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...
Continue reading...Tiktok: the necessary evil for GenZ
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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...
Continue reading...The side-effect of information overdose
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Opinion: The Vulgar Irony of Balenciaga by Demna Gvasalia
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The “free” choice of not having social media
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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...
Continue reading...As people have always done
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...
Continue reading...How Korean tradition spread around the world: Music and SNS
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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...
Continue reading...How modern media can change your reality
Have you ever been scrolling through YouTube, TikTok, Reddit, Twitter or any other kind of media platform and thought to yourself: “How did I end up...
Continue reading...Lessons from my Nokia
From 2019 to 2022 I used a Nokia instead of a smartphone. My newer model Nokia had essentially the same functionalities as the old Nokias of...
Continue reading...The Changing Landscape of Language Learning
Imagine being a person in the 1970s who wants to learn foreign language like Japanese. Now, for the sake of argument, let’s say you live nowhere...
Continue reading...How digital media polarizes generations
Let me introduce myself, my name is Isabel and I am 20 years old. I have used the internet and on that digital media my whole...
Continue reading...Rumours about Upcoming Video Games – False Hope or a Way to Hype Games Up?
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The Problem with Fitness Clickbait
Over recent years, workout videos on YouTube have exploded in popularity and become a source of fitness for millions of people worldwide. These can be a...
Continue reading...Memes and echo chambers (British discretion is advised)
As many of you may already know, the Queen of England died only last week, after a solid 70+ years of reigning. Now, I’m not going to get political (she says- ready to cause a scene at every family dinner), but I’d advise you to only keep reading if you consider yourself emotionally detached from that whole situation.
Continue reading...The first ARMY? The rise of Roh Moo-hyun and internet’s first political fan club
If you have been on Twitter for some time, the term “ARMY” might sound familiar. Indeed, this group of fervent fans of boys’ band BTS is...
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