In an era dominated by digital media and technology, our lives are becoming increasingly intertwined with screens. It’s nearly impossible to escape their pervasive presence. Even...
Continue reading...Digital Dynamos
Does Digitalization Enrich or Confine Our Life Experiences?
People who lived two hundred years ago definitely could not imagine that life in the 21st century would be so convenient and change so quickly. With...
Continue reading...First memory of the Digital
By looking at the society we live in today, I think the most of us are not very conscious about the fact that technology, like a...
Continue reading...My First Digital
Growing up as a 90’s child, everyone I knew (myself included) loved Pokémon, so much so that it would be safe to consider it a cultural...
Continue reading...Daydreaming and searching for more; the hedonistic threadmill
Since a young age, I’ve been a big daydreamer. While my classmates in third grade focused on math, I was already envisioning myself as a world-famous...
Continue reading...A Day in The Digital: Theorising Conspiracy Theories
Defined by the Oxford Advanced Learner’s dictionary as, “a secret plan by a group of people to do something harmful or illegal”, the word conspiracy, although...
Continue reading...First Memory of the Digital
Back in my day, in the glorious days of the late 2000s and early 2010s, one did not simply open the cover of their own personal...
Continue reading...Podcats: Rural Life on TikTok
A few years ago I stumbled upon a beautiful YouTube channel named 李子柒 Liziqi which showcased traditional handicraft and food preparation activities in rural Pingwu County,...
Continue reading...(video essay) Utopias, Spirituality and Consumption
This is part two of my previous video essay on spirituality. In this video, I discuss theories about the reality of the digital. Does the Internet...
Continue reading...Deepfake Technology and its Implications
This podcast is about the rise of Deepfake technology, discussing the combination of technological advancements, ethical considerations, and the broader impact on digital media and society....
Continue reading...Controversial Selfies and the Media Landscape of 2013
I was listening to a podcast episode recently about influencers and the trajectory that the concept has taken over the past 2 decades- I definitely recommend...
Continue reading...Some recent exhibitions about AI
The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Copenhagen is doing an exhibition right now about human creativity and AI. I wanted to write my last blog...
Continue reading...Augmented Reality; could it be like Fish Nights from Love, Death & Robots?
(spoilers on the episode) Recently there has been much discussion about augmented reality and virtual reality on social media but also on this blog. There has...
Continue reading...The artist Jungle and how their music videos enhance/change the listening experience
A couple of weeks ago we were discussing music as a form of digital media, and the topic of music videos came up. Many artists have...
Continue reading...Streaming vs Cinemas
Last night I watched May December, a film that follows Elizabeth Berry (Natalie Portman) as she studies a woman she’s set to play in a movie....
Continue reading...Be Original and Buy from Small Businesses
Small Businesses and Social Media The Relationship between small businesses and social media has been ever so prevalent. Social media plays a crucial role for small...
Continue reading...Curation of Social Media & the Use of Filters
A common conception of social media is that it is fake and highly curated. But can this really be true for everybody? Is the whole idea...
Continue reading...Get yourself out of the Filter Bubble
My scrolling activity looks very similar each day. I open Instagram with muscle memory, even though it is in a separate folder,(The goal was to have...
Continue reading...Wearable Technologies
Wearable Technologies are perhaps a development most significant to today’s society, for it has made devices an everyday essential item. Wearable Technologies are created to be...
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