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This blog post is based on an experience I had when trying to find an apartment to move into with my boyfriend mid-pandemic at the start...
Continue reading...Demi Lovato Taught Me English
This blog post discusses how the globalization of media and entertainment has facilitated learning other languages just by consuming content. Audio-visual styles of learning languages have...
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The fantastic world of speedrunning
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TW: This blog post contains images of 3D rendered models of spiders Apex Legends is one of the biggest battle royale games today. For those who...
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Sex, Money and Habbo Hotel
Habbo started from an idea in 1999 by the Finnish Sampo karjalainen. Its beta version went online at the end of January 2001. At its peak...
Continue reading...Is the Internet the Future of Education?
I remember being in high school and listening to my teachers complain about how we, the students, relied on Wikipedia to write their essays too much,...
Continue reading...Tradition in the Modern World: Internet Folklore
Folklore is one of the oldest forms of communication in the human language. Most of the time, folkloric tales are exclusive to the (ethnic) communities by...
Continue reading...BN’ers and their front- and backstage behavior
I work in a museum, where I guard the art while also providing visitors with extra information about the works on display. Besides this, I also...
Continue reading...Thoughts on digital transformation
Digital transformation has transformed the world as we know it. The rapidly evolving human construct is ever-changing due to digitalization and all things digital. We currently...
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Despite the years of peer pressure and FOMO, I have been refusing to download tik tok because 1) I don’t need another social media platform to...
Continue reading...The Digital Dilemma: Part 3
In the final part of this three-part podcast James Bentham, Andrea Blätler, and I discuss various benefits and drawbacks of digital platforms in relation to our...
Continue reading...How the Digital can be educational for teenagers
The Digital can be amazing! Don’t you think it is incredible how easily accessible information is these days? If you want to know how to make...
Continue reading...How does the Great Firewall influence the Chinese?
With a unique Internet environment different from another world, the new generation of young Chinese is growing up gradually. For a long time, they have been...
Continue reading...Digital Mentality
Disclaimer: This blog post handles the subject of mental health in a way that some people may find distressing. Reader discretion is recommended. In case you feel yourself struggling with your mental health, there is a list of links at the bottom of this blog post where help and advice can be found. Please take care <3
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Fanfiction: the Power of Community on the Internet
Fanfiction has existed long before the internet came up with the terminology for it. Before Wattpad and Fifty Shades of Gray, there was Dante with his...
Continue reading...From Russia with Love: Russian Election Interference and Social Media
“Oh f—, how did we miss this?” Mark Zuckerberg This is supposed to have been Mark Zuckerberg’s response during a security briefing where he was informed...
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