During the last decades, and especially the last couple of years, debates about the restitution of cultural heritage have gained more and more public interest, forcing...
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LGBT identities in League of Legends
It’s been a big year for the League of Legends community, the most recent big event being DRX winning the World’s Championship against the undefeated T1....
Continue reading...The chained (networked) society
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My role as an online prosumer of K-Pop and an offline walking magnet of NCT fans
My offline role “I am currently a third-year student doing a minor in Digital Humanities at Leiden University.” This is definitely how I introduce myself to...
Continue reading...The Most Popular Plane on TikTok & Other Digital Marketing Stories
Since you are supposed to start your blog with a catchy opening, let’s begin with some very engaging statistics. According to a report updated in August...
Continue reading...Is it really worth it? – What do the influencers on social media tell you about a beauty product.
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TikTok: the Spreader of Mass Social-Media-induced Illness
Cancel culture Several blogs on this course website interestingly covered instances of cancel culture. A YouTube video: “The Scumbag TikToker Who Faked Tourettes For Clout” by SunnyV2, certainly fits this...
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As people have always done
Hello and welcome to my first blogpost here for digital media, culture and society! Though familiar with blogging through sites such as Tumblr, I now hope...
Continue reading...Virtual Museum Tours & Google Arts and Culture
Here are some links that I cited in the video: 12 Museums From Around The World That YOu Can Visit Virtually: https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours 90+ Virtual Museum Tours...
Continue reading...How productivity apps make you less productive
Have you ever been laying in bed or chilling on the couch in the evening when suddenly a strike of inspiration and motivation strikes and you...
Continue reading...My digital journey
Where did I come from and where will I go? It wasn’t until I went to high school that I got my first smartphone and I...
Continue reading...The Furry Community: One of The Most Misrepresented and Misunderstood Online Communities
Last week, in my blog about VRChat, I wrote towards the end that I am a furry. To some people, that term might not ring a...
Continue reading...Dungeons and Dragons and Digital spaces
What is Dungeons and Dragons? Dungeons and Dragons, or D&D for short, is a tabletop RPG where the core is storytelling and the goal is having...
Continue reading...The People Behind Your Safe Feed
After playing the Amazon race, which highlighted Amazon’s poor employee code of conduct and ethics, I was inspired to write my blog about a similar case...
Continue reading...“Finding Yourself” in a Digital World
Recently I have been thinking a lot about the emphasis of modern society on self-exploration. To me, it seems like there is this expectation of knowing...
Continue reading...A child-friendly Instagram
After discussing the Facebook survey that revealed the company’s knowledge of its harmful effects on teenage girls, I started wondering whether the platform will see any...
Continue reading...Podcast: Cultural identity in Digital Media
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...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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