Young or old, internet adept or average enjoyer, we have all been confronted with what seems to define internet culture in a nutshell: memes. In fact,...
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Dear.U Bubble: Would You Pay to Chat with Your Favorite K-Pop Idols?
How Pinterest Influences Our Lives – podcast
Hey Everyone! it’s Isabel and Eva. In today’s podcast, we will talk about how the Pinterest app influences our everyday lives and our experiences with it....
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As I was scrolling Ned games website page last week like a normal shopaholic, I saw the premium edition bundle of “Do not feed the monkeys.”...
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The first time I read the words “robot balloon”, I did not really know what to imagine. At first, I thought that it was perhaps one...
Continue reading...Cyborg Spinach
According to google, a cyborg is a ‘’fictional or hypothetical person whose physical abilities are extended beyond normal human limitations by mechanical elements built into the...
Continue reading...Unnamed Podcast Episode 2: Always leaving a trace: What is your Digital Footprint and how it is used
Hello and welcome to the second podcast episode made by Ceiba Dick-Read, Max Alexandre and Gijs Mesman. In this episode, Max is host and introduces the...
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my flatmate can’t stop doomscrolling and it’s tearing our family apart. this is a cry for help.
Continue reading...Podcast – Coded Bias: AI in Power
In this podcast, we (Mehak, Isabel, and Lara) talk about the documentary “Coded Bias,” directed by Shalini Kantayya. The documentary discusses how biased the algorithms used...
Continue reading...Podcast – Coded Bias: AI in power
In this podcast, we (Mehak, Isabel, and Lara) talk about the documentary “Coded Bias,” directed by Shalini Kantayya. The documentary discusses how biased the algorithms used...
Continue reading...Digital media and the impact on attitudes towards refugees and migrants
Introduction Since the invasion of Russia in Ukraine I noticed that the Dutch attitude towards and against migrants has changed. I find it interesting that we...
Continue reading...Determining Attractiveness: Tinder’s Algorithm
A few months ago I got a video on my TikTok “For You” page that explained in an alarmist manner that Tinder was determining who to...
Continue reading...Am I the Formosan squirrel invading the Dutch urban area? — Discussion on the “place makers” and gentrification metaphor in the game Donut County
Donut county “The storyline of Donut County is straightforward: one day, a black hole appeared in Donut County and broke the serenity of the town ever...
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Holding an (unbombed) grenade in my hand every day: thoughts on social media
The photo is taken by American photographer Diane Arbus. Arbus’s subjects varied from ordinary people to marginals in society. However, her purpose remains the same, to...
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The 08th of October in Amsterdam, at Zuidekerk, was the second day of the Festival G10 for Economics and Philosophy in Art. The common theme of...
Continue reading...A Plant – a Knife and no Brain
A robot arm wielding a machete controlled by a plant. That does sound a little ridiculous, doesn’t it? However, David Bowen has made an installation which...
Continue reading...The spectacle of Pinterest
What is pinterest? Pinterest is a digital platform based on the consumption and sharing of inspirational images of products and experiences. (1) The content of your feed...
Continue reading...“my back pain is killing me ngl(‘_ゝ`)”—-discussion on kaomoji and web communication
( . .)φ__ When I first came to Europe, friends here often complained that they had difficulty understanding all the “weird things” that came along with...
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