This work explored the potential issues concerning attention when adding animation to a webcomic. The aim of the research has been to quantify reader reactions to a comic with animated elements to investigate potential gain or loss from the new format. The research question is formulated with regards to the specific issues of attention and distraction that movement poses on a reader’s ability to focus on the narrative content. A prototype comic tested the guidelines discovered in the background with regards to how animation should work in comics. The results shows that with the guidelines participation reaction becomes more predictable. The prototype was tested on a small group of participants, and the results show that while animations do distract they do not necessarily negatively impact reader experience. The conclusion is that animation within comics has the potential to further the media expression and that is worthy of further study.

This work explored the potential issues concerning attention when adding animation to a webcomic. The aim of the research has been to quantify reader reactions to a comic with animated elements to investigate potential gain or loss from the new format. The research question is formulated with regards to the specific issues of attention and distraction that movement poses on a reader’s ability to focus on the narrative content. A prototype comic tested the guidelines discovered in the background with regards to how animation should work in comics. The results shows that with the guidelines participation reaction becomes more predictable. The prototype was tested on a small group of participants, and the results show that while animations do distract they do not necessarily negatively impact reader experience. The conclusion is that animation within comics has the potential to further the media expression and that is worthy of further study.

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Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-07T14:46:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 arquivototal.pdf: 2612039 bytes, checksum: 4867e4d8786ca7218d9f56d8fa3c5e06 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-12-21 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The comic strip is an opinionative journalistic genre consolidated within the pages of newspapers and magazines. However, the web has allowed the possibility of a new space of creation and placement of this genus, forcing it to adapt to the evolution of digital media. The media convergence, according to Jenkins (2008), explores the possibilities of convergence of devices and media content production as a cultural transformation, as Internet users are encouraged to seek new ways to communicate. The strips, printed productions commonly found in blogs an appropriate space for its dissemination, mainly because they allow us to undertake activities, opinionated, free of censorship and copyright character. Through the studies by Bakhtin (2000) in relation to speech genres, this paper aims to propose a discussion regarding the naming of the comic genre when they are designed exclusively for digital media by adding multimedia features available on the web as did McCloud (2006) and Franco (2004) in relation to comics. To support these goals, a survey was conducted in 104 blogs that had strips in their content, noting that the main types of multimedia and resources used for these crops. The process of creating the Internet has turned into something simple and fun. We're finding new ways to develop already established genres, taking advantage of the gaps left by the content production industry. The web is a place of experimentation and innovation, a space created by the users and the example of these strips are creating new possibilities in digital media and broadcasting. / A tirinha (ou tira diária) é considerada por alguns estudiosos, um gênero jornalístico opinativo consolidado dentro das páginas de jornal e revistas. Contudo, a web vem permitindo a possibilidade de um novo espaço de criação e veiculação deste gênero, forçando-o a se adaptar à evolução das mídias digitais. A convergência midiática, segundo Jenkins (2008), explora as possibilidades de confluência de dispositivos midiáticos e de produção de conteúdo como uma transformação cultural, à medida que os usuários da internet são incentivados a procurar novas formas de se comunicar. As tirinhas, produções comumente impressas encontraram nos blogs um espaço apropriado para sua divulgação, principalmente por eles permitirem que se exerçam atividades opinativas, livres de censura e de caráter autoral. Através dos estudos realizados por Bakhtin (2000) em relação aos Gêneros do Discurso, este trabalho tem o objetivo de propor uma discussão em relação à nomenclatura do gênero tirinha quando estes são desenvolvidos exclusivamente para as mídias digitais ao agregar os recursos multimídia disponíveis na web, assim como fizeram McCloud (2006) e Franco (2004) em relação aos quadrinhos. Para fundamentar estes objetivos, foi realizado um levantamento em 104 blogs que apresentavam tirinhas em seu conteúdo, observando quais os principais tipos e recursos multimidiáticos utilizados para estas produções. O processo de criação da internet transformou-se em algo simples e divertido. Como resultado desse estudo, percebemos que estamos descobrindo novas formas de elaborar gêneros já consolidados, aproveitando as lacunas deixadas pela indústria de produção de conteúdo. A web é um lugar de experimentação e inovação, um espaço criado pelos próprios usuários e as tirinhas são o exemplo dessas novas possibilidades criação e veiculação nas mídias digitais.

O Jornalismo em Quadrinhos (JQ) é uma forma relativamente recente de se fazer jornalismo, no entanto tem tradição e configuração próprias. A internet expande as possibilidades de produção e publicação do JQ, de modo que, no meio virtual, essas iniciativas se multiplicam. Essa pesqui-sa tem o objetivo de identificar e analisar os elementos que caracterizam o jornalismo em qua-drinhos na web através da experiência do site Cartoon Movement – um portal internacional, colaborativo e independente que publica cartuns políticos e jornalismo em quadrinhos. Para apreender o site de forma mais completa, nossa análise se configura em três esferas: institucio-nal, comercial e editorial. Para as duas primeiras, analisamos as principais seções com conteúdo não-jornalístico (Home, Newsroom, Cartoons, Comics e Projects); para a terceira, estabelece-mos um corpus para a análise de conteúdo a partir das reportagens em quadrinhos publicadas pelo CM. Nossos achados indicam que as principais características encontradas em nosso objeto - autonomia, defesa dos valores do jornalismo, multiplicidade de vozes, colaboração e interna-cionalização - são possibilitadas pela relação interdependente entre as esferas institucional, co-mercial e editorial na organização do site. / Comics Journalism (CJ) is a relatively recent way of reporting news, though it has its own tradi-tions and configuration. The Internet expands the possibilities of production and publication for CJ works, so that in virtual media these initiatives tend to multiply. This research aims to identi-fy and analyze the defining elements of online Comics Journalism through the Cartoon Move-ment (CM) website. CM is an international, independent and collaborative platform for the pub-lication of political cartoons and comics journalism. In order to better capture the website as a whole, our analysis is divided into three stages: the institutional, the commercial and the editori-al. The two first stages deal with the main sections of the site, Home, Newsroom, Cartoons, Comics and Projects; for the third one, we apply content analysis to the comics reports pub-lished on the website. Our findings indicate that the main characteristics observed in our object – independence, promotion of journalistic values, diversity of voices, collaborative prodution and internationalization – are only possible thanks to the interdependent relation between the editorial, the institutional and the commercial aspects in the organization of the website.

O Jornalismo em Quadrinhos (JQ) é uma forma relativamente recente de se fazer jornalismo, no entanto tem tradição e configuração próprias. A internet expande as possibilidades de produção e publicação do JQ, de modo que, no meio virtual, essas iniciativas se multiplicam. Essa pesqui-sa tem o objetivo de identificar e analisar os elementos que caracterizam o jornalismo em qua-drinhos na web através da experiência do site Cartoon Movement – um portal internacional, colaborativo e independente que publica cartuns políticos e jornalismo em quadrinhos. Para apreender o site de forma mais completa, nossa análise se configura em três esferas: institucio-nal, comercial e editorial. Para as duas primeiras, analisamos as principais seções com conteúdo não-jornalístico (Home, Newsroom, Cartoons, Comics e Projects); para a terceira, estabelece-mos um corpus para a análise de conteúdo a partir das reportagens em quadrinhos publicadas pelo CM. Nossos achados indicam que as principais características encontradas em nosso objeto - autonomia, defesa dos valores do jornalismo, multiplicidade de vozes, colaboração e interna-cionalização - são possibilitadas pela relação interdependente entre as esferas institucional, co-mercial e editorial na organização do site. / Comics Journalism (CJ) is a relatively recent way of reporting news, though it has its own tradi-tions and configuration. The Internet expands the possibilities of production and publication for CJ works, so that in virtual media these initiatives tend to multiply. This research aims to identi-fy and analyze the defining elements of online Comics Journalism through the Cartoon Move-ment (CM) website. CM is an international, independent and collaborative platform for the pub-lication of political cartoons and comics journalism. In order to better capture the website as a whole, our analysis is divided into three stages: the institutional, the commercial and the editori-al. The two first stages deal with the main sections of the site, Home, Newsroom, Cartoons, Comics and Projects; for the third one, we apply content analysis to the comics reports pub-lished on the website. Our findings indicate that the main characteristics observed in our object – independence, promotion of journalistic values, diversity of voices, collaborative prodution and internationalization – are only possible thanks to the interdependent relation between the editorial, the institutional and the commercial aspects in the organization of the website.

O Jornalismo em Quadrinhos (JQ) é uma forma relativamente recente de se fazer jornalismo, no entanto tem tradição e configuração próprias. A internet expande as possibilidades de produção e publicação do JQ, de modo que, no meio virtual, essas iniciativas se multiplicam. Essa pesqui-sa tem o objetivo de identificar e analisar os elementos que caracterizam o jornalismo em qua-drinhos na web através da experiência do site Cartoon Movement – um portal internacional, colaborativo e independente que publica cartuns políticos e jornalismo em quadrinhos. Para apreender o site de forma mais completa, nossa análise se configura em três esferas: institucio-nal, comercial e editorial. Para as duas primeiras, analisamos as principais seções com conteúdo não-jornalístico (Home, Newsroom, Cartoons, Comics e Projects); para a terceira, estabelece-mos um corpus para a análise de conteúdo a partir das reportagens em quadrinhos publicadas pelo CM. Nossos achados indicam que as principais características encontradas em nosso objeto - autonomia, defesa dos valores do jornalismo, multiplicidade de vozes, colaboração e interna-cionalização - são possibilitadas pela relação interdependente entre as esferas institucional, co-mercial e editorial na organização do site. / Comics Journalism (CJ) is a relatively recent way of reporting news, though it has its own tradi-tions and configuration. The Internet expands the possibilities of production and publication for CJ works, so that in virtual media these initiatives tend to multiply. This research aims to identi-fy and analyze the defining elements of online Comics Journalism through the Cartoon Move-ment (CM) website. CM is an international, independent and collaborative platform for the pub-lication of political cartoons and comics journalism. In order to better capture the website as a whole, our analysis is divided into three stages: the institutional, the commercial and the editori-al. The two first stages deal with the main sections of the site, Home, Newsroom, Cartoons, Comics and Projects; for the third one, we apply content analysis to the comics reports pub-lished on the website. Our findings indicate that the main characteristics observed in our object – independence, promotion of journalistic values, diversity of voices, collaborative prodution and internationalization – are only possible thanks to the interdependent relation between the editorial, the institutional and the commercial aspects in the organization of the website.

Comic strips have always been a medium for more than humor. Many comic strips published on social media sites address mental health issues. Despite their popularity, the field of graphic medicine, which examines the intersection of health care and comics, has seen little to no examination of how these comics function on social media. Utilizing the popular comic The Awkward Yeti, this research examines how the rhetorical devices of comics make them an ideal medium for communicating about mental health issues and providing social support to social media users. This study conducts a content analysis of 15 Instagram posts from The Awkward Yeti. Employing a modified version of Cuatrona & Suhr's Social Support Behavior Code (SSBC), three dimensions of social support were measured: information support, emotional support, and network support. The results revealed emotional support and network support to be the most frequently utilized dimensions of social support found in comments on The Awkward Yeti's posts. Additionally, the results suggest that for comics to be effective as a means of social support and mental health education on social media, they must be grounded in authentic experiences and should provoke emotional responses from social media users.

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