First I would like to start by saying I am not a curator in real life, I am studying art history so I might become one,...
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Warping Walls and Worsening Body Image: The Photoshop Effect
In today’s digital age, platforms like Instagram and TikTok have drastically reshaped perceptions of beauty and body standards. The rise of photoshopped images and filters has...
Continue reading...I Heard it Through the Grapevine
Gossip has been part of society since ancient times, serving as a way to bond communities and pass on information. It helped early humans navigate complex...
Continue reading...mind matters: social media& mental health
Welcome to MindMatters, where we dive into how social media affects our mental health, especially for young people with hostJuliette van den Broek & our guest...
Continue reading...The Vast Impact of Digitalization
On this podcast, Helen, Jet, and Tsamarah talked about the impact of digitalization in our respective fields of study. Topics including the advancement of Geographic Information...
Continue reading...Video Essay: We Found Ourselves Lost Without Memes
Students Anqi Wang and Claire Liang – we made a short interview with each other, which is about our habits of using memes when communicating online....
Continue reading...Nostalgia in the Digital Realm
AMS students—Helmi Kukka Kärki, Zuzanna Dziedzic, and Agnietė Gelažunaitė—discussing the current phenomenon of nostalgia in the digital realm. In today’s world of rapid digitalisation, constant innovation,...
Continue reading...Podcast on Cancel Culture
This podcast is made by Isabella de Antoni and Quirine Beenen. This podcast talks about cancel culture; what is it?, why do we do it? and...
Continue reading...Why do we love Moo Deng?
First, let me explain what Moo Deng is. Moo Deng is a famous pygmy hippopotamus which means a tiny hippo. They only get around 180-275 kilograms...
Continue reading...Finch: a virtual self-care tamagotchi (bonus blog)
Nowadays, as mental health awareness grows, self-care has become a staple term, incorporated into many domains such as business, family, and the broader community. In fact,...
Continue reading...Refreshing journalism or cheap propaganda?
In the digital age, journalism has transformed. Influencers and vloggers now shape public opinion, often covering stories overlooked by traditional media. This shift offers fresh perspectives...
Continue reading...Pin your interest: the science behind Pinterest mood-boards
The digital platform Pinterest was co-founded by Ben Silbermann, Evan Sharp, and Paul Sciarra in 2010. Silbermann, who had previously worked in online advertising, acknowledged that...
Continue reading...The generation with the happiest pictures and the saddest lives
Recently, I watched a short documentary from the Guardian about Chinese women who travel to other countries, like the United States, hoping to become mothers. These...
Continue reading...Hate, Passivity, and the Decline of Media Literacy
It is true that a pen is mightier than a sword. Words and images communicate messages that have the power to influence us. To create media...
Continue reading...A Social Media Platform Recently Popular Among Young People in Taiwan
Threads is a social media platform primarily focused on short text posts and is one of the products under Meta, launched in 2023. According to data...
Continue reading...The Pinterest Algorithm
As we discussed in class this week, algorithms are becoming an increasingly significant part of our daily lives. One app that consistently makes me question how...
Continue reading...Tiktok Terminology: Censorship and Filtering
It’s become somewhat commonplace to see that strange mix of letters and numbers, or that new way of saying death. Murder is turned into unaliving someone,...
Continue reading...Concerns about (Online) Gambling in the Netherlands
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The Pseudonymity of VTubers
The emergence, growth and popularity of social media, gave rise to an increase in (participating) netizens, whom often post something (e.g. pictures, stories or videos) in...
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