The twenty-first century is the century of technology; social media is prevailing in every aspect of our lives and can be quite convenient in many cases...
Continue reading...How watching my brother play video games made me into an avid media consumer
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How productivity apps make you less productive
Have you ever been laying in bed or chilling on the couch in the evening when suddenly a strike of inspiration and motivation strikes and you...
Continue reading...Digital Detoxes, Screentime, and Living 10 Years in the Past
In this video, I chat about how the differences in my enivornment have affected my screentime, particularly between my family home in Latvia and my life...
Continue reading...Instagram ads gone too far (video)
I’ve made a short videos about the problems of instagram advertisements and paid sponsorship of cosmetic procedures and plastic surgeries. Enjoy! Sources https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-59406842 https://brogan.com/blog/cosmetic-surgery-advertising-changing-face-medical-marketing/ https://www.firstpost.com/tech/news-analysis/instagram-being-flooded-by-fake-cosmetic-surgery-posts-that-can-be-deadly-3990893.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-instagram-plastic-surgery-study-0830-biz-20170829-story.html...
Continue reading...My Most Recent Experiences with The Digital
Having started my blogs with my first ever encounter of a digital community, I figured that it would be nice to end with my most recent...
Continue reading...Surveillance in Education: Why Privacy is Necessary For Intellectual Freedom
The use of surveillance technologies in educational institutions has long been a topic of interest for me. Motivated by the intention to further unpack some key...
Continue reading...Echo-chambers and Technological Group Think: The Case For Platform Socialism
Having previously considered social media marketing as a potential career path for myself, I had once sworn myself to the world of marketing analytics until I...
Continue reading...The fun but problematic Everskies
For my last post, I want to show you a website that has been one of my recent obsessions: Everskies. This website is a combination of...
Continue reading...Digital Media through Generations Part 2/2
In this second part of the podcast, I will be interviewing my parents on their digital media consumption in order to establish whether there is a...
Continue reading...Jan x (Jesus vs digital) = this video
How tall was actually Jesus Christ? Am I taller than him? Can you pet a virtual lion? I try to answer all those questions in the...
Continue reading...Help! Why do I keep playing??
For week 6’s lecture on ‘Amazing Economies,’ we had to play this game named AdVenture Capitalist in advance. I was curious to see what kind of...
Continue reading...Paradise Hills
Paradise Hills is a film by director Alice Waddington and premiered 26 January 2019 at the Sundance Film Festival. When I watched this film back in...
Continue reading...The reason why my attention span became shorter than a duck
Over the recent years, I’ve noticed that I’m having more and more trouble focusing on any task for more than five minutes. Even while writing this...
Continue reading...One touch on the screen and you can get anything you want!
During my recent conversation with my friends the topic of touch screen kiosks came up. I asked them whether they preferred ordering food in person or...
Continue reading...Let’s Chat a Bit: Our second episode is now on air!
At the beginning of October, Kyra and I created and published the first episode of our short podcast series “Let’s Chat a Bit”. During the first...
Continue reading...My digital journey
Where did I come from and where will I go? It wasn’t until I went to high school that I got my first smartphone and I...
Continue reading...It’s just a game
Toxicity in multiplayer video games is something every multiplayer gamer has to deal with. Whether you play League of Legends, Minecraft bedwars, or Roblox, there is...
Continue reading...Is body positivity really that positive?
Hello everyone, I created a video about body positivity and asked myself if it is actually really that positive. Hope you enjoy! Sources: “Body Positive,” Urban...
Continue reading...Hi, nice to meet you! What is your MBTI? :)
When I was in 10th grade right before we started the International Baccalaureate (IB) program where we needed to choose subjects ourselves, we had something called...
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