When I was younger, I never left home without my Nintendo 3DS. Not because I wanted to play Mario Kart or Animal Crossing every five minutes...
Continue reading...Digital Dynamos
Group 103 – 2526
What is the deal with AI and the EU?
Artificial intelligence is shaping our world faster than any other technology before it. But while the U.S. lets companies innovate freely and China embraces state control,...
Continue reading...from come to brazil to zap zap: where is social media in (insert country of your choice here)?
If you’re really into pop music and also chronically online, you’ve probably come across a few “Come to Brazil” comments on a celebrity’s social media post....
Continue reading...Being Seen as a Message
When I scroll through Instagram these days, I don’t just see content but choices. Indeed I see filters, angles, light composition, caption, hashtags and even the...
Continue reading...Archive of Our Own-Where in the World is AO3 World?
“A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction; and that, as you will see, leaves the great...
Continue reading...So, where in the World are the Board Games?
I remember as a kid, board games were one of the most wanted Christmas gifts for my sister and me. We used to spend hours playing...
Continue reading...What is Social Media’s role in the Political World?
Where in the world is [insert digital medium of your choice here]? I struggled over how to interpret this question for many days. Do I read...
Continue reading...The performative character of family photos in a digital age. Sharing childhood memories online.
Recently I flipped through a photo album put together by my parents about my first few years. The album was pulled out to show my boyfriend....
Continue reading...Why I’m Still Grateful I Learned Maps the Old-School Way
Getting Lost as a Kid When I was eight or nine years old, I was in scouts and trying to figure out how to cross the...
Continue reading...Social media is a very complicated performance
Recently I’ve been thinking about how to organise my social media life. What to post, where to post, how to post. This led me reflect about...
Continue reading...Is it Necessary to Watch the News, and Should We Trust What We See?
A few weeks ago, I watched the news about a murder case in Tokyo. Since then, I have been haunted by nightmares- running away from a...
Continue reading...The EU Thinks You’re a Pedofile
The scheming EU Commission bureaucrats in Brussels have come up with a new disgusting scheme to mass surveil us. They want to introduce something called “Chat...
Continue reading...Embracing Open-Source Software, and a Vision for the Future…
The once biggest YouTuber, Pewdiepie, relatively recently uploaded a video explaining his switch from Windows to Linux. I was quickly amazed at the amount of customisations...
Continue reading...Could TikTok replace Google?
I google. In short that would answer the question ‘how do you find information and knowledge on digital technologies and media?’ However, the manner in which...
Continue reading...Truth engines? How information finds us in the digital age.
It is a sign of our time – an era often referred to as the “information age” (Galloway, 111) – that media is generally understood as...
Continue reading...Should Smartphone Use be Restricted by Authorities?
In last week’s class discussion, it was interesting to hear my classmates’ experiences with smartphone and other digital device restrictions in their early childhoods. Since we...
Continue reading...before instagram there were oil portraits
This weekend I did a solo day trip to Antwerp and had a blast at the KSMKA museum. Walking through the rooms, I ended up in...
Continue reading...Scrolling vs. Learning : how I get informed online
For a long time, I used to convince myself that spending hours on TikTok and X was somehow necessary because it was the only way to...
Continue reading...The Heart of a Broken Story
I used to dream a lot, and spent most of my time in books before high school. Sometimes I bring my own books, sometimes I just...
Continue reading...
Recent Comments