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...
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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,...
Continue reading...Phones, crutches, and hope
For most of us, our phones are an integral part of our everyday lives. It’s one of our greatest tools for connecting with people far away...
Continue reading...Bob Ross: A Happy Accident?
Our life is filled with happy accidents. We make mistakes, regret them and then make the best out of a sticky situation. Most of us will...
Continue reading...Cooking in The Digital Age and Why My Mom Wouldn’t Share Her Recipes
I believe many of us can relate to this: you move into your first ever own apartment, away from your parents and the town you grow...
Continue reading...Social Media, Capitalism and Performance: ranting about living in a post-digital age
As I was philosophising about what topic to talk about in this week’s blog post, I thought about the people I looked up to in the...
Continue reading...Fanfiction, 2010s Tumblr and other pastimes for 13-year-olds.
Whenever a game of ‘two truths one lie’ comes up, whether as an introductory icebreaker in some class or a beer-fuelled party game, I have one...
Continue reading...A “new normal” for our relationship with the digital?
In the first chapter of his book, Simon Lindgren says that “throughout history, key shifts in technological ability and practice have changed how people relate to...
Continue reading...An Appreciation of Cooking tree 쿠킹트리
Growing up I used to sit on a stool in the kitchen and watch my mom bake. Besides the occasional task I was given by her,...
Continue reading...Lil Nas X: Gen Z King
The year 2021 has been, to say the least, Lil Nas X’ year. The 22-year-old rapper made his artistic debut back in 2019, when he released...
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