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Why are online/video games so addictive?

When I was younger, I played video games with my sister and got hooked when playing games such as Super Mario Bros. Now, I no longer...

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November 21, 2021 by Alexandra Mobile games Video games Virtual Voyagers 4

Learning about Criminal Psychology through… YouTube?

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November 19, 2021 by Naomi Net Navigators YouTube 1

Dangerous Movie Stunts

We all encounter them in movies – people fight each other, things are getting blown up, a dude jumps from a tower, someone getting shot at,...

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November 18, 2021 by Mai Ly Virtual Voyagers 1

Minecraft: harmful or beneficial for Children?

In this “blocky shaped” game you can spend hours and hours fighting against mobs like creepers, endermen and zombies, you can build houses and other constructs,...

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November 17, 2021 by Mai Ly Virtual Voyagers 3

Quizlet and the ‘online’ gamification of learning

When I was in my first year of high school, I took a typing class. In this typing class, I was meant to learn how to...

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November 17, 2021 by IsaKlap Web Weavers 3

The transphobia pipeline – TikTok’s algorithm and harmful content

I was scrolling through TikTok, as I usually do, and sometimes you can come across actually insightful and interesting content. One of those videos came on...

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November 17, 2021 by majamodrzewska Gender Internet LHBTQ+ Media Maesters Online Community Online Platforms Queer Social Media TikTok Web Weavers 4

Why is my Dad unable to understand Online Purchases?

It was, and still is, a recurring discussion in our household, in-game purchases. As my brother and I are both people with gaming as our main...

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November 17, 2021 by Puck Games Net Navigators Online Shopping Video games 3

To (U)be(r) or not to (U)be(r)

Dinner, Dinner, chicken winner A week ago, my boyfriend Gene and I were invited to a dinner at our friends Luciano and Mira’s place which is...

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November 17, 2021 by saschagalamikic Digital Discoverers 5

How YouTube determines what videos you watch

Do you ever watch YouTube for a long period of time and then suddenly find yourself watching “Top 10 frog sounds”, or some other random video...

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November 17, 2021 by Timo Van Manen Media Maesters 0

Disturbing TikTok Challenges & Trends

TikTok is a great platform for people to make creative (musical) videos in which they sing, lip-sync to various songs and dance to them. In the...

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November 16, 2021 by Mai Ly Virtual Voyagers 4

Is success on Youtube based on skill or luck? – Ludwig tests a theory

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November 16, 2021 by majamodrzewska Consumption Media Media Maesters Social Media Streaming Twitch Web Weavers YouTube 1

Movie rec: Free Guy

I visited my friend in New York over the summer, and she and I have wildly different tastes in just about everything. But we’d spent the...

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November 16, 2021 by perihaan Digital Discoverers Games Media Movies Video games 2

Internet Apocalypse: What the Facebook Outage Tells Us About Our Dependency of Social Media

Picture this: Whatsapp messages are not getting through, Instagram feeds are not loading, Wifi routers are being turned on and off again all around the world,...

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November 15, 2021 by OGeerman Addiction Facebook Instagram Social Media Twitter Virtual Voyagers 3

Is Digital Fashion the New Wave of NFTs?

“Digital fashion is an opportunity to redefine business models and build a more sustainable, progressive future.” (CCO and co-founder of DRESSX) What is Digital Fashion? Like...

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November 15, 2021 by Marta Consumerism Digital Fashion Environment NFTs Virtual Voyagers 1

New Technology in an Old World

As life expectancy increases across the world, how will technology and the digital world assist the youth of today as the elders of tomorrow? The subtitle...

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November 15, 2021 by ryan.gerrett Digital Discoverers Health Mental Health 0

No life without autocorrect

Today the autocorrect function is taken for granted. It is present in every mobile phone, tablet, computer and other devices and no one even questions that....

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November 15, 2021 by Anna Zakharova Web Weavers 3

YouTube’s Video Essays: lazy, yet educational afternoons

Since the first Covid-19 lockdown, my screen time has gone up significantly. At that time, I was still in high school and learned my final exams...

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November 15, 2021 by liekedebart Education Social Media Virtual Voyagers YouTube 2

Can Instagram boost your mental health?

Yes, you read it correctly. I just asked a question on whether Instagram can improve our mental well-being and I can imagine that this sounds surprising...

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November 15, 2021 by Judith_ Media Maesters Net Navigators 2

The Internet Support Group that turned into a Dark Subculture

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November 15, 2021 by Naomi Crime Internet Net Navigators Online Community 3

Virtual pets, the history and the evolution

Even though I have owned multiple cats throughout my life so far, I’ve also taken care of multiple digital cats when I was younger. In a...

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November 15, 2021 by Emma van Kins Games Web Weavers 1
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