Like many other industries, the fashion industry is also experiencing digitization. Representatives of the fashion industry as well as people concerned with climate change currently discussing...
Continue reading...The Increased Capacity to Lie
It’s nothing new for people to lie on the internet. Internet 101 stresses the fact that people lie, and you shouldn’t completely trust anyone you only...
Continue reading...Jodi.org and the Deconstruction of Games
The early internet pioneers of the 1960s and 1970s envisioned a democratic environment of commonly accessible creative tools, where communication channels would enable innovative approaches for...
Continue reading...The Ethics of Online Shaming: Accountability vs. Cancel Culture
The Development of the Ninth Art
Introduction The topic of video games has attracted different kinds of professionals for a long time. The main reason for that is related to the powerful...
Continue reading...A Small Peek into the World of Innovative Vaccines
I think most of us wouldn’t know that Edward Jenner introduced us to the ‘classic’ vaccine, a substance designed to trigger our immune response to protect...
Continue reading...Living Vicariously Through Games
This weekend I had a conversation about having indirect experiences through different media forms: films, books and games. But there’s something about the latter form that...
Continue reading...Where does German digitality come from?
My last blog (“Is Google the natural and neutral world brain?”) was about the power of Google. This is just one example of why the dangers...
Continue reading...I will write the message in my notes app and you will tell me if I should send it ok?
Digital Cooking Culture
While I tend to have bleak messages in other blog posts, today I want to talk about an enormous shift in food culture in places with...
Continue reading...Twitch.tv and Tuvalu
Originally this blog post was supposed to be about the physical location of the services I use on a daily basis. But while researching the services...
Continue reading...An Introduction to Fanfiction
In a vain attempt to shame myself into limiting my phone usage, I recently took another look at my screen time. On Monday, I spent around...
Continue reading...Is Google the natural and neutral world brain?
A look at the search history is always super interesting. My third most recent search was: “best hikes in the Netherlands”. I wanted to explore this...
Continue reading...Fighting ‘brainrot’
YouTube is my favourite social media platform. For years, I have been watching videos on it every single day. When I was younger, I would watch...
Continue reading...Coding in schools
Computer coding, also commonly known as programming is the process of writing instruction for computers to perform. Although, it may initially appear as a modern activity...
Continue reading...Wǎnghóng(網紅) Valley
How we discover many new places to visit nowadays is often through the digital, e.g. “I also want to go to the real-life locations of this...
Continue reading...Trending Aesthetics and Styles: Individuality or Social Connection
In today’s digital world, aesthetics and certain ways to “be”, to present oneself, has become a huge part of social media. Aesthetics are more than just...
Continue reading...Advice from strangers: Friendly Beauty Tips or Subtle Body Shaming?
Xiaohongshu, a popular Chinese lifestyle platform, started a trend called ‘Ting’quan’ at the beginning of this year, which means ‘listen to advice’. Moreover, this hashtag refers...
Continue reading...The Dark Side of Curiosity: My Experience with Online Privacy Invasion
When I was in high school, something happened that forever changed the way I view social media and digital privacy. It wasn’t a big, dramatic event,...
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