FIFA is a widely popular series of video games, released yearly to millions of eager fans all around the world. Boasting exclusive licenses from football leagues...
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Virtual on Stage
In earlier posts (“Hatsune Miku,the idol who doesn’t exist” and later posts), I have written about Hatsune Miku being an idol that doesn’t exist, or referred...
Continue reading...Cultivation Theory
In the previous blog, I have written a post about what Agenda Setting is, and how the traditional Agenda Setting theory has changed with the...
Continue reading...Human emotions in virtual worlds
“How can we then say that something exists and at the same time is not real?” (Brey, 2014) Virtual enviroments are really powerful. Through them, humans can...
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Genealogy or family history is a popular pastime in Europe and still even more in the USA. Something we Westerners tend to forget is that many...
Continue reading...“Mobile gaming isn’t gaming”
Last week at BlizzCon 2018, a gaming convention held by the video game developer Blizzard Entertainment, Blizzard Entertainment announced its newest game: ‘Diablo Immortal’. This announcement...
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The (virtual) world of Neopets
Growing up, one of my fondest childhood memories were of me playing Neopets. I remember how excited I would be at the thought of being able...
Continue reading...The Social Media Algorithm
“I’m taking a break from social media” – every person alive, at some point, probably… A very common phrase that is uttered nowadays. The weight of...
Continue reading...Riddle Me This:
Learning through games is a concept that has been around for quite some time now. ‘Tricking’ children into learning seems to be what this concept is...
Continue reading...Mind the Ga p: Sans Forgetica
Do we need more typefaces or individual fonts? As my last blog mentioned – we do a lot of reading on and off screen. Therefore, the...
Continue reading...Who is Robert Galbraith?
It is presumable that some of you already know the answer to the above question. But first let me explain, at least for the ignorant among...
Continue reading...Agenda Setting
Since the rise of new media, the media academia has struggled to follow the new spectrum of possibilities. They had to reassemble almost every theory...
Continue reading...Pokémon Go, our virtual playground
“Playgrounds are everywhere once you start looking.” I’m sure everyone here has played (or at least heard of) Pokémon Go, the mobile game that took the...
Continue reading...A Brief Introduction to Online Extremism
In my previous blog, I introduced my plan to dig into the relationship between digital media and communities based on extreme ideas. Since then, I’ve reached...
Continue reading...Get fit with Wii Fit
I like Pokémon Go. It forces me to go outside in order to play and I personally find that a good thing. A side effect of...
Continue reading...A meme a day keeps the doctor away
“An image, video, piece of text, etc., typically humorous in nature, that is copied and spread rapidly by Internet users, often with slight variations.” This definition...
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