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“I spy with my little eye…”- streaming or surveillance?

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October 6, 2021 by anna.barbara Media Maesters Streaming Streaming Media Surveillance Web Weavers 0

@afffirmations: My Little Source of Comfort on Instagram

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October 5, 2021 by Tran Media Maesters Memes Net Navigators 2

Net Navigators journey gone wrong

This Fanfic is an ironic interpretation of typical fan fiction tropes. I think that these tropes are so popular because a lot of people like these...

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October 5, 2021 by Lyzanne Media Maesters Net Navigators 0

Endangering yourself for clout

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October 4, 2021 by Naomi Internet Media Maesters Net Navigators YouTube 2

Trashing the Cash: A Cashless Society in a World spent by COVID

Now COVID has reduced us to disinfecting our spare change, is it the time to ditch cash? This started with myself and a few friends being...

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October 4, 2021 by ryan.gerrett Business Consumerism Digital Discoverers Technology 2

Silicon Valley is our modern-day Library of Alexandria; let’s burn it to the ground!

Before I get on a watchlist, I want to clarify that in this blogpost I will not be talking about the physical Silicon Valley; just as...

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October 4, 2021 by JorisWiebes Addiction Algorithms Art Artificial Intelligence (AI) Business Consumerism Economy Instagram Media Maesters Social Media Web Weavers 0

The Digital Dilemma (Part 1)

In this three-part podcast Andrea Blattler, Fiona ‘t Hart and I discuss various benefits and drawbacks of digital platforms in relation to our own lives ,...

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October 4, 2021 by jamesbentham Addiction Internet Mental Health Net Navigators Social Media YouTube 0

Instagram culture and Goffman’s concepts of front stage and backstage behavior

There were several ideas in this week’s reading about the applicability of Goffman’s works to online identities that really stuck with me. When reading the paper,...

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October 4, 2021 by Christine Stein Hededam Culture Digital Discoverers Instagram Social Media 1

The (In)Humanity of the Internet

With the amount of time people spend in front of screens, it is not unusual to see some changes within online communities. A somewhat recent change...

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October 4, 2021 by AniekvanBennekom Algorithms Consumption Freedom of speech Media Net Navigators Social Media 1

Procrastination as a business model

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October 4, 2021 by Antonie Business Instagram Net Navigators Procrastination YouTube 0

The Dark Side of Instagram Filters

Probably all of us had a phase when constantly using Instagram filters. I passed through that phase some years ago when Snapchat came out with the...

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October 4, 2021 by a.zanon Digital Discoverers 1

Social media, netwerkmarketing and the gender specifics of Multi-Level Marketing

Multi-Level Marketing, or MLMs, are business enterprises in which participants seek not only to sell products to friends, family, and social media contacts, but also to...

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October 4, 2021 by Emma van Kins Economy Instagram Social Media Web Weavers 3

I’m not a Kitchen Princess, but the Internet made it Bearable

I’ve come to terms with the fact that I am clumsy a very long time ago. I have to be very careful around knives, because the...

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October 4, 2021 by AniekvanBennekom Net Navigators YouTube 4

Move over Disney Channel, there’s a new player in town

A few summers ago, I was babysitting my little cousin. My aunt had told me that she could watch some TV in the afternoon, so when...

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October 4, 2021 by Isabel Web Weavers 1

Help! I am getting fewer likes online: Instagram and algorithm

You have probably heard this before: social media uses algorithm to keep track of your behaviour and use this to predict what you would like to...

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October 4, 2021 by Judith_ Algorithms Instagram Net Navigators Social Media 1

Digital Media and Performing Musicians

In this podcast, I interview René van Munster, a classical cellist and portfolio musician who performs with several ensembles in the Netherlands, such as Cello Octet...

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October 4, 2021 by Beste COVID19 Digital Discoverers Music 0

Is the whole world spying on us?

Privacy is becoming a more pressing issue by the day. At the time of writing this, the whole world has its eyes on China and its...

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October 4, 2021 by Casper Artificial Intelligence (AI) Digital Discoverers Digital Humanities Google Internet Privacy Smartphones Technology 1

The rise of tone indicators

History Tone indicators go way back, all the way to the late 16th century when a man named Henry Denham tried to introduce the percontation point....

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October 4, 2021 by Emmy History Inclusivity Language Media Online Community Web Weavers 0

The Rise of the Influencer and its Implications on Social Media

I think my first memory of using a social media platform was probably MySpace. In all honesty, I only had one friend — two, if you...

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October 4, 2021 by OGeerman Consumption Influencer Instagram Social Media Virtual Voyagers 0

When your vacuum cleaner cries for help

The internet of things The ‘internet of things’ is a collective noun for devices connected to the internet, so called ‘smart devices’. What makes a device...

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October 4, 2021 by fleurardon Web Weavers 0
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