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The performative character of family photos in a digital age. Sharing childhood memories online.

Recently I flipped through a photo album put together by my parents about my first few years. The album was pulled out to show my boyfriend....

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October 5, 2025 by Nile63 Digital Dynamos 0

Where in the World Is PenPal World?

The first time I held my iPad, I felt as if I had opened a small door into an unknown universe. I had just finished the...

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October 4, 2025 by Ran Media Maesters 0

YouTube is everywhere

When we think about the digital world, one platform seems to stand out above all others: YouTube. What began as a small website to share videos...

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October 4, 2025 by Thijs Lissenburg Media Maesters Uncategorised 0

Why I’m Still Grateful I Learned Maps the Old-School Way

Getting Lost as a Kid When I was eight or nine years old, I was in scouts and trying to figure out how to cross the...

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October 3, 2025 by Cherry Chang Digital Dynamos Google Iphone Memory 1

Social media is a very complicated performance

Recently I’ve been thinking about how to organise my social media life. What to post, where to post, how to post. This led me reflect about...

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September 30, 2025 by Alysse Digital Dynamos 1

Mind Starved

“Our modern community is mind-starved and mind-hungry. It is justifiably uneasy and suspicious of the quality of what it gets. The hungry sheep look up and...

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September 29, 2025 by ballerinacat! Uncategorised 0

Drowning in Data: Are We Really Free in the Digital Age?

Every morning when I wake up, the first thing I do is pick up my phone, scrolling through the latest news, social media updates, and endless...

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September 29, 2025 by Ran Media Maesters 1

How to doxx someone

If you post pictures on Instagram, you are helping doxxers find you. Though this may sound like a small exaggeration, I assure you it is not....

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September 29, 2025 by Snotor in tune Ethics Uncategorised 0

TikTok Told Me So

At 7am every Sunday morning, my dad gets up to go buy his weekly newspaper. Whatever stories get published throughout the week, he reads on his...

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September 29, 2025 by Eliza Media Maesters 0

Is it Necessary to Watch the News, and Should We Trust What We See?

A few weeks ago, I watched the news about a murder case in Tokyo. Since then, I have been haunted by nightmares- running away from a...

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September 29, 2025 by s4809874 Digital Dynamos 1

The EU Thinks You’re a Pedofile

The scheming EU Commission bureaucrats in Brussels have come up with a new disgusting scheme to mass surveil us. They want to introduce something called “Chat...

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September 29, 2025 by Eyas Digital Dynamos 2

Embracing Open-Source Software, and a Vision for the Future…

The once biggest YouTuber, Pewdiepie, relatively recently uploaded a video explaining his switch from Windows to Linux. I was quickly amazed at the amount of customisations...

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September 29, 2025 by Eyas Digital Dynamos 0

Could TikTok replace Google?

I google. In short that would answer the question ‘how do you find information and knowledge on digital technologies and media?’ However, the manner in which...

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September 29, 2025 by SueDenim Digital Dynamos 1

Truth engines? How information finds us in the digital age.

It is a sign of our time – an era often referred to as the “information age” (Galloway, 111) – that media is generally understood as...

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September 29, 2025 by f.rudi Digital Dynamos 1

ChatGPT As Therapy?

My mother came to me the other day quite baffled by the actions of her close friend; she explained to me how her friend would diagnose...

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September 29, 2025 by milicalderon Media Maesters 1

Trying to Make Myself Not Scared of The Internet (Part 1)

If you read my blog last week, you might remember me talking about seing people getting shot on Youtube as a kid and how this affected...

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September 29, 2025 by Jonathan Media Maesters 1

Should Smartphone Use be Restricted by Authorities?

In last week’s class discussion, it was interesting to hear my classmates’ experiences with smartphone and other digital device restrictions in their early childhoods.  Since we...

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September 29, 2025 by Sunny Digital Dynamos 0

before instagram there were oil portraits

This weekend I did a solo day trip to Antwerp and had a blast at the KSMKA museum. Walking through the rooms, I ended up in...

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September 29, 2025 by kdiniz Digital Dynamos 1

The Algorithm Knows You Better Than You Know Yourself

We’ve all had that moment: you’re scrolling through Instagram or TikTok, and suddenly a post appears that feels a little too accurate. Maybe it’s the exact...

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September 29, 2025 by Samjv Media Maesters Uncategorised 0

Scrolling vs. Learning : how I get informed online

For a long time, I used to convince myself that spending hours on TikTok and X was somehow necessary because it was the only way to...

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September 29, 2025 by k4yn4 Digital Dynamos 1
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