the sale of mods through a royalty system, transforming them into microtransactions. This dissertation investigates how the sale of mods in Skyrim interferes with the relationship between fans and the company. It is hypothesized that the monetization of mods constitutes a market strategy that converts collaborative and voluntary practices into corporate profit, contradicting the values of the community. 390 user comments from Steam, published in the first month of the Creations launch, were analyzed using the thematic analysis proposed by Braun and Clarke (2006). The study also contextualizes the advancement of microtransactions in the industry, discusses the relationship between participatory culture and monetization, and interprets the community's reactions to Bethesda's new policy. The analysis identified four main themes: (1) impact on gameplay and experience; (2) rejection of paid mods and perception of exploitation; (3) challenges to Bethesda's leadership and its relationship with fans; and (4) resistance and collective memory. The results show that, although players maintain an emotional connection with the game, rejection of the monetization of mods predominates, confirming the hypothesis of this work. Editor: Universidade Federal da Paraíba Tipo: Dissertação Fri, 24 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/123456789/38021 2025-10-24T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/123456789/37833 Título: Resiliência informacional e desinformação no contexto do Covid - 19 : práticas informacionais colaborativas de mulheres imigrantes brasileiras nas redes sociais digitais Autor(es): Nascimento, Geysianne Felipe do Orientador: Brasileiro, Fellipe Sá Abstract: Develops a correlation based on studies that address the problems related to Migration, Gender, Informational Practices, Misinformation and Informational Resilience in the context of digital social networks. Part of a investigation project that seeks to understand how social media enables the construction of informational skills necessary to transmute the state of informational uncertainty experienced by immigrant women who face relevant personal and health factors in the context of COVID-19. It stems from a qualitative research based on the thematic analysis of digital informational practices organized by Brazilian immigrant women in Portugal who, when facing the pandemic context of 2020, organized a solidarity network based on the collective “Plataforma Geni”. An analysis focuses on the reports of the trajectory of 10 women, who were interviewed under the perspective of the “informational resilience in virtual social networks”, proposed by Brasileiro (2017, 2019, 2020). As results, it finds that the state of informational uncertainty experienced in the hypotheses of rupture with normality, arising from covid 19. Together with the perceived misinformations in the digital environment, displaces women to use their own digital networks in the search for solutions in a collaborative way. In this way, women develop a favorable environment to build techno- mediated relationships that, oriented towards the common well-being, enable the overcoming of uncertainties, provide opportunities for decision-making, pave the way for the construction of new informational skills and reposition. These women towards from the context of risk and informational transition, building perspectives of information literacy and social cohesion negotiated in an emergent and collaborative way. Editor: Universidade Federal da Paraíba Tipo: Dissertação Tue, 06 Jul 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/123456789/37833 2021-07-06T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/123456789/37686 Título: O fim da sedução e a violência das relações sexuais, observadas na obra de Pier Paolo Pasolini Autor(es): Rocha, Gabriela Barbosa Orientador: Lira, Bertrand de Souza Abstract: This research comes from the view of the Trilogy of Life’s three films and Saló, from the italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini. The films were analyzed from the aesthetic choices to represent the eroticism and human’s sexual impulses. The basic bibliography was composed of works of the director himself, other works that approach issues we consider relevant to comprehend his filmography, such as obscenity, eroticism, pornography and consumer society. Finally, the contribution of literature about cinema and its studies were used to do the final analyses. It is understood that transforming the sex into a main character was the way Pasolini found to decipher the human being and, concurrently, challenge it to transgression. The sexuality’s representation mirrors the nostalgia of a archaic youth, and then, Pasolini’s degrading vision about the modern youth. Violence and sex without any of the entertainment cinema more common subterfuge used to frame them in a false way. Editor: Universidade Federal da Paraíba Tipo: Dissertação Thu, 29 Aug 2019 00:00:00 GMT https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/123456789/37686 2019-08-29T00:00:00Z https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/123456789/37518 Título: Sou uma cineasta!: Antônia Ágape e o cinema negro paraibano no feminino Autor(es): Ferreira, Carine Fiúza Orientador: Valle, Isabella Chianca Bessa Ribeiro do Abstract: This dissertation, developed from an antiracist and Afrocentric perspective, aims to outline the historiographical contours of Paraibano Black Cinema. Based on a preliminary diagnosis of the state of the art regarding the representation of Black bodies in Paraibano cinematography from 1918 to 2023, the research takes a leap to question representativity—where are Black professionals in space/time?—with the aim of highlighting the systemic inequalities and barriers that still persist, limiting opportunities and contributions to the establishment of Black Cinema. This dissertation contributes to a broad and updated view of the presence of Black people in Paraibano cinema, inevitably addressing its absences and silences. To achieve this, it draws a parallel between the landmark established by the documentary Aruanda (Linduarte Noronha, 1960)—the first Paraibano film featuring Black people—and the overlooked milestone of As Cegas (Maria Antônia Pereira Ágape, 1982)—the first film made by a Black person, which is recognized in this research as pioneering in Paraibano Black Cinema, adhering to criteria that articulate representation, representativity, and a careful intersection between the two. Two methodological approaches were chosen to address what has been silenced by historical records and to create a map of memories oriented toward a counter-hegemonic perspective: a cartography that combines a detailed documentary review with the reformulation of narratives about Black filmmakers; and an "escrevivência", based on the life experiences and encounters between two filmmakers: Carine Fiúza (the author of this dissertation and audiovisual creator) and Maria Antônia Pereira, also known as Antônia Ágape (the first Black female filmmaker in the state). In dialogue with Antônia Ágape, this text seeks to reaffirm the role of the creative self as an expression of autonomy, desire, and potency, thereby transcending limitations imposed by hegemonic narratives. It aims to construct Black female narratives that actively challenge dominant discourses in order to interweave diverse forms of knowledge. Editor: Universidade Federal da Paraíba Tipo: Dissertação Wed, 28 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/123456789/37518 2024-08-28T00:00:00Z