Digital Dynamos

In this video essay, I discuss the recent loss in media aimed at tweens, and what the dangers of this could be.Have Tweens Been Erased from...

Link: https://youtu.be/baMmT7LxErI Description: What do you do first thing in the morning? Our phones are the first thing we touch when we wake up and the...

This video is co-edited by Xinyu Yao and Ge Shi. Description In this video essay, we use perfume advertisements as our subject of study, focusing on how...

https://youtu.be/wjeGcjdBlxs This video is co-edited by Ge Shi and Xinyu Yao. Description: In this video essay, we use perfume advertisements as our subject of study, focusing on...

How does social media shape, dictate and change our notion of style? https://video.leidenuniv.nl/media/t/1_omoa8q7u A videoessay by Franziska Rudert, created for the seminar Digital Media, Culture and Society at...

https://youtu.be/07n65eAf0AM In this video essay, I’m going to discuss the development in the use of digital technology in the Italian education system. I’m going to talk...

Together with my co-host Florine, I recorded a podcast about the world of VR. We thought this was an interesting topic to discuss because there are...

Lately I feel like FOMO, fear of missing out, has started to take over. The need to be constantly active, going everywhere, seeing everyone… it has...

When I was a child, I wanted to be a musician, an astronaut, or maybe even both at the same time. I thought about doing all...

Let’s face it, most of us need to find a job after university. This is my last semester, and after it, I’ll have a degree in...

I always listen to music whenever I am, when I am taking a bath, walking, before and after the classes, or before going to bed. The...

There are so many different roles a person can fill online. You can be a teacher, a customer, a friend and an enemy. Since the online...

“As soon as a man enters a crowd, his IQ drops significantly. In order to gain recognition, the individual is willing to abandon right and wrong...

It’s 2025 and hardly anyone keeps the (online) world in such suspense then the so called “performative male” : little internet phenomena have spilled over into...

When I think about this, I stop for a second. The word “role” seems easy, but it seems hard on the internet. What does it really...

As many other people my age – early twenties – I would argue I am somewhat addicted to the internet. My screen time on my phone...