A few years ago I stumbled upon a beautiful YouTube channel named 李子柒 Liziqi which showcased traditional handicraft and food preparation activities in rural Pingwu County,...
Continue reading...(Video Essay) How Does Get Ready With Me Create an Online Collective Identity?
Hi! Today I examine how social media helps to create an online collective identity with the trend Get Ready With Me. I dive into Identity Theory (IT) used in sociology and the concept of performance introduced by Goffman to showcase how collective identity is created. Join!
Continue reading...Bodies made of Data
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Women have been tracking their menstrual cycles for a long time, even before the help of digital tools. An app,...
Continue reading...Behind the clouds: the ecological footprint of digital transformation
As we have seen blog posts on different areas in our lives being transferred to the digital realm and potentially claiming it as a more sustainable...
Continue reading...Podcast: Traveling the Web
Welcome to this podcast. Today we travel the web, a digital exploration through the Balkans. This story is not linear, like the internet, our story travels...
Continue reading...Why we Post
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Continue reading...Digital covid remains and why I hate them
As this course is coming to an end I think we have all realised it: the world is digitalising and oh boy is it going fast....
Continue reading...(video essay) Utopias, Spirituality and Consumption
This is part two of my previous video essay on spirituality. In this video, I discuss theories about the reality of the digital. Does the Internet...
Continue reading...Deepfake Technology and its Implications
This podcast is about the rise of Deepfake technology, discussing the combination of technological advancements, ethical considerations, and the broader impact on digital media and society....
Continue reading...Genshin Impact: Perfecting the “F2P” Model [Video Essay]
Sources •IGN, (28 Sept 2020). Genshin Impact – Official Launch Trailer [Video], https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HLUY1nICQRY •Genshin Impact, (3 Nov 2023). Version 4.2 “Masquerade of the Guilty” Trailer [Video],...
Continue reading...Glorifying War in Video Games
Social media stalking culture
What I mean First of all, to prevent people from getting scared by the title of this blog, let me specify what I mean by stalking....
Continue reading...Controversial Selfies and the Media Landscape of 2013
I was listening to a podcast episode recently about influencers and the trajectory that the concept has taken over the past 2 decades- I definitely recommend...
Continue reading...“Oh Memes!” | Are you a meme lover?
Do you have the habit of using emojis when chatting with friends? Have you ever noticed the frequent trend of emojis on the internet? In fact,...
Continue reading...Web Travel Guides
Let me start with a question. When you go to a different city or a different country, do you take a travel guide with you? I...
Continue reading...Some recent exhibitions about AI
The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Copenhagen is doing an exhibition right now about human creativity and AI. I wanted to write my last blog...
Continue reading...[Video] AI-Generated Content(AIGC): The Future Force in Content Creation
Hi there! Guess we’ve all noticed, AI is doing some pretty amazing things lately. It’s not just helping with writing and music; it’s like a creative...
Continue reading...Augmented Reality; could it be like Fish Nights from Love, Death & Robots?
(spoilers on the episode) Recently there has been much discussion about augmented reality and virtual reality on social media but also on this blog. There has...
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