The Continuous Romanticisation of the “Sad Girl” Aesthetic within New Media: A Dive into the Debates Surrounding Lana Del Rey’s Digital Mediums
Trigger warning: This blogpost dives into themes surrounding mental health, specifically depression. “His Bonnie on the side, Bonnie on the side Makes me a sad, sad...
Continue reading...Retake Essay – Digital media: Renewing the Way People Perceive and Understand the World
The development of digital media relies on the advancement of the Internet and information technology, which not only improves the efficiency of message dissemination, but also...
Continue reading...Searching for Authenticity Online
One of the assigned readings for this course was ‘The presentation of self in the online world’: Goffman and the study of online identities by Bullingham...
Continue reading...Vintage.com: How the Internet digitised one of fashion’s most analogue traditions
Like most others with similar interests, second-hand clothing was my ticket into the fascinating world of fashion and clothes. I could pinpoint the places, the feel,...
Continue reading...Digitalization in the movie industry
Hello everyone, welcome to our podcast about digitalization in the movie industry. Starting from the pre-production phase, we discussed how people use big data to understand...
Continue reading...Otome Game: Emotional communication with video games
Definition Otome games are a type of relationship simulation game with a female audience as the target audience. Raiders are generally male characters, with a few...
Continue reading...Online trashing with Amazon
This post is the continuation of my last post. We were discussing — superficially, of course, as one is forced to do in this blogging environment,...
Continue reading...Indicating Tone in Text-based Environments
I would reckon that every person was confused about the tone of a text message they received at least once in their lives. What did that...
Continue reading...Appropriating Black Virality
by Lorenzo Holder Growing up outside of the USA in the 1990’s meant lagging behind popular culture by approximately a year or at least the time...
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Digital Souvenirs: Challenging Nostalgia’s Relationship with New and Old Media
In 2022 the entire screen of my iPhone fell off; there were no external scratches or bumps, no clear damage to the phone, yet the whole...
Continue reading...Digital Diary: Episodes 1 & 2
I asked my dear friend to have a conversation with me (do a podcast) about the aspects of digital life. Things that made me overthink because...
Continue reading...Games: It’s the Company that Matters
When I was little I used to play a board game with my grandparents and brother every day after school. Unlike many classmates I didn’t have...
Continue reading...Walk through the park
Last time, I wrote a blog about Breeze, a dating app that brings people together in real life, without having to chat first. This week I...
Continue reading...The Affordances of Online Platforms: Exploring Connectivity in Friend-Making Apps
Learn how to see. Realise that everything connects to everything else. Leonardo Da Vinci In the age of digitalisation, the concept of affordance assumes a central...
Continue reading...(Podcast) What Is Happening to Fashion? Digital Wardrobe
How might the digital environment transform the fashion industry in a better way? From current issues with recent Fashion Weeks to a quite newly emerged digital fashion world, my podcast will delve into issues of sustainability, ethics, and creativity. Join!
Continue reading...Finding Community In The Night Life
When I moved to Amsterdam, like a rite of passage, I became very interested in the techno scene, and after several nights of trial and error,...
Continue reading...[Video essay] Why should you care about right to repair?
Identity Crisis from Personality Tests
I believe that the reason the majority of people are obsessed with horoscopes is not because they believe it holds power over their lives, but because...
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