With insights from last week’s readings and examples from current popular media, Unnur and Grace discuss and reflect on their experience with cultural identity in digital media.
Continue reading...Oh, the places you’ll go!
Whether it was boredom, intrigue, or peer pressure, many people joined TikTok during the near-global lockdown. No matter the reason why, every single one went on...
Continue reading...Virtual Road Trips in the Pokemon Universe
When reading Lin Zhu’s ‘The psychology behind video games during COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ which touched upon video games and...
Continue reading...The wonders and horrors of being a binge-watcher
We all know this enticing screen, urging you to not even do anything because after those few seconds of waiting (and I swear the waiting time...
Continue reading...How The Internet Helped Me Create My First Art Collaboration.
Yup you read the title right. I, Jacqueline, have created my first ever collaboration with another artist. ALL ONLINE! Crazy, right? Normally you would expect artists...
Continue reading...The dark side of Instagram
There is no denying the popularity of Instagram and other social media platforms. A lot of people, myself included, use Instagram and other social media platforms,...
Continue reading...How I became a musician with daily gigs
I still remember the feeling like it was yesterday. The people gathering all around me. The crowd cheers during, and after, every song. People yelling their...
Continue reading...Forever by Mitch McGlocklin, a review
About a month ago, I attended the Leiden Short Film festival and went to see all the finalists for the student competition. One which really stood...
Continue reading...TNW Conference 2021
Here’s a short video on a tech conference I volunteered at last week in Zaandam.
Continue reading...The impact of COVID-19 on the development trend of Taiwan’s industry
At the beginning of November 2019, the COVID-19 has spread to more than 120 countries and regions around the world in just a few months with...
Continue reading...fanfic appreciation post
I think everybody has heard of fanfiction, but people have many different ideas about and opinions of what it is. In Media and Social studies there...
Continue reading...Happy screen/ serious screen
Recently my computer started to exhibit some worrying symptoms. The battery swell up and since I am using one of these weird laptop/tablet hybrids it made...
Continue reading...“I spy with my little eye…”- streaming or surveillance?
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@afffirmations: My Little Source of Comfort on Instagram
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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...
Continue reading...Endangering yourself for clout
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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...
Continue reading...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...
Continue reading...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 ,...
Continue reading...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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