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A Brief History of Metaverse
“Metaverse” might be a new word in our daily life but it is definitely not a new concept. It became widely discussed and popularized through Mark...
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I have to admit that this post was started very last minute and it is brainstorming on a topic – online communities. I have tried to...
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The NBA is a League of Sexists
Anthony Edwards seems to be imagining that he’s the mouthy, talented player he played in the Netflix produced basketball movie “Hustle” – he’s in big trouble...
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Grindr: Malware of the gay community?
Grindr was launched in 2009 with the intention of being a social networking and online dating platform specifically for members of the LGBTQ community, showing profiles...
Continue reading...AI in South-Korean media
A couple of months ago a new K-pop group debuted with one of the six members being an AI and Korean AI influencers are gaining a...
Continue reading...Digital Media, what on earth does it mean?
What’s this about? I recently enrolled in the course ‘Digital media, culture and society’ and, since I am a very well prepared student who does research...
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The Queen’s Online Death
‘Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone’ begins W.H. Auden’s Funeral Blues, in which he asks that the noise of the world not intrude on...
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Opinion: The Vulgar Irony of Balenciaga by Demna Gvasalia
The “free” choice of not having social media
Fear of the AI – a valid concern or just a common misrepresentation?
With the growth of technology and the rise of the internet, various types of Artificial Intelligence have infiltrated almost every step of our digital life, ranging...
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Hello and welcome to my first blogpost here for digital media, culture and society! Though familiar with blogging through sites such as Tumblr, I now hope...
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Am I addicted?
It’s a Wednesday morning and I’m waking up to the sound of raindrops ticking on my attic window. I open my eyes slowly and a small...
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